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Bitter pill: Taliban government shakes up Afghan medicine market
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KABUL — Afghanistan's decision to overhaul its medicine market was meant to improve quality and boost domestic production, but industry specialists say the swift changes have led to a litany of problems.
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.
Athletes outrace condom supply at Winter Olympics
Online Reporters, Published on 15/02/2026
» Competitors at the Winter Olympics in Italy became the subject of off-colour jokes after reports emerged that the 10,000 condoms supplied to the athletes’ village ran out in just three days.
US waives Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump plans visit
AFP, Published on 14/02/2026
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Friday he planned to visit Venezuela and reiterated satisfaction with its interim leader, as his administration authorized five major oil companies to operate in the country.
Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» OSLO — Norwegian police said Thursday they had searched properties belonging to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland following the launch of a corruption probe over his dealings with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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.
9 killed in Canada mass shooting that targeted school, residence: police
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.
Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years under national security law
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/02/2026
» Hong Kong's High Court jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying for 20 years on Monday for national security crimes, in what mainland Chinese authorities described as a "powerful declaration" that severe punishment awaited those who dared to challenge the law.
Noisy humans harm birds and affect breeding success: study
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.
Hong Kong Airlines plane issues mayday call amid runway closure in Taipei
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/02/2026
» A Hong Kong Airlines flight was among three aircraft forced to circle above Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan and issue mayday distress calls over fuel concerns after a runway closure disrupted arrivals.