1. The Biden administration on Tuesday reaffirmed its will for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s remarks in strengthening the regime’s nuclear capacities. 

2. Russian gas giant Gazprom stopped supplying gas to so-called “unfriendly” countries, including Poland and Bulgaria as of Wednesday. Meanwhile, over 40 nations gathered in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s defense.  

3. South Korea tallied 76-thousand 7-hundred-87 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The number of critically ill patients and the death toll stood at 5-hundred-46, and 1-hundred-41 respectively.