Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis, Marc Loustau, Affiliated Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University, says that Monday’s meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ‘did not produce the kind of movement that Orban would like to have had before the April elections’ […]
Continue Reading“Critical minerals are essential to the U.K.’s economy, national security, and clean energy transition,” the strategy declared. Cornwall’s two biggest lithium extractors, British Lithium and Cornish Lithium, estimate they could produce 45,000 tons per year combined. Both companies have demonstration facilities up and running, with plans to begin commercial production before the end of the decade. An aerial view of […]
Continue ReadingWrestler Logan Paul just became over $16 million richer with a Pokémon card.Image: keystone Pokémon trading card sold at auction for $16.5 million Feb 16, 2026, 8:48 p.mFeb 16, 2026, 8:48 p.m A rare Pokémon trading card was auctioned in the USA for a record price of almost 16.5 million dollars (13.9 million euros). The […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Charges were filed against a 21-year-old man for allegedly planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert at a Vienna stadium in 2024, the Public Prosecutor’s Office said on […]
Continue Reading“We’re standing on the threshold of victory,” Peter Magyar confidently declared to thousands of cheering supporters in Budapest this weekend, kicking off the centre-right Tisza party’s campaign for Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary elections. The former far-right Fidesz party insider turned defector is now Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s biggest threat after 16 years in power. FRANCE […]
Continue ReadingNew Ukraine negotiations are coming up in Geneva. Russia changes delegation leader. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Ukraine is slowing the Russian advance. Feb 16, 2026, 8:37 p.mFeb 16, 2026, 8:37 p.m Finn Michalski / t-online An article by After leading representatives of international politics discussed Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) over the weekend, […]
Continue ReadingNot every tourist should go surfing in Bali. (symbol image)Image: keystone For many people, surfing in Bali is an absolute highlight on their bucket list. But in Indonesia they are currently trying to restrict access to the popular water sport. February 16, 2026, 8:30 p.mFebruary 16, 2026, 8:30 p.m Nathalie Trappe / watson.de You book […]
Continue ReadingUkraine’s former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as a suspect in a high-profile money laundering probe, investigators said Monday. The announcement comes one day after Galushchenko was detained by law enforcement attempting to leave Ukraine, and is the latest development in a corruption scandal in the energy sector that rocked the government […]
Continue ReadingThe group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.
Continue ReadingSweden is dealing with an alleged sexual crime of monstrous proportions (symbolic image).Image: www.imago-images.de A man has to stand trial in northern Sweden. He is said to have sexually exploited his wife for years. The case brings back memories. Feb 16, 2026, 8:17 p.mFeb 16, 2026, 8:17 p.m Anyone who thought that the Gisèle Pelicot […]
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