- South Korea sued to stop deep-sea gas pipeline
- New Zealand scraps outdoor masking, some Covid vaccine mandates
- Ketanji Brown Jackson spars with GOP in defense of record
- Tornado causes damage in New Orleans
- Ukrainian forces on offensive, Russian combat capability falls below 90%: Pentagon update

Aboriginal people want to prevent South Korea from funding a gas development in the Timor Sea.

The country has had some of the world’s toughest restrictions but these had led to angry protests.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record against an orchestrated Republican effort to brand it as “soft on crime” and liberal activism.
A tornado damaged homes and knocked out power in the New Orleans area on Tuesday night.

On Day 27, a defense official said some Russian troops had frostbite.