US News
- Paypal bans Consortium News
- The FBI conducted millions of warrantless data searches last year. [Link]
- The FDA moves forward with a proposal to ban menthol cigarettes. [Link]
- The Biden administration creates a disinformation board. [Link]
- The Coast Guard stopped a boat carrying 64 Haitian migrants. [Link]
Russia
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the next aid package will give Biden additional powers to seize and sell the assets of Russians. [Link]
- The Pentagon sees no evidence Russia plans to use nuclear weapons. [Link]
- Pentagon shipping long-range artillery to fight in Donbas that may be a “much longer slog.” [Link]
- The Pentagon announces it is training Ukrainian troops in Germany. [Link]
- A US citizen working for a defense contractor in Ukraine was killed in combat. [Link]
- Biden is looking to give seized Russian assets to Ukraine. [Link]
- NATO is preparing to support Ukraine through years of war. [Link]
- Russia says pumping weapons into Ukraine threatens European security. [Link]
- Poland transfers hundreds of tanks to Kiev. [Link]
- Ukraine has rounded up hundreds of citizens deemed too pro-Russia. [Link]
- Russia is pulling out of the International Space Station over sanctions. [Link]
- NATO has intercepted Russian aircraft four times in the past week. [Link]
China
- The US and UK held secret meetings about increasing British support for Taiwan. [Link]
Afghanistan
- Two explosions killed nine people in Afghanistan. [Link]
- More than 50 people were killed at a mosque in Kabul. [Link]
- ISIS-K claimed responsibility for a bomb on a bus in Kabul that killed one woman. [Link]
