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WORLD

Slovakia revamps bunkers with Ukraine war uncomfortably close

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.

WORLD

Russian poisonings aim to kill -- and send a message

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.

WORLD

Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.

WORLD

Accused Bondi killer Naveed Akram appears in court by video link

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» SYDNEY - Accused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram appeared in an Australian court via video link Monday, in his first public hearing since the nation's worst mass shooting in nearly three decades.

WORLD

'Ultra-left' blamed for youth's killing that shocked France

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» LYON - France's government said Sunday the "ultra-left" was behind the fatal beating of a French youth aligned with the far right, after the killing inflamed political tension ahead of March local elections.

WORLD

Rio to kick off Carnival parade with ode to Lula in election year

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - Rio de Janeiro on Sunday kicks off three days of dazzling carnival parades with a tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the opposition has criticized as early election campaigning ahead of October polls.

WORLD

Cuba cancels cigar festival as fuel crisis escalates

AFP, Published on 15/02/2026

» HAVANA - Cuba on Saturday announced the cancellation of its iconic cigar festival, amid a major energy crisis sparked by US pressure on the cash-strapped island.

SPORTS

Man Utd's Ratcliffe's apologises for 'language' on immigration

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» LONDON — Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe apologised Thursday for his "choice of language" after saying the "UK has been colonised by immigrants".

WORLD

Grieving Canadian town mourns school shooting victims

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» TUMBLER RIDGE, British Columbia - As the sun set in the grief-stricken Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday, hundreds gathered in a main square, lighting candles for victims of one of the country’s worst-ever mass shootings.

WORLD

Bangladesh votes in landmark polls after deadly uprising

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» DHAKA - Bangladesh voted on Thursday in its first election since a deadly 2024 uprising, as parties crushed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule return to the fray with a powerful political heir facing an Islamist-led coalition.