President Joe Biden appeared to try to put a positive spin on skyrocketing gas prices Monday while taking questions from reporters during his trip to Japan.
The average price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past two weeks to $4.71 per gallon, according to the Lundberg Survey, which comes as some analysts predict prices will climb above $6 a gallon by the end of the summer.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Saturday added its voice to the growing world chorus warning about the rise in monkeypox infections, saying it expects more cases to emerge after a handful were detected in the U.S. and Europe.
A local news outlet reported that parents in San Antonio, Texas, are struggling the most in the U.S. to get the formula their infants need, with 56 percent of retailers reporting empty shelves.
First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Sunday, visiting Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska in Uzhhorod, a city in the southwest of the country.
