WHO declares mpox outbreak a global emergency

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. Ukrainian forces are pushing on with their major cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week. On Wednesday, they claimed to have taken more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a jet bomber. And looking for migrants illegally trying to enter the U.S. across the Florida Straits.