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Putin ally warns European powers over seizure of Russian vessels
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Russia could deploy its navy to prevent European powers from seizing its vessels and may retaliate against European shipping if Russian ships are seized, Nikolai […]
Apartment building fire in Spain’s Catalonia kills 5 youths
MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Five people have died and four others suffered minor injuries in a fire at an apartment building in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, regional firefighters said late […]
‘Hell and back’: mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot recounts her ordeal in memoir
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Gisele Pelicot, the French woman whose husband was convicted of inviting dozens of men to rape her unconscious body, has released her memoir, recounting the horrors […]
Russia downs 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, TASS says, citing defence ministry
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Air defence systems shot down 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing the Russian defence ministry. Read full story Date: […]
Land in focus at Geneva peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Representatives of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday for a fresh round of U.S.-mediated peace talks that the Kremlin says […]
Heavy rain batters New Zealand’s South Island, triggers flood warnings
SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Heavy rain pummelled New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday, triggering flooding and forcing the closure of roads and bridges, as a powerful storm that caused […]
New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
SANTA FE, Feb 16 (Reuters) – New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where […]
China’s Gu takes big air silver at Milan-Cortina after long absence
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s defending champion Gu Ailing claimed silver in the women’s freeski big air at Milan-Cortina 2026 on Monday, marking a strong return to the […]
U.S. bobsledder Meyers Taylor claims women’s monobob gold in fifth Olympic appearance
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Five-time Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States claimed her first Olympic gold medal in the women’s monobob at the Milan-Cortina Winter […]
Medal table at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on February 16
MILAN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Following is the medal table at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games after the competitions on Monday, February 16 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze […]