Morning Post / 2 lines: What mattered to the world yesterday

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■ Amid increasingly urgent calls from Ukraine, President Biden yesterday announced an additional $ 1 billion in weapons and aid to the war-torn country. In all, the United States has provided about $ 5.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24. Germany, Slovakia, Canada, Poland, and the Netherlands have also promised more artillery.

. The US Federal Reserve yesterday raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point to the largest increase since 1994, signaling it is poised to cause economic pain to bring inflation under control. The rate hike could be followed by a similar-sized move next month, officials said.

■ Dr. Hans Kluge, the top WHO official in Europe, yesterday called for urgent action by authorities and civic groups to control the rapidly growing cases of monkeypox which he said posed a real risk to public health. More than 1,500 cases have been identified in 25 European countries, accounting for 85 percent of global cases, he said.

. The leaders of Germany, France, and Italy will visit today the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in what is intended to be a show of solidarity. They face a tense wait.

■ The war could lead to advances in nuclear energy and natural gas for countries like Romania. The EU is also seeking to import more natural gas from Egypt and Israel. But despite the sanctions, oil production in Moscow rose in May as Russia continues to find buyers.

■ China's Xi Jinping offered to deepen cooperation with Moscow in a phone call with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader.

. The British government said it would stick to the tough line plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, despite the fact that the first deportation flight was banned following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

. Nearly 100 million Americans were under extreme heat warnings yesterday, with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees Fahrenheit in much of the country.

. A man has confessed to helping kill a British journalist and a Brazilian expert on indigenous peoples who have been missing in the Amazon rainforest since 5 June.

. Israel sentenced a Palestinian aid worker for sending charitable funds to Hamas. Mohammad El Halabi was held in custody for six years.

Ryanair will no longer require South African passport holders to take a written test in Afrikaans to prove their nationality, before boarding several flights, as the policy has been widely criticized as discriminatory and pointless.

■ Microsoft officially launched Internet Explorer yesterday, sparking a burst of nostalgia. In the coming months, Windows users will be directed to the company's Edge web browser.

. Indonesia and Malaysia could follow the UAE in restricting "Lightyear", a new Disney movie featuring a kiss between two women.