The Daily Populous

Answering the call from small relief organizations in northern Mississippi after a series of tornadoes swept through the area, seven Ukrainians who recently arrived in Minneapolis are heading south.

The American Service’s Director of Operations, Sofiia Rudenko, is a Ukrainian who herself has only been in the U.S. since around Christmas.

The American Service has helped over 80 Ukrainian refugees displaced by the war with Russia find jobs and housing in Minneapolis. »

The White House said it has stopped sharing detailed data on its strategic nuclear forces with Russia in response to the Kremlin refusing to comply with a key nuclear arms treaty, the standoff another front between Washington and Moscow over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday that Russia has refused to share nuclear data with the U.S., prompting Washington to withhold sharing its own nuclear data with Moscow.

The U.S. decision to withhold key nuclear data was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. »

A Russian man whose daughter drew an anti-war picture at school has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony on charges of discrediting the armed forces.

The investigation started after Masha drew a picture last April showing Russian missiles raining down on a Ukrainian mother and child.

The case has provoked an outcry among Russian human rights activists and sparked an online campaign to reunite father and daughter. »

This morning, Japan's Fair Trade Commission has essentially cleared Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal, determining that the acquisition would not substantially harm competition.

However, their arguments seem to have fallen deaf on Japan's FTC, and it's not looking promising elsewhere, either.

Given these deals, it's hard to imagine Microsoft won't be able to persuade the CMA to clear those remaining concerns. »