Diana Flores, the flag-football star who headlined a viral ad during Sunday's Super Bowl, hopes the message of women's empowerment in sports resonates beyond the TV spot.
The big picture: Girls' and women's flag football has become increasingly popular in the Americas.
Next Friday marks the one-year "anniversary" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which continues to cause death, destruction and global economic upheaval.
Zoom in: For Alex Iskold, a New York City venture capitalist who immigrated from Ukraine in the early 1990s, it's time to reflect on work already done and the continuing challenges.
Latino-owned businesses in the U.S. are more likely than white non-Hispanic ones to say they've recovered from the pandemic and are performing better than before, according to a new report.
State of play: The annual Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship report, scheduled to be released today (Thursday), focuses on the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. business population.
China announced on Thursday that it would impose sanctions against two U.S. defense companies in retaliation for their weapons sales to Taiwan.
Why it matters: Relations between the U.S. and China soured this month after a high-altitude surveillance balloon sent by the Chinese government was discovered flying over the U.S.
President Biden plans to move quickly to replace David Malpass as president of the World Bank Group, seizing on his departure to transform the bank into an institution dedicated to fighting climate change, White House advisers say.
Why it matters: Malpass’ surprise decision to leave his term early gives the Biden's administration something it wanted even before the president was inaugurated: A chance for Biden to pick a new World Bank leader.
At least 39 people, including children, were killed Wednesday after a bus carrying migrants went off a cliff in Panama, Reuters reports.
Driving the news: The bus carrying 66 migrants was traveling from the Darién Gap, a jungle that connects Colombia to Central America, and was headed to a shelter in Chiriqui, which borders Costa Rica.
U.S. officials privately expect Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use a potential meeting with China's top diplomat this week to de-escalate tensions over the downing of a Chinese government spy balloon this month.
Driving the news: The State Department on Wednesday formally announced Blinken's plan to attend the Munich Security Conference, giving him an opportunity to re-establish high-level communications by sitting down face-to-face with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
At least 73 migrants attempting to reach Europe are missing and presumed dead after their boat wrecked off the coast of Libya, the UN International Organization for Migration in Libya said on Wednesday.
The big picture: Years of tightened border controls and tactics designed to stem the flow of irregular migration to Europe have forced migrants and asylum seekers to turn to increasingly perilous journeys.
Why it matters: Malpass' exit, expected by the end of June, comes months after calls grew from him to step down after he declined to acknowledge the scientific consensus that fossil fuels were warming the planet.
Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died from poisoning nearly 50 years ago, his family says, based on a new report from forensic scientists.
The big picture: The cause of Neruda's death has been the subject of debate for decades.
The Biden administration is discussing additional steps it can take in response to Israel's latest announcement on settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The Israeli Cabinet decision on Sunday to legalize nine illegal outposts and approve the planning and building of close to 10,000 housing units in existing settlements in the occupied West Bank was the single biggest settlement announcement ever made.
A senior U.S. delegation traveled to Saudi Arabia this week for talks with six Gulf countries on Iran and security cooperation in the region.
Why it matters: It's the first senior U.S. delegation to travel to the kingdom since a crisis erupted over oil production, which led the Biden administration to announce it was reevaluating its relations with Riyadh.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to visit Israel next week with a delegation of Senate Democrats for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials, Israeli Foreign Ministry officials told Axios.
The big picture: Democrats in Congress are increasingly voicing their concerns over Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul plan and its implications for Israel’s democracy and the bilateral U.S.-Israel relationship.
The European Union is expected to impose sanctions on seven entities connected to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that the bloc says are involved in the delivery of drones to Russia for its war against Ukraine, two senior EU officials said.
The big picture: One senior EU official told Axios the bloc is "much more concerned" about Iran's weapons support for Russia than it was before. "The IRGC is much more the focus than it used to be, and there is a real change of mindset." Until recently, most of the EU focus was on Iran's nuclear program and not on the IRGC military activity abroad.
Close trade ties between China and Europe once guaranteed warm relations. But those economic links are now facing scrutiny as Europe’s view on Beijing has soured.
What’s happening: China was planning to send a delegation of Xinjiang officials to Brussels, but that trip has been postponed amid outrage from human rights groups who called the possible visit a “charm offensive.”
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the unexpected announcement Wednesday that she would be resigning from government after eight years in the role.
