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The U.S. and Russia announced a formal process to try to stop the war in Ukraine.

Plus, the White House will no longer take DEI efforts into account when considering companies to be federal contractors.

And how the Wall Street of Eggs affects your grocery bill.

It's really the only exchange of its kind in the egg market where you can get a true supply and demand

picture. It allows the market to see what the value of their eggs are and who is buying

and what they will buy for. It's Tuesday, February 18th. I'm Alex Sosa Lev for the Wall Street

Journal. This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and

business stories that moved the world today. Let's start with the latest on the talks about Ukraine.

The U.S. and Russia have agreed to appoint high-level teams who would work together to try to end

the conflict in Ukraine. That's according to Trump administration officials.

The two sides stopped short of announcing a summit meeting between President Trump and Russian

President Vladimir Putin, which Trump had signaled he hoped to hold soon. The initiatives that the U.S.

announced raised fresh questions about the broader process for halting a war that has already

led to more than a million

casualties. In the Middle East, Hamas said today it would release six living hostages, three more than

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