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Hamas officials accused Israel on Wednesday of delaying aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip and jeopardising the truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel dismissed as “fake news”. Shortly afterwards, Israel announced that Hamas had provided it with a list of hostages set to be released tomorrow. Follow our liveblog for all the latest … Read more
The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as it awaits further inflation and jobs data and more clarity on the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s policies before deciding whether to cut borrowing costs again. Trump, who has already said interest rates should be lowered regardless while asserting he … Read more
Amanda Nguyen on making history as first Vietnamese woman in space – CBS News Watch CBS News Amanda Nguyen, a civil rights activist and astronaut, is set to become the first Vietnamese and Southeast Asian woman to travel to space. Nguyen, who fought for the rights of sexual assault survivors, shares her journey of resilience … Read more
Students from local religious school vandalise venue set to host women’s match, a day after similar incident in another city. A women’s football match in Bangladesh has been cancelled after protests by students from a traditional religious school damaged the venue, the second such incident in as many days. The northwestern city of Joypurhat was … Read more
UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit suffered a data breach in February 2024, the news of which surfaced Feb. 21. Initially reported to have affected around 100 million individuals, the U.S. health insurance giant has now revealed that the actual number is significantly higher: 190 million. This makes it the largest breach of medical data in U.S. … Read more
Pensioners walk along the pier in Deal, UK, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A sharp spike in U.K. borrowing costs this year triggered memories of the 2022 “mini-budget” crisis, which rocked the country’s pension funds and led to emergency market intervention by the Bank of England. But this year, … Read more
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi will not take part in regionally brokered talks aimed at ending the rebel assault on the key eastern city of Goma, state media has reported. Kenyan leader William Ruto had invited Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame to a regional summit later on Wednesday, as corpses … Read more
With its powerful camera, the French Navy surveillance plane scouring the Baltic Sea zoomed in on a cargo ship plowing the waters below — closer, closer and closer still until the camera operator could make out details on the vessel’s front deck and smoke pouring from its chimney. The long-range Atlantique 2 aircraft on a … Read more
The top American envoy to the Middle East was to meet on Wednesday with Israel’s prime minister and, potentially, visit the Gaza Strip to reinforce a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas that, if made permanent, would allow thousands more displaced Palestinians to return to their homes. The envoy, Steven Witkoff, was expected to inspect … Read more
From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, ushering in the Year of the Snake. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in China Yena Lee, has more.