2 years on: How war has changed Ukraine’s battlefield
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, smoke rises behind an apartment building damaged in Russia’s Shahed-type drone hit in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
The United States has been Ukraine’s single biggest provider of military aid. But crucial funding is being held up in Congress. Ukraine is now focusing on drone production in an effort to become more self-reliant. And, as the Israel-Hamas war grinds on, more and more desperate Palestinians are resorting to paying bribes to leave Gaza. Some are crowdsourcing thousands of dollars to pay a network of Egyptian agencies that promise to coordinate their departure. Also, a global scheme to scan as many human irises as possible in exchange for cryptocurrency is setting off alarms in Europe. Privacy advocates say poor people are being preyed upon without knowing what they’re signing away. Plus, Out of Eden Walk: Djibouti and the Red Sea.
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