US News

• Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says people charged with violent crimes should be considered guilty. [Link]
• Pasquotank County North Carolina will pay the family of Andrew Brown Jr. $3 million. Police officers killed Mr. Brown; however, no cops were charged for his murder. [Link]

Russia

• The White House bars Americans from buying Russian debt or stocks on secondary markets. [Link]
• French President Emmanuel Macron has come under fresh criticism for again warning the West against “humiliating” Russia and calling for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. [Link]
• Zelensky wants ten times more military equipment. [Link]
• Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said his country has no plans to send heavy weapons to Ukraine. [Link]
• Japan and NATO agree to step up cooperation. [Link]

Korea

• The US and South Korea flew 20 fighter jets over South Korea as a show of force to North Korea. [Link]
• The US says North Korea could conduct a nuclear test at any time. [Link]

Middle East

• The US said it needed a “willing partner” to make a deal, but that Iran would need to drop calls for sanctions lifting to make that happen. [Link]
• A GAO report finds the Pentagon and State Department are failing to monitor civilian casualties and Saudi use of US weapons in Yemen. [Link]