Israel Aerospace Industries and Rafael Advanced Systems beat out bids from Germany's Diehl Defense, Norway's Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace, the UK's MBDA.

Protesters hold a moment of silence for Ukrainian civilians and soldiers who have died in the fighting and denigrate Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian, and English.

Higher food prices have contributed to a broader surge in inflation as economies recover from the coronavirus crisis and the FAO has warned that the higher costs are putting poorer populations at risk in countries reliant on imports.

In a series of tweets, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lauds the heroism of the Ukrainian people and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Tehran has been wary of criticizing the Kremlin as Russia is one of its strongest allies.

After soprano Anna Netrebko withdraws future engagements from New York opera company rather than withdraw her statements in support of Russian leader, Met says, "with Putin killing innocent civilians in Ukraine, there was no way forward."