“we-simply-don’t-have-any-left”:-germany-has-run-out-of-air-defense-missiles-for-ukraine,-foreign-minister-says

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Germany has run out of its own air defense missiles and can no longer transfer them directly to Ukraine from national reserves, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk, as reported by Suspilne on 17 February. Speaking after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned at the MunichContinue Reading

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on 17 February that 2,000 Ukrainian children have been brought home from areas under Russian control through the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.  Since the start of its full-scale invasion, Russia has systematically removed Ukrainian children from occupied territories, removing them from their families and transferringContinue Reading

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KDE Plasma 6.6 is now available to download, adding text extraction to screenshots, per-app volume control in the taskbar and the ability to save custom themes. The update also introduces new components, including on-screen keyboard, login manager and OEM setup wizard. All are offered alternatives rather than replacements. This isContinue Reading

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Last year LGBTQ+ identification remained steady at nine per cent in the US, according to a survey.  Data from 2025 telephone interviews conducted by Gallup with more than 13,000 US adults revealed that around nine per cent of US adults identify within the LGBTQ+ community.  The percentage remains unchanged fromContinue Reading

Lasers beam ‘artificial stars’ above Chile | Space photo of the day for Feb. 17, 2026

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The Milky Way shines over the Very Large Telescope in Chile. (Image credit: A. Trigo/ESO) The European Southern Observatory has released a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way shining over the Paranal Observatory in Chile, as lasers create artificial “guide stars” in the pristinely dark sky above. What is it? Stars , satellite streaks, galaxiesContinue Reading

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Two government regulatory agencies are now using their oversight power to investigate what they believe are left-leaning news outlets and television shows. It’s part of a growing pattern of President Traitor 47 using these agencies to punish perceived enemies in ways starkly different from past presidents. The investigations — oneContinue Reading