Thousands of homes in Mississippi remained without power two weeks after a winter storm, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the US is pushing for an end to the war with Russia by June, according to multiple reports. Meanwhile, US news anchor Savannah Guthrie pleaded for the safe return of her missing mother, and Japanese citizens braved snowy conditions to vote in a snap election.
In Mississippi, approximately 15,000 customers, primarily in Lafayette County and Oxford, were still without electricity on Saturday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us. The ice storm, which struck the northern part of the state, downed trees, toppled power lines, and resulted in at least 29 deaths statewide, according to The New York Times. The persistent outages have disproportionately affected rural areas, where debris and downed lines continued to pose challenges, according to spokespeople for a regional utility provider.
Across the globe, Japanese citizens headed to the polls in a snap election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This marked the first mid-winter election in 36 years, with polls suggesting Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition could secure a decisive win, potentially gaining up to 300 of the 465 seats in the Lower House, according to BBC World. The election was called shortly after Takaichi won the party's leadership race.
In the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the US proposed that Ukrainian and Russian negotiating teams meet in Miami next week, with the aim of ending the war by June, according to BBC World. "America proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams Ukraine and Russia meet in the United States of America, probably in Miami, in a week. We confirmed our participation," Zelensky said. There was no immediate comment from Washington or Moscow.
Adding to the news, US news anchor Savannah Guthrie and her family released a video pleading for the safe return of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona. "We received your message, and we understand," Guthrie said in the video, adding, "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us. And we will pay." The video did not provide details about the message referenced.
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