An attack on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region on Friday night has killed at least 64 people, including 13 children, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He announced this in a social media post on Saturday, detailing that multiple patients, two female nurses, and one male doctor were among the fatalities.
South Korea's capital Seoul witnessed a massive gathering as global K-pop sensation BTS performed a historic comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday. According to entertainment company HYBE, approximately 104,000 fans attended the event. This marked the first full-group performance by the seven members—RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook—since October 2022.
Hawaii remains under a statewide flood watch after a severe storm struck the state, prompting officials to order evacuations. Governor Josh Green said on Saturday that the potential for flash floods threatens the island of Oahu and parts of Maui County. The storm that hit over the weekend is the second severe weather event to impact the archipelago in the past week. According to Green, some parts of the state have received 40 to 50 inches (127 cm) of rain in the last 10 days.
Mayors for France's major cities will be chosen on Sunday, in the last vote before next year's presidential elections. Excitement is particularly high in Paris and Nice, where the capital could shift to the right after 25 years under a Socialist-led coalition, if Rachida Dati overcomes her deficit in opinion polls to defeat Emmanuel Grégoire. On the Riviera, a hard-right ally of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), Eric Ciotti, appears poised for victory.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in the Czech capital, Prague, on Saturday to oppose the policies of Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his coalition government, accusing it of what they termed "arrogance of power." Organizers from the Million Moments for Democracy movement estimated that over 200,000 people filled the Letna plain, though this figure has not been independently verified.
In Gaza City's central market, Rania al-Saudi stands with her two young daughters at a toy stall, bewildered by the unusually high prices ahead of the Eid holiday. She had promised her daughters two dolls to celebrate Eid, but exorbitant toy prices mean she simply cannot afford them. Her six-year-old daughter Razan did not understand her mother's worried expression as Rania asked the vendor for the price of each toy. With every quote, she gasped, “Oh my God, it’s so expensive… this used to be much cheaper.”
Heavy rains have prompted widespread evacuations on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, as the state experiences its worst flooding in two decades. The Department of Emergency Management issued dire warnings for communities like Waialua, with evacuation orders affecting nearly 5,500 people in the region north of Honolulu. Officials emphasized that remaining access roads are at high risk of failure if rainfall continues, urging residents to leave immediately.
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller has died at the age of 81. His family announced in a statement on Saturday that Mueller passed away on Friday night and requested that their privacy be respected.
At the onset of the US-Israeli war on Iran, reports emerged that Jordan and Egypt had cut off gas supplies to Syria. These reports appeared as minor details amid the shock of the latest episode of US-Israeli aggression in the Middle East – part of an ongoing effort to reshape the region. Yet such seemingly inconsequential reports conceal the longer-term, nonmilitary processes through which that reshaping is materially enacted. This news made clear that Israel has growing energy control over the region – control that could help propel its colonialist agenda.
Researchers at Brown University in the United States, Thomas Dutta and Professor Jay Tang, have investigated the time it takes for the final drops of liquids like milk, olive oil, and maple syrup to drain from containers. Their study, published in Physics of Fluids, was inspired by common household frustrations: Dutta’s grandmother struggled with milk bottles, while Tang sought to optimize waiting time for residual water in his cast-iron wok after washing, aiming to prevent rust without removing the protective oil layer.
Voters in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate are heading to the polls on March 22 for a state election that serves as another critical test for the country's federal 'traffic light' coalition government. The state, known as Germany's primary wine-growing region and the ancestral home of former US President Donald Trump, also hosts Ramstein Air Base, the largest US military installation outside the United States. The election comes at a time of declining approval ratings for the national government.
Maika Hamano's sole goal propelled Japan to a 1-0 victory over Australia in front of a record-breaking crowd of 74,357 fans, securing their third Women's Asian Cup championship. The Tottenham star struck a stunning long-range effort from outside the penalty area in the 17th minute at Stadium Australia, crushing the hosts' hopes and adding to Japan's previous titles in 2014 and 2018.