Monitoring the status of hostages still in Gaza after Hamas’s attack

A total of 251 people were taken in the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. We’re tracking what happened to each of them.

Source: Washington Post

It's official: now avoid credit card interest into 2024

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German election 2025: What's in the party programs?

Immigration and the economy are the topics that dominate the political debate in the run-up to the general election on February 23. DW looks at the main parties' campaign platforms.

Source: Deutsche Welle

What Trump's EPA pick, Lee Zeldin, would mean for climate

Donald Trump has tapped former Republican Representative Lee Zeldin to head the US's Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, is expected to undo dozens of environmental regulations.

Source: Deutsche Welle

German election: Conservative CDU/CSU leads polls

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes that he can return to office following the election on February 23. But the conservative CDU/CSU alliance is ahead in the latest ARD Deutschlandtrend poll.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Remembering Tamil victims of the 'death railway' 80 years on

The remains of 106 Tamil laborers who, under Japanese occupation, were forced to work on the "death railway" between Thailand and Myanmar over eight decades ago have been cremated in …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Hamas to free three more hostages: Men among 80 residents taken from Nir Oz kibbutz

Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages on February 15 and Israeli forces began releasing hundreds of prisoners in return. Militants in the southern Gaza Strip paraded the three hostages …

Source: France 24

UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state

Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats

UK-based lawyers have spoken out about being targeted by the Chinese state and …

Source: The Guardian

Australia news live: Dutton suggests teal MPs ‘will never come our way’ in event of a hung parliament; poll points to Coalition wave in outer suburbs

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• Analysis: With a cost-of-living election to fight, Dutton strikes a delicate balance on the ‘trans debate’
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Source: The Guardian

US health agency approves brand-new painkiller

Suzetrigine (Journavx) is the first non-opioid pain medication to be approved in the US in 20 years. It could help over 80 million Americans living with severe acute pain, while …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls for the creation of the "armed forces of Europe"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeks greater military and economic support from the European Union.

Source: CBS News

Experts: this is the best cash back card of 2022

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