Ohio State University says its recently resigned president violated school policy by attempting to help a woman with whom he had a close personal relationship get a job at the school, help with her podcast and other access to school resources. The report released Tuesday comes after the investigation was requested by the Ohio State’s trustees following the abrupt resignation of Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. as school president. That followed revelations about what the school called an “inappropriate relationship” with the woman. In a statement, John Zeiger, Ohio State’s board chair, said the investigation’s findings were “deeply disappointing.”

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners. The approval Tuesday by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet of the new guideline clears a final set of hurdles for Japan’s postwar arms sales. The move comes as the country accelerates its military buildup in the face of growing security challenges in the region. While the change of policy met with China’s criticism, it has been largely welcomed by Japan’s defense partners like Australia and attracted interests from Southeast Asia and Europe.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s strong economic ties to the U.S. were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected. Carney spoke in a video address released Sunday about his government’s efforts to strengthen the Canadian economy by attracting new investments and signing trade deals with other countries. He said the world is more “dangerous and divided” and noted the U.S. has changed its approach to trade by raising tariffs to levels last seen in the Great Depression. Carney said tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump have impacted workers in such major industries as auto and steel and prompted businesses to hold back investments.

President Donald Trump’s oil embargo on Cuba has exacerbated a crisis that has turned Havana’s nightlife dark and quiet. It’s been almost exactly a decade since Cuba welcomed the first U.S. cruise ship in half a century. Now, gasoline sales are limited to 5 gallons per vehicle and owners can wait months for a turn at the pump. Buses stop running at 6 p.m. and international airlines including Air France, Air Canada and Iberia have stopped flying to Havana because they can’t refuel there. The Cuban government has reported the arrival of 77,600 tourists in February, down from 178,000 on the same month a year ago.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the flow of drugs into the U.S. by sea has been nearly eradicated under his administration. He echoed the sentiment in a Truth Social post this week, writing that 98.2% of drugs smuggled in via such routes have “stopped.” But experts say Trump is misrepresenting government data and that the real number can’t be known because it is impossible to determine how many drugs are not intercepted.

Pope Leo XIV, a studious and soft-spoken cleric, and Donald Trump, an unapologetically bellicose politician, have long been on a rhetorical collision course. Now their disagreement over the war in Iran has escalated in unusual fashion. On social media, Trump said Leo was “Weak” and captive to the “Radical Left,” even suggesting that Leo somehow owed his position to Trump. The pope has declared Trump’s threats toward Iran “truly unacceptable” and pointed his flock to biblical text and church doctrine on war and peace. It’s a spectacle involving the world’s two biggest megaphones.

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact. He spoke Monday after defeating Putin ally Viktor Orbán. Magyar said that he would ask Putin to end the killing in Ukraine and plans to review Hungary's Russian energy contracts and renegotiate them if needed. His victory has sparked hope across Europe for a more cooperative EU as many leaders were frustrated with Orbán's policies. Magyar aims to work closely with the EU and NATO. European leaders have praised his win. They see it as a shift away from populist politics. The outcome could impact Hungary's stance on issues like Ukraine.