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The president and chief executive of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Børge Brende, announced on Thursday (26 February) that he is stepping down, week...
A Russian missile strike the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, injured at least seven people and caused extensive damage to homes and civilian infrastructure, highlighting the ongoing threat to southern Ukraine during continued attacks.
Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim reported that 23 private homes, 12 apartment buildings, and a post office were destroyed or heavily damaged.
There has been no immediate comment from Russia.
Ukraine’s air force said that overnight, Russia launched 76 attack drones and seven missiles, targeting eight locations across the country. Ukraine’s air defenses successfully destroyed 60 drones and one missile.
Though frontline regions like Mykolaiv were pushed back in late 2022, drone and missile strikes remain a constant threat.
Recent Russian attacks in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson killed at least three people and injured more than a dozen. A missile strike on Kyiv overnight caused no injuries or damage.
The Taliban in Kabul has rejected Russian claims that more than 23,000 militants from around 20 international terror groups are currently operating within Afghanistan.
Four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war can be measured not only in lives and territory, but in money. In Part One, the war’s cost was measured in casualties and kilometres. In Part Two, it is measured in billions of dollars.
A F-16 fighter jet of the Turkish Air Force crashed near a highway in western Türkiye early on Wednesday (25 February), killing its pilot, officials and media reports confirmed.
Newcastle United secured a 3–2 victory over Qarabağ FK in the return leg of the UEFA Champions League play-offs at St James’ Park.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz agreed on Wednesday in Beijing to strengthen economic cooperation while addressing trade imbalances, market access concerns, and the war in Ukraine, during Merz’s first official visit to China since taking office.
The president and chief executive of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Børge Brende, announced on Thursday (26 February) that he is stepping down, weeks after the organisation launched an independent investigation into his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Ukrainian and U.S. officials gathered in Geneva for talks on post-war reconstruction on Thursday (26 February) despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia, which pounded infrastructure across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes overnight.
Chinese courts sentenced more than 41,000 people in 2025 in cases involving telecom and online fraud after suspects were repatriated from northern Myanmar, according to the Supreme People’s Court. Authorities also executed 16 individuals linked to major cross-border fraud networks.
The situation in Cuba was heating up and called for restraint following a deadly incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat off the coast of the Caribbean island, the Kremlin said on Thursday (26 February).
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Thursday (25 February) it was deeply concerned by reports that Myanmar military air strikes this week had killed at least five children and dozens of civilians, as fighting intensified across the country.
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