Breaking News: A Russian soldier pleaded guilty in Kyiv to shooting a civilian, in the first Ukrainian trial over a potential war crime since Russia’s invasion. Asked if he accepted his guilt, the soldier said: “Yes. Fully yes.” (NYTimes)
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The Biden administration is deploying US troops to Somalia. Trump had withdrawn troops from the war-torn region near the end of his time in office. About 450 troops will be sent to Somalia.
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Oil giant Aramco reported a more-than 80% jump in net profit Sunday, topping analyst expectations and setting a new quarterly earnings record since its IPO. Net income rose 82% to $39.5B in the first three months of the year, up from $21.7B over the same period last year.
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The funeral procession for the Al Jazeera correspondent was disrupted Friday as Israeli forces attacked the crowd of Palestinian mourners carrying her casket, as reported by The New York Times (@NYTimes)
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A nearly $1 billion settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit by families of victims of last year's condo collapse in Surfside, Fla. (Axios)
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Biden to visit Illinois farm to highlight Russia-driven spike in food prices (Reuters Ag)
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The House on Tuesday night passed a $40B military and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine in an overwhelming 368 to 57 vote, weeks after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved $13.6B in emergency aid for the war effort. That total — roughly $53B over 2 months
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The day trader army has lost all the money it made during the meme-stock era (Bloomberg)
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ADM Expands Philippines Animal Nutrition Footprint with Feed Mill Acquisition in Southern Mindanao
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) added over 80 firms, including China's JD.com, to a list of entities facing possible expulsion from American exchanges amid a long-running auditing standoff between the United States and China (Reuters)
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point, its largest move since 2000, as it tries to tame rapid inflation (NY TIMES)
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Traders in the money market expect the Federal Reserve, which meets this week, to raise rates by 50 basis points to quell inflation. That would be the biggest rate increase in 22 years (Bloomberg)
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New Zealand reopened its doors to international tourists yesterday from about 60 visa-waiver countries. Visitors can now travel freely if they are fully vaccinated and test negative for COVID-19 upon arrival.
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David Beasley, executive director of the U.N.'s World Food Program: Loss of Ukraine's exports of corn and wheat, and sunflower oil may be felt worldwide for years
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