Four tourists are killed and one other is missing when a wave hits a seawater pool in Los Gigantes, Tenerife, Spain. The victims had previously ignored the warnings and the closure of the seawater pool.
Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards honoring productions in 2025 are released, with topping the film categories with 9 nominations, while tops the television categories with 6 nominations. This is also the first year the awards will have a Best Podcast category.
The death toll from the floods in Indonesia increases to 908, while 410 people remain missing. In Thailand, at least 216 people are also confirmed killed.
Nigerian authorities secure the release of 100 of the 315 students and staff abducted from a school in Niger State, while more than 160 others remain unaccounted for.
Twenty-five people are killed, including 21 workers and four tourists, and approximately 50 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a nightclub in Arpora, Goa, India.
Colombia and the Clan del Golfo agree in Doha, Qatar, that the group's combatants will begin assembling in three designated zones in Chocó and Córdoba starting March 1, with arrest and extradition orders suspended during the process. Colombia also designates additional municipalities for pilot peace programs as part of broader negotiations aimed at reducing violence.
The GermanBundestag approves a government plan to expand militaryrecruitment through mandatory questionnaires and medical screenings for young men while keeping conscription suspended.