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AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» NITRA — The war in neighbouring Ukraine feels distant to many in the Slovak city of Nitra but the local council is preparing for the worst and revamping its Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelters.
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» BEIJING — Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Polonium, Novichok and now dart frog poison: the finding that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed with a rare toxin has revived the spectre of Moscow's use of poisons against opponents -- a hallmark of its secret services, according to experts.
AFP, Published on 14/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE, Briotish Columbia - A grief-stricken community in western Canada will mourn with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, who headed to the remote town of Tumbler Ridge to honour victims of a mass shooting.
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE — A grieving Canadian mother whose daughter was murdered in a mass school shooting addressed the public on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to a community in mourning.
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» SHANGHAI — In a softly lit Shanghai bar, graduate student Helen Zhao stretched out both wrists to have her pulse taken -- the first step to ordering the house special, a bespoke "health" cocktail based on traditional Chinese medicine.
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» PARIS — Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen before.
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» THE HAGUE - A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» TORONTO (CANADA) - A mass shooting in a remote part of western Canada killed nine people on Tuesday, including seven who were shot at a secondary school, before the suspect took their own life.
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.