Today’s News (48):
Harris says US and Poland are united, despite fighter jets episode (CNN)
U.S. vice-president Harris says there should be investigation into Russia's conduct in war (Reuters)
On the front line: If Kharkiv falls, all of Ukraine falls (BBC)
U.K. calls Russian strike on Ukraine hospital a "war crime" as Moscow dismisses "pathetic outcries" over "so-called atrocities" (CBS)
Russia denies it bombed Ukrainian maternity hospital: 'fake news' (Fox)
After a Week of Siege, Bloodied Mariupol Plans Mass Graves (NYT)
Mariupol children's hospital bombing one of many attacks on medical facilities since Russian invasion, WHO says (CNN)
Russians keep pressure on Mariupol after hospital attack (AP)
Russia's war in Ukraine entered the third week with none of its stated objectives reached, despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made refugees and thousands cowering in besieged cities under relentless bombardment. (Reuters)
Russian economy in 'shock' from unprecedented economic war - Kremlin (Reuters)
Satellite images show flooding north of Kyiv in possible sign of ‘hydraulic warfare’ (WP)
McDonald's transformed Russia ... now it's abandoning the country (CNN)
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey, the highest level contact between the two countries since the war began on February 24, but in simultaneous dueling news conferences made clear they had made no progress. (Reuters)
Russia has destroyed $100 billion of Ukraine’s economic assets, says Zelensky adviser (Financial Times)
Putin: sanctions will 'rebound on West' (NHK)
Economic Blacklist of Russia Marks New Blow for Globalization (WSJ)
Russia and Belarus are edging close to default given the massive sanctions imposed against their economies, the World Bank's chief economist, Carmen Reinhart, told Reuters. It would be Russia's first major such default since the years following the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. (Reuters)
JPMorgan Actively Unwinding Russian Business (WSJ)
Crypto firms under attack for sticking with Russia (Politico)
U.S. colleges are cutting their partnerships and financial ties with Russia (NPR)
The 17 lawmakers who voted against the Russian oil ban (The Hill)
Russian energy sanctions unite the feuding parties — for now (Politico)
The 2020 census had big undercounts of Black people, Latinos and Native Americans (NPR)
‘I Know the Government Fell, But I Never Fell’ — Women who served in the Afghan military are pleading for help, as Taliban fighters are hunting them down. (Atlantic)
Former Vice President Mike Pence met with two prominent Jewish extremists during a visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, part of a political tour that some speculate may be preparation for a presidential run in 2024. Pence met with two men who represent violent and racist factions of the Jewish settler movement. A foreign policy adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders compared the meeting to “a foreign leader coming to the U.S. and hanging out with the Proud Boys.” [HuffPost]
After Ottawa, Trucker Convoy Near Washington Is a Low-Key Protest (NYT)
U.S. local election officials are increasingly concerned about threats and political pressure fueled by baseless allegations of voter fraud in the last presidential race, and one in five say they are somewhat or very unlikely to stay in their jobs through the 2024 contest, a national survey showed. (Reuters)
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Package That Includes Aid for Ukraine (WSJ)
Stocks slip, oil prices turn lower as uncertainty continues (AP)
A cluster of new studies show that about a third of children in the youngest grades are missing reading benchmarks. (Cal Today)
A Lion of the Civil Rights Era Is Still Preaching Optimism (NYT)
Key inflation measure jumps to highest level since January 1982 (CNN)
We Will Forget Much of the Pandemic. That’s a Good Thing. (NYT)
How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues (AP)
Our Brains Want the Story of the Pandemic to Be Something It Isn’t — After two years of living with the coronavirus, we’re suffering from “narrative fatigue.” (Atlantic)
Americans' stress is spiking over inflation, war in Ukraine, survey finds (NPR)
An Earthlike planet may be orbiting in a dead star's 'habitable zone' (Space.com)
Huge Solar Eruption May 'Sideswipe' Earth on Thursday (Newsweek)
Massive Asteroid Impact Crater in Greenland Occurred a Few Million Years After Dinosaurs Went Extinct (SciTechDaily)
‘Serious escalation’: US believes North Korea testing intercontinental missile (Guardian)
VIDEO: Australia Declares National Emergency Amid Severe Flooding (NYT)
Why Baghdad will be one of the cities hardest hit by global warming (NPR)
‘It’s astonishing’: endangered bat not seen in 40 years found in Rwanda (Guardian)
MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season (AP)
Fuddruckers Pursues Market Opportunity By Opening 1,000 Locations In Russia (The Onion)
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