VOA60: March 18, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with former presidential candidates after winning another presidential term in the election that closed Sunday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the third Summit for Democracy in Seoul. The two discussed the threat of false news.

Israel's military says it launched a raid on Gaza's largest hospital saying militants were using it as a base.

And in southwestern China, state media says more than 1,000 firefighters were deployed to combat forest fires in Sichuan Province.