February 28, 2025

2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Three people are killed as tropical cyclone Garance makes landfall in Réunion in the Indian Ocean. (AP)
2025 disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- At least 60 fatalities and nearly 1,100 symptomatic cases are reported to be a result of a disease outbreak of unknown etiology in the Province of Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (CBS News)
At least 41 construction workers are trapped and 16 others are rescued after a group of 57 people are swept away by an avalanche near the Mana Pass, Uttarakhand, India. (CTV News)

Ukraine–United States relations
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - 2025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting
    - U.S. president Donald Trump, U.S. vice president JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy end their talks early after their meeting in the White House turns into a “heated” exchange. Trump declares afterwards that Ukraine “is not interested in peace” and disrespected the United States. (Time) (AP)
Russia–United States relations
- Russia appoints Aleksandr Darchiyev as its new ambassador to the U.S. following talks between the two countries in Istanbul on restoring regular diplomatic contacts and embassy staffs. The post has been vacant for several months. (Barron’s) (Interfax)

Greeks organize a 24-hour nationwide general strike on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash, Greece’s deadliest railway disaster. (Reuters)

Microsoft announces it will shut down Skype in May 2025 to focus its support and development on Teams. (DW) (Bloomberg News)