It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and it’s shaping up to be a day of firsts: the first Super Bowl to feature two Black starting quarterbacks, the first mother to have two sons play against each other in the Super Bowl, and the first pregame flyover to be performed by an all-women crew. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.
Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.
• An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday, marking the third time in a week that US fighter jets have taken down objects in North American airspace.
• More than 28,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
• Anti-government hackers briefly interrupted a televised speech by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi as the Islamic Republic marked the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution on Saturday.
• Schools across Auckland, New Zealand, will close Monday as the island nation’s largest city braces for the arrival of Cyclone Gabrielle, CNN affiliate Radio New Zealand reported Sunday.
• At least one person was injured after a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv late Saturday.
Tuesday
NATO defense ministers are scheduled to begin a two-day meeting in Brussels amid the backdrop of the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Ministers of defense from NATO invitees Finland and Sweden, as well as Ukraine’s defense minister, will be in attendance.
We’ll also get a key reading of inflation with the announcement of the Consumer Price Index for January. In December, consumer prices increased by 0.1%, according to a revision from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. The original estimate showed a decline of 0.1%.
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