In Pictures Indonesia uses cloud seeding to stop heavy rains as floods hit Jakarta Cloud seeding aims to steer rainfall away from flood-hit areas or limit the formation of heavier downpours. Rescue teams evacuate people whose homes have been flooded in Pasar Minggu district in Jakarta. [Bay Ismoyo/AFP] Published On 5 Mar 20255 Mar 2025…
In Pictures Oscar win brings hope to Palestinians in Masafer Yatta Residents hope No Other Land’s win will bring the world’s attention to them as they face possible Israeli expulsion. Salem Adra, walks with his 4-year-old son Elias past his family’s gas station in the village of al-Tuwaneh. [Leo Correa/AP Photo] Published On 5 Mar…
EXPLAINER Can Trump legally force US universities to silence protests? Trump threatens universities with withholding federal funding if they allow ‘illegal protests’ to resume on campuses. Columbia University was widely seen as the epicentre of the protests, which resulted in mass arrests and student suspensions [File: Mike Segar/Reuters] By Farah NajjarPublished On 5 Mar 20255 Mar 2025…
Zambia government’s neglect exposing more children to lead poison, HRW says Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood. Trucks at the ‘Black Mountain’, the concession of Enviro Processing Limited that holds much of Kabwe’s mine lead waste in Kabwe, Zambia…
China sets 5 percent growth target despite trade war with US Beijing pledges to make domestic demand its main economic driver as escalating trade war with the US hits exports. Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks during the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on…
Donald Trump pushed Volodymyr Zelenskyy to repay US aid with Ukraine’s minerals. But the deal fell through.
‘Public execution’: The Israeli checkpoint terrorising a Palestinian town Israel put a checkpoint on Deir Sharaf’s main street in October 2022. Since then village life has suffered, businesses are failing – and Palestinians are being killed. Israeli troops stand guard at the checkpoint in Deir Sharaf, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 2,…
‘Will make you rich’: Trump wants to take Greenland ‘one way or the other’ The US president reiterates interest in acquiring the island, painting a picture of prosperity and safety for its ‘incredible people’. Opinion polls suggest most Greenlanders oppose joining the US, although a majority favour eventual independence from Denmark [Mads Schmidt Rasmussen/EPA] Published…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,105 These are the key developments on day 1,105 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Residents at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone attack, in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025 [Nina Liashonok/Reuters] Published On 5 Mar 20255 Mar 2025 Here is the situation…
Watch the moment a Republican congressman rips away a sign held by a Democrat that read ‘This is not normal’