TIL Date: 2025-02
139 headlines found.
- Rafah crossing opens as Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages
February 1, 2025 - German parliament rejects immigration bill backed by far right
February 1, 2025 - Medical jet carrying six people crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes on fire
February 1, 2025 - Trump announces significant new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, sparking retaliatory actions
February 2, 2025 - Louisiana issues arrest warrant for New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill
February 2, 2025 - Canada to retaliate against Trump with matching 25% tariffs
February 2, 2025 - Luis Rubiales to go on trial in Spain over Jenni Hermoso kiss at World Cup
February 2, 2025 - Trump says he will hit EU with tariffs – while UK is 'out of line' but 'can be worked out'
February 3, 2025 - Rubio demands Panama 'reduce China influence' over canal
February 3, 2025 - Moscow bomb kills pro-Russia paramilitary leader
February 3, 2025 - Man who participated in Qur'an-burnings convicted of incitement in Sweden
February 3, 2025 - USAID's future appears bleak as Musk and Trump work to dismantle agency
February 3, 2025 - Trump to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico after they agree to strengthen borders
February 3, 2025 - Greenland plans to ban foreign political funding over Trump-led election fears
February 3, 2025 - China announces retaliatory action as Trump tariffs take effect
February 4, 2025 - El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality in unprecedented deal
February 4, 2025 - Norway rules out fish farm ban despite 'existential threat' to wild salmon
February 4, 2025 - Swedish police say 'around 10' people killed in school campus shooting
February 4, 2025 - Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon
February 4, 2025 - Trump administration drafting executive order to initiate Department of Education's elimination
February 4, 2025 - FBI gives DOJ names of 5,000 employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases
February 4, 2025 - Putin orders revival of Soviet-era Eurovision rival
February 4, 2025 - Trump says Palestinians should permanently leave Gaza as he meets with Netanyahu
February 4, 2025 - US Postal Service stops accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong
February 5, 2025 - Billionaire and spiritual leader the Aga Khan dies
February 5, 2025 - Google drops pledge on AI use for weapons
February 5, 2025 - Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
February 5, 2025 - CIA reportedly offers buyouts to entire workforce in latest Trump-era purge
February 5, 2025 - Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship
February 5, 2025 - Trump signs order banning transgender women from female sports
February 5, 2025 - Panama denies US claims over free canal passages
February 6, 2025 - Trump repeats wish to control Gaza, saying region would be 'turned over' to US by Israel
February 6, 2025 - New Aga Khan named: Rahim Al-Hussaini succeeds father as Ismaili Muslims' leader
February 6, 2025 - Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
February 6, 2025 - Judge halts Trump's government worker buyout plan
February 6, 2025 - Netanyahu meets US lawmakers as Trump set to sanction International Criminal Court
February 6, 2025 - Israel minister tells army to plan for Palestinians leaving Gaza
February 7, 2025 - Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
February 7, 2025 - Russia withdraws North Korean troops in Kursk after losses, Seoul says
February 7, 2025 - Grenfell Tower to be demolished, Angela Rayner confirms. Housing secretary formally announces two-year deconstruction of London tower block where fire killed 72 people
February 7, 2025 - Three NATO members still rely on Russia to manage their electricity grid. They're about to pull the plug
February 7, 2025 - Greenland could hold referendum on independence from Denmark
February 7, 2025 - Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting at school
February 7, 2025 - Donald Trump revokes Joe Biden's security clearance in latest revenge move
February 8, 2025 - Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave
February 8, 2025 - Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
February 8, 2025 - Trump cuts aid to South Africa over 'racial discrimination' against Afrikaners
February 8, 2025 - Trump to reverse Biden's plan to phase out plastic straws across US government
February 8, 2025 - Modi's party returns to power in Indian capital for first time in 27 years
February 9, 2025 - Trump says he has spoken with Putin about ending Ukraine war: Trump tells the New York Post that he has a plan to end the war but declined to go into details
February 9, 2025 - Decorated pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
February 9, 2025 - Trump to announce 25% aluminum and steel tariffs as China's levies against US come into effect
February 10, 2025 - Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI
February 11, 2025 - Trump says Gaza ceasefire should be cancelled if all Israeli hostages not freed
February 11, 2025 - Ukraine 'may be Russian someday', Trump says ahead of Zelenskyy meeting with Vance
February 11, 2025 - Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall case and avoids jail time
February 11, 2025 - US president suggested he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they didn't accept Palestinians as part of his plan for US ownership of Gaza
February 11, 2025 - UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration
February 11, 2025 - Hegseth orders Fort Liberty be renamed Fort Bragg
February 11, 2025 - Trump halts prosecution of firms accused of bribery abroad
February 11, 2025 - Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump's Greenland aims: 'We'll bring hygge to Hollywood'
February 12, 2025 - DJ, dog walker and homeopath among roles on UK skilled worker visa list
February 12, 2025 - After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start 'immediately'
February 12, 2025 - Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine and says Europe must be responsible for country's security
February 13, 2025 - Norway to open protected rivers to hydropower plants
February 13, 2025 - Senate confirms RFK Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary
February 13, 2025 - Trump announces three-way talks on Ukraine war
February 14, 2025 - Top prosecutor resigns after being told to drop case against NYC mayor Eric Adams
February 14, 2025 - Chernobyl radiation shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says
February 14, 2025 - Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar
February 14, 2025 - The legal war on DEI begins: Missouri sues Starbucks over its diversity programs
February 14, 2025 - Italian 'mystic' may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue
February 14, 2025 - Federal prosecutors drop criminal probe into ex-WWE boss Vince McMahon, his lawyer says
February 14, 2025 - The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of 'Gulf of Mexico'
February 14, 2025 - Hamas releases three Israeli hostages in Gaza, after fears over ceasefire
February 15, 2025 - Suspect in Brazil Christmas cake poisonings found dead in prison cell
February 15, 2025 - European leaders set to hold emergency summit on Ukraine
February 16, 2025 - Muhsin Hendricks, world's 'first openly gay imam', shot dead in South Africa
February 16, 2025 - PM 'ready' to put troops on ground in Ukraine to protect peace
February 17, 2025 - Trump makes first Supreme Court appeal in test of power to fire officials
February 17, 2025 - Argentina's President Milei faces impeachment calls after promoting cryptocurrency
February 17, 2025 - A 'great shock': Julianne Moore's children's book under review by Trump administration
February 17, 2025 - Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps
February 17, 2025 - Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites
February 17, 2025 - Plane flips over on landing in Toronto, leaving three critically injured
February 17, 2025 - Russian and US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for peace talks, without Kyiv
February 18, 2025 - Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine, Lavrov says after talks with US
February 18, 2025 - US Social Security boss steps down after reportedly clashing with Doge
February 18, 2025 - Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni 'fascist' and 'racist'
February 18, 2025 - Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending, sources say
February 18, 2025 - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot
February 19, 2025 - US must not interfere in Tate's case, say alleged victims
February 19, 2025 - Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable rift
February 19, 2025 - Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims
February 19, 2025 - Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself 'king'
February 20, 2025 - Spain's ex-football boss Luis Rubiales fined for World Cup kiss
February 20, 2025 - Delta offers $30,000 to passengers on plane that flipped over – 'no strings attached'
February 20, 2025 - Senate confirms Kash Patel as Trump's FBI director
February 20, 2025 - French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over Steve Bannon's 'Nazi' salute
February 21, 2025 - Apple removes advanced data protection tool after UK government request
February 21, 2025 - Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership
February 22, 2025 - Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity
February 22, 2025 - Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct
February 22, 2025 - Pope 'remains critical' after 'respiratory crisis'
February 22, 2025 - Hamas hands over six hostages but Israel suspends release of 600 Palestinians
February 23, 2025 - Federal employees told to justify jobs in email or Musk says they face dismissal
February 23, 2025 - Russia launches largest drone attack on eve of third anniversary of invasion
February 23, 2025 - Zelensky willing to give up presidency in exchange for Ukraine Nato membership
February 23, 2025 - Conservatives head for German election victory as far-right AfD set for second place, exit polls say
February 23, 2025 - Germany's Merz calls for 'independence' from US after election win
February 24, 2025 - Pope still in critical condition with signs of 'mild' kidney failure, Vatican says
February 24, 2025 - Federal unions challenge Musk's email barrage demanding employee responses
February 24, 2025 - Why there's an upside-down American flag hanging in Yosemite National Park
February 24, 2025 - US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes's conviction
February 24, 2025 - Secret Service agent who leapt onto JFK's car during assassination dies at 93
February 25, 2025 - Macron suggests Ukraine-Russia truce could be weeks away after talks with Trump
February 25, 2025 - US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers
February 25, 2025 - US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on Ukraine
February 25, 2025 - Tesla sales almost halve in Europe as Musk faces criticism over Trump ties
February 25, 2025 - Trump said that anyone who didn't respond is 'semi-fired or fired.' Hours later, his administration contradicted him.
February 25, 2025 - Italian priest close to the pope was target of high-level surveillance, he reveals
February 25, 2025 - Denmark to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs
February 25, 2025 - Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit White House on Friday to sign minerals deal
February 26, 2025 - MH370: search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight resumes after 11 years
February 26, 2025 - Nauru sells citizenship to help fund relocations as sea levels rise
February 26, 2025 - Christian sect members who watched 8-year-old die get lengthy prison sentences
February 26, 2025 - A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
February 26, 2025 - Trump says no significant security guarantees in Ukraine minerals deal
February 27, 2025 - Tate brothers leave Romania, sources tell BBC
February 27, 2025 - Gene Hackman and his wife found dead at their home
February 27, 2025 - Seized, settled, let: how Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land
February 27, 2025 - Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, has died at age 113
February 27, 2025 - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88
February 27, 2025 - Skype to Shut 14 Years After Microsoft's $8.5 Billion Purchase
February 28, 2025 - Zelensky tells Trump there should be 'no compromises' with Putin as they meet at White House
February 28, 2025 - Trump to order English as official US language
February 28, 2025 - US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say
February 28, 2025 - Zelenskyy leaves White House early after furious meeting where Trump says he 'disrespected US' and is not ready for peace
February 28, 2025 - Pope Francis on breathing machine after suffering sudden respiratory episode
February 28, 2025