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On Mother’s Day, Biden met with Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, who has been in hiding with her children since Russia’s invasion began. (Image credit: Susan Walsh/AP)

Hundreds gathered in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and other cities days after a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion was leaked to the public suggesting the court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.

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The Taliban in Afghanistan have instructed that women cover up in public from head to toe, including their faces. NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid has been talking to women affected by the change.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) via video link from the Situation Room. Ukraine Presidency/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa In an emotional video address from the heavily damaged Kiev suburb of Borodyanka,

Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect John Lee Ka-Chiu attends a press conference after being elected at the Exhibition and Convention Centre. Keith Tsuji/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa A hardline former security minister, John Lee, has been confirmed as the next chief executive of

Police officers stand at an entrance to the memorial grounds in Treptower Park during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe (Victory in Europe Day). Paul Zinken/dpa Since Sunday morning, many people in Berlin

First Lady Jill Biden visited Romania and is spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia today.

And in Mariupol, women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the steel mill. Officials continue to work on humanitarian corridors for the rest of the city.