Amid ceasefire, Goma residents race to bury 2,000 bodies
Aid groups help Goma residents bury 2,000 bodies after last week’s battles, fearing disease spread. Members of the Congolese Red Cross and volunteers carry victims of the recent conflict before burying them in a cemetery in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [EPA] People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma rushed to
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,077
Here are the key developments on the 1,077th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Police bomb squad members work at a site of a building hit by a Russian missile attack in Izyum, Ukraine February 4, 2025 [Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters] Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 5: Fighting Five people, including a teenager, were
Greece’s ‘Instagram island’ of Santorini rattled by 200 earthquakes
Thousands of locals flee the picturesque island as experts say rolling tremors ‘not linked to volcanic activity’. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed for calm as hundreds of rolling earthquakes have left the residents of Santorini island, and its neighbours in the Aegean Sea, rattled. Records from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) showed the
Before Trump: The long US history of tariff wars with Canada and the world
After a dramatic day of telephone diplomacy, United States President Donald Trump has agreed to pause 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada that were to come into effect on Tuesday. But the pause is only for a month, and a 10 percent tariff that Trump announced on Chinese imports, on top of
Israel’s Netanyahu to discuss fragile Gaza ceasefire with Trump
The meeting comes as talks on second phase of truce are due, with US president saying there are no guarantees that peace will hold. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet United States President Donald Trump with the agenda to focus on the paused war in Gaza, as well as Iran. The two
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