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Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani has urged the International Paralympic ‌Committee to reconsider its stance to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete with their national flags and anthems.
PARALYMPICS
Feb 20, 2026
Italy against allowing Russia and Belarus to use flags and anthems at Paralympics
An IPC ​spokesman said later the organization was ⁠in talks with the Italian government over the participation of the Russian and Belarusian Paralympians.
A replica of a CH-9 drone, developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2026
China’s drone exports to Russia use a new route through Thailand
Beijing says that it does not aid Moscow militarily, but Chinese-made technology is routinely found on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The site of a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2026
U.S.-led Ukraine peace deal this year unlikely, top European spy chiefs say
The officials believe Russia does not want to end the war quickly, and is instead using talks with the U.S. to push for sanctions relief and business deals.
A Starlink satellite-internet communication system antenna and router
WORLD
Feb 19, 2026
Russia’s frontline communications hit by curbs to Starlink and Telegram
Senior European diplomats said that they saw the impact of Russia’s communications struggles as significant.
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons poses for photos ahead of the news conference in Milan in March 2025.
PARALYMPICS
Feb 19, 2026
Ukrainian officials to boycott Paralympics over Russian flag decision
Six Russians and four Belarusians will be allowed to take part under their own flags at the Milano Cortina Paralympics rather than as neutral athletes.
A mural in the Russian city of Voronezh depicts a portrait of a Russian soldier who died fighting in Ukraine.
WORLD / Society
Feb 19, 2026
Drones, sirens, army posters: How four years of war changed a Russian city
The Russian city of Voronezh is closer to the front line in eastern Ukraine than to the Russian capital.
Kremlin chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky walks out the InterContinental hotel on the day of U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, in Geneva on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2026
Ukraine dissatisfied with ‘difficult’ talks but U.S. sees ‘meaningful progress’
At the conclusion, the Ukrainian and Russian delegations said they would meet again, without providing a date.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting on the sidelines of the summit of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 21, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2026
Ukraine slaps sanctions on Belarus’ Lukashenko for aiding Russia’s war
One of Russia’s closest allies, Belarus served as a staging ground for Moscow to launch its 2022 invasion, allowing Russian forces to ​get close to Kyiv before being pushed back.
A carnival float depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is displayed at the annual Rosenmontag carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday. The display comes at a time of growing European unease over Washington’s shifting alliances and values.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2026
American allies ask, without shared values, why not China?
Europeans aren’t convinced. When they assess the transatlantic partnership that guided the world after World War II — a group often referred to as “the West” — they are dismayed.
U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner (right), and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. Some experts said the two lack the depth of knowledge and experience to go up against veteran negotiators like Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and their Russian interlocutors and that they were in over their heads in such complicated conflicts.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2026
U.S. envoys juggle two crisis talks, raising questions about prospects for success
The shuttle diplomacy by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner has raised questions about the likelihood of them resolving either of the crises, experts say.
Files released by the U.S. Department of Justice show how convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sought to build ties with Russia's political elite.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2026
Putin, women, favors: Epstein’s Russia connections
The convicted U.S. sex offender sought to build ties with Russia’s elite and appeared desperate to secure a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, in August.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2026
Putin has weaponized the peace talks. The U.S. can stop him
More than a year into negotiations that President Donald Trump said would take him 24 hours to resolve, the recent talks in Dubai produced nothing beyond a prisoner swap.
A woman holds a Ukrainian flag at a protest near the United Nations office, on the day of U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2026
Ukraine and Russia hold talks in Geneva as Trump puts pressure on Kyiv
Ahead of the negotiations, Russian airstrikes severely damaging the power network in the ​southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in the Oval Office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Trump’s transactional trade policies have eroded U.S.-India trust, leaving a once-strategic partnership vulnerable despite a temporary tariff deal.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2026
Trump’s trade truce won’t restore the U.S.-India relationship
With the interim trade deal between the U.S. and India, hopes are high that the bruising confrontation initiated by Trump last year is coming to an end.
Ukrainian service members fire a Multiple Launch Rocket System toward Russian troops near the front-line town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Land in focus at Geneva peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
Russia is demanding that ​Ukraine cede the remaining 20% of the eastern region of Donetsk that Moscow has failed to capture — something Kyiv refuses to do.
This aerial view shows the oil tanker Boracaya, suspected of being part of the “shadow fleet” involved in Russian oil trade, under investigation by French authorities off the coast of Saint-Nazaire in October.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2026
The black market for Russian and Iranian oil is in trouble
China’s choices will determine whether prices rise or fall and whether Moscow and Tehran cut production.
The United States-Russia-Ukraine talks in the United Arab Emirates highlight a Trump-era transactional approach that prioritizes commercial deals over institutions or alliances, risking instability in Europe and boosting China’s long-term strategic position.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2026
What Trump wants from Russia
A U.S.-Russia arrangement in which Ukraine is little more than a bargaining chip risks hollowing out this project before it is consolidated.
Sunday service at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh on the outskirts of Johannesburg
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Lacking money, Russia turns to god in push for African influence
In less than three years, the Russian Orthodox Church has expanded to at least 34 countries in Africa, up from four.
Members of the Ukrainian military battalion known as the Da Vinci Wolves prepare care packages to be delivered by drone to soldiers on the front line in the Dnipro region of Ukraine on Jan. 3.
WORLD
Feb 17, 2026
Bitter cold complicates Ukraine’s drone defense
Temperatures across the 1,200-kilometer front line have plunged to their lowest of the entire four-year Russia-Ukraine war, complicating the use of the weapons.
A makeshift memorial for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Amsterdam's Frederiksplein Square on Monday marks two years since his death in prison.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Russian poisonings aim to kill — and send a message
The finding that Alexei Navalny was killed with a rare toxin has revived the specter of Moscow’s use of poison against opponents — a hallmark of its secret services, experts say.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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