More than 530 Haitians were killed in gang-led violence in the first quarter of this year.

Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is only 700 miles from Miami, Florida; shore to shore, Florida to Haiti, it’s even closer. It is bordered by a middle-income country, the Dominican Republic. And yet it’s not only the poorest country in the Americas, it’s the most violent.

Gang violence in Haiti isn’t new. When I visited the country as USAID Administrator, I was struck by how every movement in Port-au-Prince was shaped by concerns about insecurity. In 2018, for example, when I visited a school and orphanage not far from the capital, I traveled there not by car, but by helicopter.

But since the assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, things have gotten much, much worse. This year, according to United Nations statistics, more than 530 people have been killed, 300 injured, and 277 kidnapped in gang-related incidents in Haiti—just through the end of March. What’s more, 90 percent of metropolitan Port-au-Prince is estimated to be under gang control.

Canada has an ageing workforce. In response, the Trudeau government is welcoming more immigrants.

Like many developed countries, Canada is facing a labor shortage aggravated by an ageing workforce. From 2016 to 2017, the number of Canadians aged 65 and older rose 18.3 percent, the second highest increase in 75 years. In the country’s working-age population, more than 1 in 5 individuals are now close to retirement. When those trends are combined with Canada’s declining fertility rates, it hardly comes as a surprise that many parts of the country have a large number of open jobs. For 2022, for example, Ontario reported 372,000 job vacancies—double the number from 2020.

Rising temperatures in the Arctic are affecting variations in the monsoon season more than 5,000 miles away in India.

Data indicates that Arctic temperatures are rising 3-4 times faster than the global average, and that the changing climate there is linked to a wide range of conditions—from a shrinking ice cap to the thawing of surface areas that have been frozen for centuries. What hasn’t been as widely considered, however, is that these temperature trends are affecting weather patterns in far away regions.

In a recent poll, 97 percent of Ukrainians said they believe Ukraine will “definitely” or “likely” win the war against Russia.

While accurate data in wartime is often hard to come by, it’s estimated that Russia has launched more than 5,000 missiles, 3,500 airstrikes, and 1,000 drone attacks against Ukraine. This bombardment has turned millions into refugees or displaced them inside their home country, destroyed important physical infrastructure, and even threatened the safety of nuclear power plants.

But despite all of that—the relentless destruction, loss of life, and overall hardship, Ukrainians’ determination and morale appear undiminished.