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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153442" data-attributes="member: 524">Attacks and armed conflicts<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Darul_Uloom_Haqqania_bombing" target="_blank">2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Ul_Haq_Haqqani" target="_blank">Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani</a>, the head of a faction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiat_Ulema-e-Islam_%28S%29" target="_blank">Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)</a> party and son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami-ul-Haq" target="_blank">Sami-ul-Haq</a>, are killed and twenty others are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing" target="_blank">suicide bombing</a> inside of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" target="_blank">mosque</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/injured-blast-islamic-seminary-training-taliban-9861319/" target="_blank">(The Indian Express)</a></li>
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</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_mass_layoffs" target="_blank">2025 United States federal mass layoffs</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Administration" target="_blank">Social Security Administration</a> announces it will <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff" target="_blank">layoff</a> over 7,000 jobs to align with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._President" target="_blank">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order" target="_blank">executive order</a>, despite its workforce already at a 50-year low. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5296986/trump-worker-cuts-social-security-administration" target="_blank">(NPR)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season" target="_blank">2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" target="_blank">tropical cyclone</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season%23Intense_Tropical_Cyclone_Garance" target="_blank">Garance</a> makes landfall in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union" target="_blank">Réunion</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" target="_blank">Indian Ocean</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/reunion-island-cyclone-garance-damages-d20ddf429639502e67f97089626bc7ec" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_disease_outbreak_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">2025 disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 60 fatalities and nearly 1,100 symptomatic cases are reported to be a result of a disease outbreak of unknown etiology in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_%C3%89quateur" target="_blank">Province of Équateur</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-mystery-disease-deaths-who-investigation-deepens/" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 25 construction workers are trapped and 32 others are rescued after a group of 57 people are swept away by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche" target="_blank">avalanche</a> near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana_Pass" target="_blank">Mana Pass</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" target="_blank">Uttarakhand</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/at-least-41-workers-are-trapped-after-being-swept-away-by-an-avalanche-in-northern-india/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Ukraine–United States relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump%E2%80%93Zelenskyy_meeting" target="_blank">2025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._president" target="_blank">U.S. president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._vice_president" target="_blank">U.S. vice president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance" target="_blank">JD Vance</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" target="_blank">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> end their talks early after their meeting in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" target="_blank">White House</a> turns into a &quot;heated&quot; exchange. Trump declares afterwards that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> &quot;is not interested in peace&quot; and disrespected the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://time.com/7262883/trump-zelensky-meeting/" target="_blank">(Time)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-security-guarantees-trump-meeting-washington-eebdf97b663c2cdc9e51fa346b09591d" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" target="_blank">US State Department</a> terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration amid an ongoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_energy_crisis" target="_blank">energy crisis</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/state-department-terminates-us-support-ukraine-energy-grid-restoration-rcna194259" target="_blank">(NBC)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Russia–United States relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> appoints <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Darchiev" target="_blank">Alexander Darchiev</a> as its new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Russia_to_the_United_States" target="_blank">ambassador to the U.S.</a> following talks between the two countries in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" target="_blank">Istanbul</a> on restoring regular diplomatic contacts and embassy staffs. The post has been vacant for several months. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-names-new-ambassador-to-us-after-istanbul-talks-e9993f36" target="_blank">(Barron's)</a> <a href="https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/110109/" target="_blank">(Interfax)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Rwanda_conflict_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Community" target="_blank">East African Community</a> (EAC) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_Development_Community" target="_blank">Southern African Development Community</a> (SADC) indefinitely postpone the joint summit of their foreign ministers that would have agreed on a ceasefire plan for the conflict in the eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> (DRC). The Congolese and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" target="_blank">Rwandan</a> governments never received invitations to the meeting. <a href="https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/congo-war-security-review/congo-war-security-review-february-28-2025#_edn9cc14a9080380c8b4967e8e22e24f19f12" target="_blank">(Critical Threats Project)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks" target="_blank">Greeks</a> organize a 24-hour nationwide <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike" target="_blank">general strike</a> on the second anniversary of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempi_train_crash" target="_blank">Tempi train crash</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" target="_blank">Greece</a>'s deadliest railway disaster. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-standstill-ahead-mass-protest-anniversary-deadly-train-crash-2025-02-28/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement" target="_blank">2024 quota reform movement</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" target="_blank">Bangladesh</a>, students who led the protests announce the formation of a new political party, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Citizen_Party_%28Bangladesh%29" target="_blank">National Citizen Party</a>, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahid_Islam" target="_blank">Nahid Islam</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_activist" target="_blank">student activist</a> and the chief coordinator of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_Against_Discrimination" target="_blank">Students Against Discrimination</a> movement. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-students-launch-new-party-to-shake-up-politics/a-71786361" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> announces it will shut down <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype" target="_blank">Skype</a> in May 2025 to focus its support and development on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" target="_blank">Teams</a>. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/microsoft-to-retire-skype-in-favor-of-teams/a-71786197" target="_blank">(DW)</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/microsoft-msft-to-shut-down-skype-as-zoom-teams-dominate-video-calls" target="_blank">(Bloomberg News)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_February_28" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153442, member: 524"] [B]Attacks and armed conflicts[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Darul_Uloom_Haqqania_bombing']2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing[/URL] [LIST] [*]Five people, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Ul_Haq_Haqqani']Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani[/URL], the head of a faction of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiat_Ulema-e-Islam_%28S%29']Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)[/URL] party and son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami-ul-Haq']Sami-ul-Haq[/URL], are killed and twenty others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing']suicide bombing[/URL] inside of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque']mosque[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/injured-blast-islamic-seminary-training-taliban-9861319/']([I]The Indian Express[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_mass_layoffs']2025 United States federal mass layoffs[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Administration']Social Security Administration[/URL] announces it will [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff']layoff[/URL] over 7,000 jobs to align with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._President']U.S. President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order']executive order[/URL], despite its workforce already at a 50-year low. [URL='https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5296986/trump-worker-cuts-social-security-administration'](NPR)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season']2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three people are killed as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone']tropical cyclone[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season%23Intense_Tropical_Cyclone_Garance']Garance[/URL] makes landfall in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union']Réunion[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean']Indian Ocean[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/reunion-island-cyclone-garance-damages-d20ddf429639502e67f97089626bc7ec'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_disease_outbreak_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']2025 disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 60 fatalities and nearly 1,100 symptomatic cases are reported to be a result of a disease outbreak of unknown etiology in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_%C3%89quateur']Province of Équateur[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-mystery-disease-deaths-who-investigation-deepens/'](CBS News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]At least 25 construction workers are trapped and 32 others are rescued after a group of 57 people are swept away by an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche']avalanche[/URL] near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana_Pass']Mana Pass[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand']Uttarakhand[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/at-least-41-workers-are-trapped-after-being-swept-away-by-an-avalanche-in-northern-india/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Ukraine–United States relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump%E2%80%93Zelenskyy_meeting']2025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._president']U.S. president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._vice_president']U.S. vice president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance']JD Vance[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine']Ukrainian president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy']Volodymyr Zelenskyy[/URL] end their talks early after their meeting in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House']White House[/URL] turns into a "heated" exchange. Trump declares afterwards that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] "is not interested in peace" and disrespected the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://time.com/7262883/trump-zelensky-meeting/']([I]Time[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-security-guarantees-trump-meeting-washington-eebdf97b663c2cdc9e51fa346b09591d'](AP)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State']US State Department[/URL] terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration amid an ongoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_energy_crisis']energy crisis[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/state-department-terminates-us-support-ukraine-energy-grid-restoration-rcna194259'](NBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Russia–United States relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] appoints [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Darchiev']Alexander Darchiev[/URL] as its new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Russia_to_the_United_States']ambassador to the U.S.[/URL] following talks between the two countries in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul']Istanbul[/URL] on restoring regular diplomatic contacts and embassy staffs. The post has been vacant for several months. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-names-new-ambassador-to-us-after-istanbul-talks-e9993f36'](Barron's)[/URL] [URL='https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/110109/'](Interfax)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Rwanda_conflict_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Community']East African Community[/URL] (EAC) and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_Development_Community']Southern African Development Community[/URL] (SADC) indefinitely postpone the joint summit of their foreign ministers that would have agreed on a ceasefire plan for the conflict in the eastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL] (DRC). The Congolese and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda']Rwandan[/URL] governments never received invitations to the meeting. [URL='https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/congo-war-security-review/congo-war-security-review-february-28-2025#_edn9cc14a9080380c8b4967e8e22e24f19f12'](Critical Threats Project)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks']Greeks[/URL] organize a 24-hour nationwide [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike']general strike[/URL] on the second anniversary of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempi_train_crash']Tempi train crash[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece']Greece[/URL]'s deadliest railway disaster. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-standstill-ahead-mass-protest-anniversary-deadly-train-crash-2025-02-28/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Following the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement']2024 quota reform movement[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh']Bangladesh[/URL], students who led the protests announce the formation of a new political party, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Citizen_Party_%28Bangladesh%29']National Citizen Party[/URL], led by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahid_Islam']Nahid Islam[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_activist']student activist[/URL] and the chief coordinator of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_Against_Discrimination']Students Against Discrimination[/URL] movement. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-students-launch-new-party-to-shake-up-politics/a-71786361'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft']Microsoft[/URL] announces it will shut down [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype']Skype[/URL] in May 2025 to focus its support and development on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Teams']Teams[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/microsoft-to-retire-skype-in-favor-of-teams/a-71786197'](DW)[/URL] [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/microsoft-msft-to-shut-down-skype-as-zoom-teams-dominate-video-calls'](Bloomberg News)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_February_28"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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