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The former vice president’s visit presents yet another front of the growing proxy war between former President Donald J. Trump and Republicans who want to see Gov. Brian Kemp re-elected.

The withdrawal represents one of Russia’s more significant setbacks since its retreat from Kyiv. Finland’s declaration that it will join NATO is a further blow to the Kremlin.

The meeting is meant to reinvigorate the crisis response as vaccination and testing rates lag and many countries try to put the pandemic behind them.

Gross domestic product fell 0.1 percent in March. The risk of recession has increased as household budgets are constrained by the highest inflation rate in 30 years.

The Palestinian Authority said it would not give Israeli officials the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank during an Israeli raid. It said Israel could not be trusted to investigate the shooting.

The endorsement by Jake Corman, who dropped out of the race, represents the starkest step yet for Republicans who are trying to halt the primary’s front-runner, Doug Mastriano.

Finland’s president and prime minister said their nation should apply to join the alliance. The widely expected move nonetheless showed how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has drawn nonaligned nations closer to NATO.

Inflation data shows a modest deceleration, but prices are still climbing at a brisk pace, suggesting that underlying inflation pressures remain strong.

Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for additional aid, and U.S. intelligence officials warned that Russia is counting on Ukraine’s allies to lose interest. Russia is nearing control of the Donbas region in the east.

Soaring rates were driven largely by gun-related homicides, which rose 35 percent from 2019 to 2020.