North Korea fired a ballistic missile ahead of South Korean president Yoon's inauguration,Mali terminated military agreements with France,and Finland and Sweden received security assurances pending NATO membership.Meanwhile, hundreds of sailors were moved off a US naval ship after a surge in suicides.

UK local elections saw Conservatives suffer heavy losses,Spain's PM and Defense Minister were reportedly targeted with Pegasus spyware,Australia denied threatening the Solomon Islands over a new security deal with China, andcitizens across Europe took to the streets to mark International Workers' Day.In other news, Putin reportedly apologized to Israel after Foreign Minister Lavrov said Hitler was partly Jewish, the US seized a superyacht linked to a Russian businessman in Fiji,and the US tate Dept. claimed that Hoops star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained by Russia.

Midterm primary elections were held in Ohio and Indiana,an election official ruled that Marjorie Taylor Greene is eligible for reelection in Georgia,and Dr. Oz faced questions over his ties with Turkey.Meanwhile,the Jan. 6 committee requested testimony from three GOP lawmakers,a judge rejected the RNC's bid to block a third-party subpoena, andTrump Jr. met with the committee.In further Trump news, the former president lost a bid to halt a contempt order,a special grand jury convened to aid an investigation in the election-interference probe,Trump entities agreed to pay $750K to settle a lawsuit related to his inauguration,and a report revealed that Trump's DHS secretary delayed a report on Russian election interference.In other news,the White House Correspondents Dinner returned after two-year hiatus.

A judge accepted Derek Chauvin's plea deal,a former NYPD cop was convicted of assaulting an officer during the Jan. 6 riot,the Delaware repairman who turned over Hunter Biden's laptop filed a defamation lawsuit, andan Oath Keepers member pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy.Meanwhile,an alleged Colombian drug lord pleaded not guilty to US drug charges,Alabama investigators continued searching for an escaped inmate and missing prison official,and a manhunt was launched in Israel after police identified suspects in a deadly attack near Tel Aviv.

In the US, a leaked opinion revealed that SCOTUS may overturn Roe v. Wade,Senate Majority Leader Schumer announced plans to vote on a bill that will codify abortion rights into federal law,and abortion rights groups said they'll spend $150M in the midterms.Meanwhile, Oklahoma's gov. signed a bill to ban abortions after six weeks,while Connecticut lawmakers passed a bill to protect abortion providers and receivers from out-of-state abortion lawsuits.In other news,SCOTUS ruled Boston violated a Christian groups freedom of speech, andTennessee halted executions amid an investigation into lethal injections.Elsewhere,Belarus sentenced activist Sofia Sapega to six years in jail.

British Petroleum's profits soared above $6B,Pfizer reported 61% growth in Q1 2022,Intuit agreed to pay a $141M settlement over misleading tax-filing ads,Spirit Airlines rejected JetBlue's acquisition offer, andStarbucks announced higher wages for non-unionized staff.Meanwhile,the SEC bolstered its crypto enforcement unit, andcryptocurrency venture Yuga Labs crashed the Ethereum network.In other news,the Federal Reserve raised US rates in the biggest hike since 2000, after which the stock market experience a brief gain before falling the next day.The Reserve Bank of Australia andthe Bank of England also raised rates,inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 70%, andUS job openings rose to a record 11.5M.

The UK introduced a new digital watchdog,the European Commission accused Apple of breaching anti-trust regulations,and a second Apple store in the US filed to hold a union election.Meanwhile,Amazon workers rejected a union bid at a NYC warehouse, andElon Musk reportedly told investors of plans to take Twitter public again.

The WHO estimated that nearly 15M deaths have been associated with COVID,the FDA limited the use of the J&J vaccine, andCOVID restrictions eased in Shanghai but tightened in Beijing.Meanwhile,New Zealand re-opened borders to visa-waiver countries, andthe Biden Admin. predicted 100M COVID cases in the fall without Congressional help.In other news,the hepatitis outbreak in children climbed to nearly 300 cases worldwide,the WHO reported that Europe is living an obesity 'epidemic,'the pig heart used last year in the first human transplant was discovered to have been infected with a deadly animal virus, andBiogen distanced itself from a controversial Alzheimer's drug.

A sandstorm in Iraq sent more than 5,000 to hospital,a searing heatwave built up across South Asia,and New Mexico wildfires were declared a federal disaster. Meanwhile,a venture capitalist donated $1.1B to Stanford for a climate change school.

The International Skating Union proposed raising the minimum age for competitions,Cardinals' Hopkins was suspended from the first six games of the NFL season, andUEFA banned Russia from the Women's European Championship and World Cup.

A suspected gas-leak explosion in Cuba killed at least 22 people, and former Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin died at 78..