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UK to deploy aircraft carrier group to Arctic this year: PM 

AFP, Published on 15/02/2026

» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Britain will deploy its aircraft carrier group to the North Atlantic this year in a "powerful show of force" against Russian threats in the Arctic, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday.

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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.

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Russia-Ukraine talks set for Geneva on Feb 17-18

AFP, Published on 13/02/2026

» KYIV - Russia and Ukraine will hold US-brokered talks on February 17-18 in Geneva, both countries said Friday, announcing the next leg in fraught negotiations seeking to end the four-year war.

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Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space

AFP, Published on 13/02/2026

» KOUROU — The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket Thursday carried 32 satellites into space for the Amazon Leo network, which aims to rival Elon Musk's Starlink.

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Less glamour, more content, says Wim Wenders of Berlin Film Fest

AFP, Published on 13/02/2026

» BERLIN - Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the festival would have "less glamour" but "more content" in its eclectic selection.

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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.

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Cambodia preparing ambitious anti-scam law

Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2026

» Cambodia is drafting a law targeting online scams, seeking to build a bulwark against criminals using the country as a base to siphon billions of dollars from victims globally.

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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.

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Cambodia says nearly 200 scam centres closed

Reuters, Published on 11/02/2026

» KAMPOT, Cambodia - Cambodia has closed almost 200 scam ​centres in a crackdown on transnational fraud ‌in recent weeks, a senior government official said, with authorities providing rare access to one centre in a bid to show they are tackling the sophisticated operations targeting people across the globe.

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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.