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Filipino food influencer dies after eating ‘devil crab’

Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2026

» A Filipino woman who gained online fame for videos of her unusual eating habits has died after consuming a highly poisonous “devil crab” for a social media video.

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Mexican ‘drone invasion’ claim creates buzz in Texas

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» HOUSTON - The closure of a Texas airport triggered conflicting explanations Wednesday, as the government claimed an incursion by Mexican cartel drones but lawmakers and media reports suggested the Pentagon’s use of anti-drone technology was to blame.

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Australia charges two Chinese nationals with foreign interference

AFP, Published on 11/02/2026

» CANBERRA - Australian police said on Wednesday they have charged two Chinese nationals with foreign interference, accusing them of spying on a Buddhist group at the behest of police in China.

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Three-year heatwave ‘bleached half the planet’s coral reefs’

AFP, Published on 10/02/2026

» PARIS - A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world’s coral reefs were bleached between 2014 and 2017 — a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.

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Japan PM Takaichi basks in election triumph

AFP, Published on 09/02/2026

» TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was savouring an election triumph on Monday, with her ruling coalition projected to have won a two-thirds majority in the powerful lower house.

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US astronaut to take her 3-year-old's cuddly rabbit into space

AFP, Published on 09/02/2026

» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - When the next mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Florida next week, a special keepsake will be hitching a ride: a small stuffed rabbit.

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Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission

AFP, Published on 02/02/2026

» TOKYO — Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals.

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Maersk to take over Panama Canal port operations from HK firm

AFP, Published on 31/01/2026

» PANAMA CITY - Danish firm Maersk will temporarily take over operation of two ports on the Panama Canal from Hong Kong company CK Hutchison, whose concession has been annulled, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) said Friday.

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Panama court voids Hong Kong firm’s port concession

AFP, Published on 30/01/2026

» PANAMA CITY - Panama’s Supreme Court annulled on Thursday the concession allowing Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison to operate ports at the Panama Canal, a ruling that undermines Chinese sway over the waterway.

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Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants

AFP, Published on 27/01/2026

» MADRID - Spain’s left-wing government has approved a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country’s latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe.