Biden’s hearing, for a Supreme Court justice nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is in its third day. The African American female judge often avoided Republican lawmakers’ questions by not answering them directly. The most unexpected response was that she said she was unable to define the word “woman.”
Joe Biden left for Europe. This is one of the riskiest trips in recent memory and CNN said that Biden had to go because of the midterm elections.
The Russian foreign minister said that no one in Russia expected the West to seize foreign currency reserves stored abroad. Also, Vladimir Putin announced that “unfriendly countries” including all EU member states must pay for gas from Russia in rubles. The ruble immediately strengthened against the U.S. dollar and the euro on the news.
Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the China-Europe freight train with more than 1 million containers may be affected, now having to look for new shipping routes.