News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Pope Francis says he is studying a possible visit to Kyiv while he blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a "savage" war. https://t.co/AssI5EfRr8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2022
Red Cross evacuation convoy struggling to reach Mariupolhttps://t.co/KfYppSe42Z
— Axios (@axios) April 2, 2022
U.S. commits $300 million in military hardware, weapons to Ukraine. https://t.co/apiTiFl4H2
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 2, 2022
As the Russian military shifts its campaign to focus on the east and south of Ukraine, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has called on the US and its allies to deliver heavier weaponry to the ex-Soviet nation. https://t.co/8gUYsLEfDC
— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2022
Death toll rises to 35 from strike on government building in Ukraine's Mykolaiv, governor says https://t.co/iHroQnHPZu pic.twitter.com/rgiYNjU74x
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2022
Russia's space director threatened to end cooperation with partners at the International Space Station until Western sanctions are lifted.https://t.co/HBUk898qDd
— Axios (@axios) April 2, 2022
Trump's presidential diarist tells Jan. 6 committee White House officials provided less detail about his activities days before riot https://t.co/lGMopus78V
— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2022
The attorney general’s deliberative approach to Jan. 6 has frustrated Democratic allies of the White House and, at times, President Biden himself. Biden said privately that he wanted Garland to act less like a ponderous judge and more like a prosecutor. https://t.co/N2DDZvaJ2M
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2022
COVID-19 has reached record levels in Britain, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with the virus the past week, data show. Hospitalizations and deaths are rising, although deaths are still relatively low compared with earlier this year. https://t.co/FQPkTlK4WG
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 2, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell lost her bid to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, even after a juror acknowledged falsely stating before the trial that he had not been sexually abused https://t.co/sEafA9ri1Q pic.twitter.com/PDc9vw8JTG
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2022
U.S. says it repatriated a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Algeria https://t.co/jUaQOcvHtg pic.twitter.com/ezhp6zcKHn
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2022
JUST IN: Former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces she will run for Alaska’s at-large Congress seat vacated by the late Rep. Don Young. https://t.co/F4nmgLptlF
— ABC News (@ABC) April 2, 2022
