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Meta’s Zuckerberg grilled by lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial
The case and others like it are part of a global backlash against social media platforms over children’s mental health.
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Donald Trump
Trump flip-flops again, saying UK’s Chagos deal would be ‘big mistake’
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United States
US factory output surges by most in nearly a year
18 Feb 2026 - 11:53PM
United States
US actor Shia LaBeouf arrested for battery after Mardi Gras brawl in New Orleans
The Hollywood star is accused of hitting one man with closed fists and punching another in the nose in the city’s French Quarter.
18 Feb 2026 - 6:26PM
Shia LaBeouf arrives for the screening of “The Phoenician Scheme” in Cannes on May 18, 2025. Photo: Getty Images / AFP
United States
8 skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche
This is the deadliest avalanche in the US in over four decades.
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Iran
Speaking Trump’s language: Iran frames nuclear deal as ‘trillion-dollar’ US win
Tehran is dangling access to its vast oil, gas and mineral reserves, but analysts warn that even this may fail to ‘move the needle’ in talks.
18 Feb 2026 - 1:17PM
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Germany
Germany’s Merz says he can’t stand applause for Rubio at Munich conference
The German chancellor described the US secretary of state’s speech at the event as Trump ‘in friendlier packaging’.
18 Feb 2026 - 12:43PM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledges a standing ovation after his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war
Zelensky says Trump’s peace demands focused only on Ukraine ‘not fair’
The president said Ukrainians ‘can’t understand why’ they would be asked to cede additional land to Russia.
18 Feb 2026 - 10:44AM
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United States
Trump critic Colbert says CBS blocked interview with Democratic candidate
He says the network’s lawyers were afraid an appearance by Senate hopeful James Talarico would run afoul of FCC rules.
18 Feb 2026 - 7:59AM
Gun violence in the US
Police arrest man running towards US Capitol with a shotgun
The gunman was wearing a tactical vest and gloves and had a Kevlar helmet and gas mask in his vehicle.
18 Feb 2026 - 5:52AM
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Japan
Trump unveils first Japan investments under trade deal with US
The president hailed the projects – a critical minerals site, a gas power plant and an LNG facility in the US – ahead of PM Takaichi’s visit.
18 Feb 2026 - 3:20PM
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US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at the US Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, in October. Photo: Reuters
Canada
Canada launches huge defence plan to curb reliance on Trump’s US
Prime Minister Mark Carney has become one of the most prominent global voices criticising the US president’s administration.
18 Feb 2026 - 5:14PM
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United States
Trump Homeland Security spokeswoman out amid immigration crackdown backlash
Tricia McLaughlin, the face of DHS press operations, is a prominent booster of the president’s increasingly unpopular hardline approach.
18 Feb 2026 - 4:29PM
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US-China relations
Texas sues TP-Link, alleging Chinese government access to its devices
The move comes despite the Trump administration having reportedly paused its own proposed ban on the company’s sales in the US.
18 Feb 2026 - 4:23AM
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Iran
Iran fires missiles, Khamenei threatens to sink US warship amid nuclear talks
As the talks began, local media announced that Iran had fired live missiles towards the Strait of Hormuz.
17 Feb 2026 - 10:54PM
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Iran’s supreme eader Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Reuters
United States
US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84: ‘my constituency is the damned’
The Baptist minister’s two presidential runs helped lay the groundwork for the election of America’s first black president, Barack Obama.
17 Feb 2026 - 6:53PM
Belgium
Belgium summons US ambassador over claims of antisemitism in rare diplomatic row
Ambassador Bill White had called an investigation into illegal circumcisions an ‘unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community’.
17 Feb 2026 - 5:59PM
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Unique Pokemon card smashes world record with US$16.5 million sale
Previously bought by US YouTuber Logan Paul for US$5.28 million in 2021, the card sold for three times that amount at an auction on Monday.
17 Feb 2026 - 1:09PM
The Pokemon card that fetched a record US$16.5 million at an auction in the US on Monday. Photo: Kyodo
United States
‘Nothing to hide’: Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Epstein cover-up
While her husband Bill features regularly in the Epstein files, the former US secretary of state says they are being used as a distraction.
17 Feb 2026 - 11:15AM
Gun violence in the US
3 killed, including suspect, in shooting during Rhode Island youth hockey game
Police in Pawtucket said 3 wounded victims were in critical condition and that the incident may have been a ‘targeted’ family dispute.
17 Feb 2026 - 7:54AM
Crime
Guthrie family not suspects in Arizona kidnapping, sheriff confirms
Two weeks since the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, police said Today show host Savannah Guthrie and her family ‘are victims, plain and simple’.
17 Feb 2026 - 8:07AM
South Africa
Trump’s new ambassador to South Africa arrives in country amid strained ties
The US president has accused South Africa of persecuting its white minority, criticised its ties with China and imposed tariffs on exports.
17 Feb 2026 - 6:21AM
US President Donald Trump, right, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in May. Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa arrived in the country on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Cuba
Spain to send humanitarian aid to Cuba through UN amid US fuel blockade
Trump has vowed to cut off oil and fuel to Cuba following the US military operation last month in Venezuela, Cuba’s main supplier of oil.
17 Feb 2026 - 5:51AM
United States
Pentagon ‘close to cutting ties’ with AI firm Anthropic over restrictions
Anthropic wants to safeguard its Claude AI tool from being used for mass surveillance or advanced weapons development, Axios news reported.
17 Feb 2026 - 4:46AM
Obituaries
Actor Robert Duvall, star of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, dead at 95
Over his six decades-long career, Duvall won a best actor Oscar in 1983 for Tender Mercies and was nominated 6 other times.
17 Feb 2026 - 6:28AM
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