Footage shows flames billowing from a gas pipeline that was hit by a Russian strike. Firefighters also raced to put out a fire at a nearby market that was struck by Russian shells.

Germany's vice chancellor and economic minister estimated that Germany could be independent of Russian gas by the middle of 2024.

President Biden met with members of the 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Poland near the Ukrainian border and thanked them for serving as a deterrent to Russian threats.

The United States said it will help the European Union secure an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquified natural gas by the year's end. The bloc has rushed to cut its dependence on Russian imports since the war began.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City announced that professional athletes and performers working in and based in the city would no longer be required to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine again pleaded with the NATO alliance for military aid as his country pushes back against the Russian invasion.

Makoto Oniki, Japan's deputy defense minister, said that the test of the missile, which landed in his country's exclusive economic zone, was 'a threat to peace and security.'

Ned Price, a spokesman for the State Department, confirmed that a consular officer had visited the basketball star who is being held in a detention center near Moscow on drug charges. If convicted, she could face 10 years in prison.

At least one person was killed and several were injured after two tornadoes struck New Orleans and the surrounding area.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly refuted Republican accusations claiming that she has been soft in sentencing child sex-abuse defendants.