Mudslides kill 14 in heavy rains in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state reut.rs/3J4BUOf

WATCH: Some 70 fashion brands and designers are pushing their creative boundaries by taking part in the Metaverse Fashion Week, where avatars walk the digital runway decked out in e-couture

Afghanistan name ex-Pakistan players Younis, Gul as consultants reut.rs/35CocV6

Ukraine’s commander in chief General Zaluzhny: We are ready to pursue the elimination of the evil to the end. https://t.co/nPQ31H7bot

Manchin: Biden’s repeal of Title 42 order “a frightening decision” hill.cm/q8Nm6em

.@marcorubio: “Many of these newer leaders in [Latin America] have expressed admiration for the Communist party in China’s model even as they turn a blind eye and in many cases are supportive of the regimes that have created tremendous suffering in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.”

Russia falters in Ukraine but unlikely to give up assault hill.cm/Vhg2xCD

Pentagon announces $300M million in aerial systems, military weapons for Ukraine hill.cm/n73ZhxO

“Second European country refusing to sanction Russia — a challenge to democracy” (@TheHillOpinion) hill.cm/rC0mirJ

@AliVelshi Assuming all Ukrainians are equal, it’s a divided country. US exploited this divide by backing a coup in 2014 & then fueling a proxy war in which 13,000+ died. The answer is for all outside powers to stop using Ukraine as cannon fodder & accept neutrality.