2 billionIn an attempt to reduce mosquito-borne diseases, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the release of 2 billion genetically-modified mosquitoes. Engineered by biotech company Oxitec, the insects that carry daughter-killing genes that get passed from generation to generation .
Ukrainian soldiers are bidding farewell to their loved ones at a train station in Lviv before heading east to the front. According to U.S. official data between 2,000 and 4,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the beginning of the Russian war. Photo: Carol Guzy/ZUMA
Spanish daily El Pais devotes its front page to the attack on a maternity hospital by Russian strikes in the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which left at least three people dead and 17 injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West to impose tougher sanctions on Russia.
• No agreement reached during Russia and Ukraine foreign ministers meeting: No agreement on a 24-hour ceasefire was reached as Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytryo Kuleba and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov meet today in Antalya, Turkey. It is the highest level talks since Russia’s invasion of U.