Japan insurers seek change
A Japanese accounting group is seeking to ease rules on how life insurers book paper losses on government bonds. Read full story Date: 19 February, 2026 4:15 am Source: thestar.com.my
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Officials urge caution ahead of US agreement
Days ahead of the expected signing of a bilateral tariff agreement with the United States, analysts have called on the government to tread with caution regarding concessions made, specifically opening
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U.S. star Shiffrin wins women’s slalom, returns to Olympic top podium after eight years
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — American star alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin clinched gold in the women’s slalom at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games on Wednesday, marking her
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Urgent: At least 8 skiers dead after avalanche in U.S. Northern California
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — At least eight skiers died and one remains missing after an avalanche Tuesday in U.S. Northern California, authorities said Wednesday. Read full story Date:
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Putin meets Cuban foreign minister in Moscow, says US restrictions are ‘unacceptable’
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday in the Kremlin, where he said that new restrictions imposed on the communist-run
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Feature: Along Lebanon’s southern border, a muted Ramadan amid fragile ceasefire, economic strain
BEIRUT, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — In the border towns of southern Lebanon, Ramadan has arrived to the steady hum of Israeli drones, not the usual clatter of late-night markets. Read
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Trump says UK’s Starmer making ‘a big mistake’ on Diego Garcia lease
Feb 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer was making a big mistake by entering into a lease of the U.S.-UK
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France claims women’s biathlon gold to complete Olympic relay sweep
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — France won the women’s 4x6km biathlon relay at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, as the quartet of Camille Bened, Lou Jeanmonnot, Oceane Michelon
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Urgent: 1 killed, several injured in shooting in central Mexico: local gov’t
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — One person was killed and several others, mostly children, were injured in a shooting in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato on Tuesday night,
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BBC to argue Trump failed to show he was defamed in documentary
Feb 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had failed to establish that it defamed him in a documentary broadcast shortly