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commentary In Munich, Ocasio-Cortez trips over unanswerable question, while Rubio lulls Europeans with smooth-criminal talk Published February 22, 2026 10:30AM (EST) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 13, 2026. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images) It’s reasonable to suggest that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should have been betterContinue Reading

Shipfinex FZCO, a digital platform dedicated to the democratization of the maritime economy, is pleased to announce it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for a Broker-Dealer license. This milestone marks a significant step forward in Shipfinex’s mission to enable fractional ownership of ships through compliant…Continue Reading

the-ukraine-war-in-numbers:-people,-territory,-money

Four years into Russia’s grinding war on Ukraine, Al Jazeera looks at the costs — to people, territory and treasuries., It’s Europe’s biggest war since World War II. It’s also Russia’s deadliest war since that conflict. And it has reshaped the global economy — with Moscow facing the most sanctionsContinue Reading

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Activists briefly displayed a photograph and caption targeting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the Louvre, saying they wanted to draw attention to allegations involving the former British royal. The group, “Everyone Hates Elon,” placed a label beneath the image reading, “He’s Sweating Now — 2026,” and said the action was intended toContinue Reading

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Multiple sources reported on Sunday the Mexican government killed the country’s most wanted cartel boss, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” during a military operation in Jalisco. “El Mencho” led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Last February, the U.S. State Department listed the cartel as a terrorist organization. TheContinue Reading

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Exclusives Russia used Belarus’s cell towers to bomb Ukrainian power plants. Then hackers got inside the operators’ chatrooms. For six months, Ukrainian IT specialists watched Russian drone operators plan routes in real time — tracking launch orders and flight paths, feeding everything to Ukraine’s defense forces. Russia rushed reinforcements toContinue Reading

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Russian forces control most of the ruins of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast and are attempting to encircle Ukrainian defenders still holding the city’s south, Ukraine’s Joint Forces communications chief Viktor Trehubov told Ukrainian TV.  The report comes two days after a senior Russian general claimed that Moscow’s troops had already seized the city. Vovchansk, whichContinue Reading