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France and Britain are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine that would cover air, sea and energy infrastructure attacks but not include ground fighting, French President Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister said.
Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human rights violations by President Daniel Ortega’s government. Vice President and first lady, Rosario Murillo, called the decision “sovereign and irrevocable,” stating Nicaragua would cease participation in all activities related to the Human Rights Council and its “satellite mechanisms.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who heads the Department of Health and Human Services, has said U.S. President Donald Trump will call for an end to adding fluoride to public water supplies. Trump has not announced a position but said it is possible he would make such a recommendation.
Pope Francis had an isolated breathing crisis” in hospital on Friday, the Vatican said, in a setback as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia.
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and one of the senior Black female officers in the Army, retired on February 28, 2025. She led a career of 32-years in the military. The move came shortly after President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers, indicating a broader shake-up of military leadership.
Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad is facing increasing isolation within President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration due to a recent cabinet shuffle that has shifted the balance of power away from his moderate fiscal approach. This development has heightened market fears of a potential leftist pivot, as Haddad appears to lack strong allies in Lula’s inner circle to support his efforts to maintain fiscal discipline.
Spain justice rejects Oswaldo Eustáquio’s arrest requested by the Supreme Court by Supreme Court Justice.9 Justice of Spain made a significant decision by denying the request for preventive detention against journalist Oswaldo Eustáquio. This request had been made by the minister of the Supreme Court (STF) of Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes. The confirmation of the decision was given by Eustáquio’s defense lawyer, Ricardo Vasconcellos, to Revista Oeste.
This executive order would mark the first time in the U.S.’s nearly 250-year history that a national language is officially recognized at the federal level. Historically, the U.S. has never had an official language, reflecting its identity as a nation of immigrants where hundreds of languages—over 350, according to Census Bureau data—are spoken. English has always been the dominant language, with about 78% of Americans speaking only English at home, but the absence of a federal designation has allowed for linguistic flexibility, especially in government services.
The recent meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on February 28, 2025, turned into a highly publicized confrontation that has significant implications for Ukraine’s position in its ongoing war with Russia. This event, marked by a heated shouting match in the Oval Office, unraveled in front of global media, exposing tensions between the two leaders and raising questions about the future of U.S. support for Ukraine.
As of today, February 28, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has publicly accused the FBI of withholding critical documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. In a letter dated February 27, 2025, addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel, Bondi claimed that the FBI’s New York Field Office possesses “thousands of pages of documents” concerning Epstein’s investigation and indictment, which were not disclosed despite her repeated requests.