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Bill Gates cancels India summit speech to 'ensure focus' on AI
The Gates Foundation said the president of its Africa and India offices would speak instead
19 February 2026, 09:50 AM
Deadly Indonesia floods force a deforestation reckoning
Mining, plantations, and fires have caused the clearance of large tracts of lush Indonesian rainforest, removing trees that absorbed rain and helped stabilise soil
19 February 2026, 09:07 AM
Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids
Zuckerberg was called as a witness in case over alleged harms to youth
19 February 2026, 09:04 AM
Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid US tensions
Images also show that Iran has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear site bombed by the U.S. during Israel's 12-day war with Iran last year, fortified tunnel entrances near another, and has repaired missile bases struck in the conflict
19 February 2026, 09:00 AM
US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
Launch planned for last week was delayed
19 February 2026, 08:57 AM
Iran 'drafting framework to advance' future US talks: FM
Two countries held second round of negotiations on Tuesday in Geneva
19 February 2026, 00:47 AM
Gas explosion kills 38 miners
A gas explosion yesterday killed at least 38 lead miners who were down the pits at a mine in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, local sources told AFP.
19 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Russia, Ukraine still differ on key issues
Ukraine and Russia did not find agreement on the central issues of how to end the four-year at US-mediated talks in Geneva, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.
19 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Japan PM Takaichi reappointed following election
Japan’s lower house formally reappointed Sanae Takaichi as prime minister yesterday, 10 days after her historic landslide election victory.
19 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Thai forces still occupying territory: Cambodian PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told Reuters on Tuesday that Thai forces are occupying Cambodian territory after fighting last year despite a peace accord brokered by US President Donald Trump, and called on Thailand to allow a joint boundary commission to begin working on their disputed border.
19 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Japan PM Takaichi reappointed following election
Reappointment comes 10 days after historic landslide election victory
18 February 2026, 14:36 PM
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Crimes committed against backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption
18 February 2026, 12:08 PM
Coffee regions hit by extra days of extreme heat: scientists
Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia hit hardest
18 February 2026, 11:38 AM
Iran foreign minister says progress made in nuclear talks with US in Geneva
Agreement does not mean deal is imminent, Araghchi cautions
18 February 2026, 11:23 AM
US, Japan announce first tranche of $550 bn investments
US announced a first tranche of investments by Japan out of a colossal $550 billion promised by Tokyo in its trade deal with Donald Trump
18 February 2026, 09:34 AM
Russian military police building collapses
A Russian military police building collapsed on the grounds of an army base outside Saint Petersburg, the local governor said yesterday, adding that authorities were probing the causes of the incident.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
17 killed in bomb attacks, gunfight
Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 14 security personnel and three civilians including a child, officials said.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Drone attack on Sudan market kills 28
A drone attack on a crowded market in central Sudan killed 28 people, a rights group reported Monday, as the army and its paramilitary rivals traded aerial strikes in their battle for territory.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Kyiv must negotiate ‘fast’
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he hopes Ukraine reaches a deal with Russia “fast,” as Washington-brokered peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv began in Geneva.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
France frees suspected Russia tanker after fine
France yesterday released a tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet” called “Grinch” after its owner paid a fine of several million euros, a minister said.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM