Anairstrike carried out in north-westYemen kills seven and injures eight others at a hospital. The airstrike occurred early when patients and staff members were arriving.(BBC News)(The Washington Post)
Arts and culture
The all-female board of Women Church World, a monthly supplement in theL'Osservatore Romano (theVatican City daily newspaper), resign citing a campaign to discredit them and put them "under the direct control of men".(BBC News)
The U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission tells a judge in New York that she has the power to decide whether the CEO ofTesla,Elon Musk, violated the terms of his settlement with the SEC without holding a hearing, because there are no open issues of material fact.(SEC)
Health officials inRockland County, New York, declare a state of emergency due to an ongoingmeasles outbreak. The county is prohibiting unvaccinated children under the age of 18 from public areas for 30 days.(Ars Technica)
International relations
TheLima Group condemns the presence ofRussian military planes inVenezuela as a "provocation threatening peace and security in the region."(France24)
TheEuropean Parliament approves two revisions to the controversialDirective on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One resolution includes new requirements aimed at making companies pay licensing fees to publications such as newspapers whose work gets aggregated by online services. The second revision makes online platforms such asGoogle,Facebook andYouTube liable for the content posted on their services, meaning that all content providers must get permission from rights holders before uploading copyrighted material of any kind.(The Guardian)
All charges against American actorJussie Smollett for allegedly filing a false police report are dropped.(CNN)
U.S. Secretary of EducationBetsy DeVos testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee about this year's DoED budget request. The committee heavily criticized Secretary DeVos for the proposed budget cuts.(Yahoo! News)
Sports
Mixed martial artistConor McGregor announces his retirement from the sport on Twitter. TheNew York Times reports that McGregor was arrested in January for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman inIreland. According to theNew York Times, he was released and is under investigation by authorities.(MMA Fighting)(New York Post)