Ukraine/ Russia: Today, people in Mariupol are waiting to see if relief will arrive. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will begin this morning. The United States will release up to 180 million barrels of oil from a strategic reserve.
Sudan: Millions more Sudanese are likely to go hungry this year because of economic turmoil and erratic rains driving up prices and reducing harvests.
Afghanistan: The Taliban’s new decree, banning girls from school, has put international donors in an uncomfortable position.
United States: The CDC has found that more U.S. high schoolers reported feeling persistently hopeless or contemplating suicide during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A federal judge has ruled that several parts of Florida’s new voting laws are unconstitutional and racially motivated.
The threat of extreme storms has been moved to the East Coast.