Sunday, February 15, 2026
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European leaders at the Munich Security Conference Washington wanted a renewed transatlantic alliance but on Trump’s conditions.
At the Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged faster Western military aid, pressed for a 20-year US security guarantee and demanded a clear EU accession timetable.
The UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with epibatidine, a dart‑frog neurotoxin found in his body in a Russian prison two years ago.
The Paris prosecutor opened a probe into possible French links to Jeffrey Epstein, designated magistrates and pursued complaints including one targeting diplomat Fabrice Aidan.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued administrative subpoenas to social-media companies seeking the identities of accounts that protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the United States.
About 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Munich on Saturday, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, to protest Iran's leadership; exiled prince Reza Pahlavi urged U.S. intervention.
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Marco Rubio said at the Munich Security Conference that the United States would restore and renew the world and urged Europe to join, while critics said it masked U.S. pressure.
Six Wall Street bank chiefs earned a combined $250 million in 2025, their pay rising about 22% and further widening the gap with median bank workers.
SpaceX delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station on Saturday to replace colleagues who had been evacuated early after a medical issue aboard the station.
Saab's CEO urged Sweden to emulate Elon Musk's commercial launch model as the domestic space industry expanded, but private firms said regulatory hurdles and coordination kept projects from materializing.
National meteorological agencies in Greece and France issued orange warnings for heavy rain, storms, snow and ice across northern and central regions, prompting authorities to raise readiness.
Critics said Marvel's new series "Wonder Man" offered a quieter, humanizing take that refreshed the franchise and could help reshape Marvel's TV approach.
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the men's giant slalom in Bormio, becoming Brazil's first Winter Olympic champion and delivering South America's first Winter Games medal.
Ilia Malinin, the heavy favorite in men's Olympic figure skating, faltered in his free skate at the Milan Games, giving up gold to Kazakhstan's Shaidorov after multiple errors.
An air compressor on a confetti cannon exploded during a carnival parade in Le Châble, Valais, Switzerland, injuring between eight and eleven people, one seriously.
A 23-year-old nationalist student died after a violent assault near a Sciences Po conference in Lyon on Saturday; authorities opened an investigation, perpetrators remained unconfirmed and some politicians blamed LFI.
Charli XCX premiered a self-satirizing mockumentary, The Moment, at the Berlinale in Berlin, portraying and distancing herself from the "Brat" phenomenon.
