Key Developments

• The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has reduced staff and closed offices, causing delays in investigating disability discrimination complaints in schools.
• Starbucks announced it will close 250 stores in North America due to poor financial performance, offering job transfers or severance to affected employees.
• Israel revoked the credentials of Dutch diplomats in the West Bank after the Netherlands banned goods from Israeli settlements.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to raise interest rates to 4.6 percent, the highest level since 2011, affecting mortgages and borrowing costs.
• Bill Gates described global cooperation on artificial intelligence regulation as more difficult than nuclear arms control and called for safeguards to protect humanity.
• Russian attacks killed eight people in Ukraine on Sunday, with President Zelensky reporting nearly 3,900 attacks over the past week targeting civilian areas.