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In a resumption of testing, North Korea launches a ballistic missile into the sea. North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Sunday, according to Seoul, restarting a weapons-testing frenzy after a month of relative calm during the Beijing Winter Olympics and while the world's attention is focused on Ukraine. Pyongyang has launched eight missiles this year, including a test-firing of its most powerful missile since high-profile talks between Kim Jong Un and then-US President Donald Trump collapsed in 2017. Diplomacy has been in decline since then. Despite harsh international sanctions, Pyongyang has increased its military spending and threatened to end a self-imposed embargo on firing long-range and nuclear weapons last month. Pyongyang was generally expected to try to profit from the US's diversion over Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, according to analysts. The South Korean military says it detected a ballistic missile fired from Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japa

According to a new poll released friday, over two-thirds of Americans believe that if Trump were still president, Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine. According to a recent Harvard Center for American Political Studies-Harris Research poll, 62 percent of Americans believe that if Trump, rather than incumbent President Joe Biden, were still in office, Putin would not launch an offensive against Ukraine. In terms of percentages, 39 percent of Democrats and 85 percent of Republicans believe Trump would have made Putin reconsider starting the war. Meanwhile, according to The Hill, 59 percent of Americans believe Biden's perceived weakness led Putin to execute the brazen strike in the first place. Regardless of party affiliation, though, a total of 38% of Americans say Putin would have invaded Ukraine regardless of who was president. Another 41% felt the person in power had no influence on Putin's decision to invade Ukraine. While President Biden has voic