The White House began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs. The move is the latest effort to overhaul the U.S. government by Trump, whose recent proposal to pause federal grants and loans was blocked by a federal judge.
Communities across Asia are in high spirits as festivals and parades pave the way for Lunar New Year on Wednesday. Each year is linked to an animal in the Chinese zodiac, with 2025 being the Year of the Snake. The holiday begins on the first new moon of the lunar calendar and concludes on the first full moon 15 days later.
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in the streets.
