1. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward the West Sea around 7 a.m., the latest provocations amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

2. South Korean ambassador to the U.N. office in Geneva on Tuesday called on Beijing to provide North Korean defectors with the required protections and humanitarian support at China's fourth universal periodic review held under the auspices of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

3. Former President Donald Trump rolled to victory in the Republican Party's second presidential nomination contest in New Hampshire on Tuesday. President Biden scored a win as a "write-in" candidate in Tuesday's Democratic primary in New Hampshire.