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WORLD

New York mayor orders citywide travel ban as major storm hits US

AFP, Published on 23/02/2026

» NEW YORK - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday ordered the shutdown of the city's entire traffic network for all but emergency travel as a massive snowstorm began to hit the northeast United States.

WORLD

EU 'expects' US to honour trade deal as Trump hikes tariffs

AFP, Published on 23/02/2026

» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling.

WORLD

Russian missile barrage hits energy, railways across Ukraine

AFP, Published on 22/02/2026

» KYIV - Russia fired scores of missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine on Sunday, crashing into energy and rail infrastructure and residential buildings, just two days before the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion.

WORLD

Ex-South Korea leader apologises for martial law crisis

AFP, Published on 20/02/2026

» SEOUL - South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol apologised on Friday for the "hardship" caused by his 2024 martial law decree, a day after he was sentenced to life in prison for insurrection.

WORLD

S. Korea court weighs death sentence for ex-president Yoon

AFP, Published on 19/02/2026

» SEOUL - A South Korean court will rule Thursday on insurrection charges against ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, weighing whether he should be sentenced to death for his failed bid to impose military rule.

WORLD

Hungry, wounded, orphaned: South Sudan's children trapped in new conflict

AFP, Published on 18/02/2026

» AKOBO (SOUTH SUDAN) — An 18-month-old boy lies motionless on a dirty hospital bed deep in the conflict zone of South Sudan, a bullet wound in his leg -- another newly orphaned victim in the world's newest country.

SPORTS

Quadruple chasing Arsenal rout Wigan to reach FA Cup fifth round

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» LONDON - Arsenal powered into the FA Cup fifth round for the first time in six years as the quadruple chasers crushed Wigan 4-0 on Sunday.

SPORTS

Arsenal, Man City eye trophy haul, Macclesfield more FA Cup 'miracles'

AFP, Published on 13/02/2026

» MANCHESTER - Arsenal and Manchester City take a break from their battle at the top of the Premier League to try and remain on course for a quadruple this weekend as Wigan and Salford seek monumental FA Cup shocks.

WORLD

Colombia election favorite vows US-backed strikes on narco camps

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» BOGOTá - Colombia's right-wing presidential frontrunner told AFP on Wednesday that he would seek US support for a bombing campaign to rout cocaine-producing armed groups during his first 90 days in office.

WORLD

UK’s crumbling canals threatened with collapse

AFP, Published on 11/02/2026

» WHITCHURCH, England - On a misty winter’s day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.