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A Hong Kong actor has apologized for darkening her skin to portray a migrant worker from the Philippines after it raised allegations of racism and started a debate about on-screen representation of minorities in the Chinese territory.https://nbcnews.to/3Mg48aC 

President Biden says the U.S. will give another $1.3 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, but that additional funding will soon be needed from Congress to continue the flow of weapons.https://nbcnews.to/3rGWQEY 

Elon Musk says in a filing that he has secured $46.5 billion in financing to purchase Twitter.https://nbcnews.to/3vDblep 

A court in Rwanda sentenced a Chinese businessman to 20 years in prison for torture after he was filmed beating a local man last year.https://nbcnews.to/3vyNSuP 

Netflix warns of crackdown on password sharing: Here's what it means for viewers.https://nbcnews.to/3K0SXkD 

Robert Morse, who translated Broadway stardom into a film career in the 1960s, then re-emerged decades later as one of the stars of “Mad Men,” has died at age 90.https://nbcnews.to/3Ey2YVg 

President Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks about the war in Ukraine, where civilians continue to face attacks by Russia's military as it opens a long-anticipated new offensive in the country's eastern region.https://nbcnews.to/3rGGb4D 

The world’s transition away from fossil energy has become a matter of national and global security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to energy industry experts.https://nbcnews.to/3JZemut 

Moldova - Ukraine's neighbor and one of Europe's poorest countries - worries it could be Putin's next target. Combat-ready Russian troops occupy part of its territory, and viral messages have been bombarding it since the invasion of Ukraine.https://nbcnews.to/3rFG8FW 

Biden administration will send its drug control strategy to Congress as officials scramble for ways to curb the deepening opioid and overdose crisis.https://nbcnews.to/3MCZkMX 

Nevada Democrats are contending with a challenging midterm environment and a divided party, all while trying to shore up operations that could help keep the state blue ahead of 2024.https://nbcnews.to/3vBMVBV 

A more transmissible subvariant, BA.2, accounts for around three-quarters of U.S. coronavirus cases.https://nbcnews.to/3xIsR3i 

Johnny Depp will face cross-examination by Amber Heard's attorneys on Thursday.https://nbcnews.to/3JXglzn 

Tony Awards producers have issued a warning to attendees that the upcoming awards show has a "strict no violence policy" in the wake of the onstage Oscars slap by the actor Will Smith.https://nbcnews.to/3xQgDpg 

Kara Alaimo: There’s a proper term for what happened to the ‘Libs of TikTok’ creator. It’s not ‘doxxing.’ https://nbcnews.to/3Mppgvj  - @NBCNewsTHINK

52-year-old California man accused of walking onto a high school campus and fatally stabbing a teenager he did not know was arraigned on murder and other charges on Wednesday, prosecutor says.https://nbcnews.to/37tVjLR