Day News Recap: Deadly crises span Congo, Indonesia and Gaza as markets split on risk appetite
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the deadliest in the country’s history, with government data putting deaths at 2,325 as the crisis continues to spread its toll. 🔗Indonesia is also facing a major disaster after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Flores island, killing at least 68 people, displacing about 5,000 residents and leaving aid shortages and aftershocks to hamper rescue work. 🔗In the Middle East, the Gaza war and wider regional tensions remained in focus as Jared Kushner prepared to meet Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv after more than two hours of talks with... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 17 Aug 2026 18:20 LONDON
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Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes for a second day as civilian toll rises
Ukraine said overnight Russian strikes killed two people in the north-eastern Sumy region and two more in the eastern Donetsk region, while local officials reported that sections of a market in Sloviansk were on fire after the attack. The state emergencies service said 54 trading pavilions were set ablaze in Sloviansk, and a separate strike on the city of Kramatorsk also left one person dead. In the south, officials in Odesa said a civilian vessel was damaged and four people were injured in another overnight attack.On the Russian side, local officials said nine people have now been killed and 23... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 17 Aug 2026 14:29 LONDON
