Monday, April 18, 2022

Ukrainian forces in Mariupol continue to defy demands to surrender as Russian missiles also bombard Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city. Israel and the West Bank are seeing renewed bloodshed, with a Jerusalem holy site revered by Muslims, Jews, and Christians as the focal point of tensions. Today, Philadelphia becomes the first major city in the nation to reinstate an indoor mask mandate, even as most of the US has seen a decline in COVID.