- The presidents of China and Belarus joined in urging a ceasefire and negotiations to bring about a political settlement to the Ukraine conflict. That amounted to an endorsement of a Chinese 12-point peace proposal issued Friday that. calls for the territorial integrity of all countries to be respected.
- Bracing for Italy's second consecutive year of drought for the first time in decades, Premier Giorgia Meloni huddled with ministers to start mapping out an action plan, joining France and other nations in Western Europe, grappling with scant winter rain and snow.
- The two top Democrats in Congress are asking Fox News executives not to spread grave propaganda about the 2020 elections, and are demanding that commentators who have falsely suggested that the election was stolen acknowledge on air that they were wrong.
