Topic: Europe — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Jeffrey Epstein] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Daniel Siad, facing allegation of rape in France, appears in more than 1,000 documents in latest declassified files
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[2026-02-26 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-02-26 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: BRICS allies Russia and South Africa are taking steps to heal tensions related to the Ukraine war and allegations that groups of South African men were 'lured' to fight on behalf of Moscow.
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[2026-02-26 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Sikorski pledged loyalty to Washington but called for greater EU security responsibility amid Trump’s policy shifts
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[2026-02-26 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod region, which has been hit by frequent Ukrainian attacks and recurring power outages, harbor an “internal resentment” toward local authorities, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday after a man allegedly refused to give him a ride.
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[2026-02-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain steers his car during a Formula One pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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[2026-02-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: British travellers to Gibraltar will show their passports to Spanish border officials, under a deal with the EU to remove the Rock's land border with Spain.
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[2026-02-26 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK unemployment rate among 16 to 24-year-olds is at the highest it's been in more than a decade.
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[2026-02-26 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of being a member of a human trafficking scheme that lured Kenyans to Russia with false promises of work, only for them to end up fighting on the front lines of Ukrainian battlefields.
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[2026-02-26 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s regions went on a splurge last year, running a record combined budget deficit of around 1.48 trillion rubles ($19.22 billion) as spending continued to outpace revenue growth, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bayern Munich’s Aleksandar Pavlovic celebrates scoring during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich, Germany, Saturday Feb. 21, 2026. (Harry Langer/dpa via AP)
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[2026-02-26 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU officials are prepared to offer Hungary a backroom deal on Russian oil supplies in order for Budapest to lift its veto on a controversial €90 billion loan for cash-strapped Ukraine, Politico has reported.
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[2026-02-26 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the second leg of the Champions League playoff soccer match between Real Madrid and Benfica in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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[2026-02-26 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities.
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[2026-02-26 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Russia and Turkey are preparing to take back citizens of their countries who are currently held in Iraqi prisons for joining ISIS.
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[2026-02-26 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s only domestic producer of optical fiber has been offline since May 2025 following Ukrainian attacks, industry officials told the Vedomosti business daily on Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The four-week Paris appeal trial of an accused Franco-Rwandan génocidaire started hearing closing arguments on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Local residents walk a dog near a damaged apartment building hit by Russian drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
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[2026-02-26 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen walks outside the courtroom during a short break in her appeals trial, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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[2026-02-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives
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[2026-02-26 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish authorities will gain the right to veto entry to Gibraltar and block Gibraltarian residency applications as part of the British overseas territory's post-Brexit deal, Spanish media reports suggest.
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[2026-02-26 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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[2026-02-26 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: British Nobel laureate who has kept close ties with Chinese researchers, says he is drawn to Hong Kong’s distinctive East-West synergy
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[2026-02-26 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations has approved the first credits to be issued under a carbon market established by the Paris climate accord, aimed at reducing emissions – a mechanism that has faced scrutiny over greenwashing concerns.
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[2026-02-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia will repatriate its citizens who are ISIS members held in prisons in Iraq, a report at Rudaw said on February 26. Rudaw is a Kurdish media outlet in Erbil in the autonomous Kurdistan region.
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[2026-02-26 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tulip Siddiq, left, stands beside Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool, File)
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[2026-02-26 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's Consumer Affairs Ministry has announced that he will implement rules to ban the sale of energy drinks to minors under the age of 16.
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[2026-02-26 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain's royal family.
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[2026-02-26 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At least 23 people were injured in overnight strikes, with 420 drones and 39 missiles used by Russia to target Ukraine, Kyiv says
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[2026-02-26 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — There are many things that China and Germany do not see eye-to-eye on — notably Russia's war in Ukraine — but the leaders of the world's second and third largest economies nonetheless pledged Wednesday to work to deepen ties in an era of global turbulence.
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[2026-02-26 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has arrived in the tech hub of Hangzhou on the second day of his first official trip to China, flanked by a delegation of business leaders seeking contracts in the eastern city.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Drieu Godefridi via The Gatestone Institute,
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[2026-02-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Family members of Kenyans who joined the Russian army in Ukraine hold photos of their loved ones during a protest calling on the government to urgently repatriate them and their remains in Nairobi, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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[2026-02-26 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to China continues with a tour of Beijing’s Forbidden City on Thursday, a symbolic stop during talks focused on trade and global tensions. Merz said Germany and Europe want a partnership with China that is balanced and reliable. His visit comes as Beijing looks for allies against renewed US tariffs.
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[2026-02-26 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Thibaud Flament has scored six tries in 36 Tests for France
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[2026-02-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Vatican confirms Pope's visit to Spain in June, Spanish government warns youngsters €400 culture voucher can't be used at nightclubs and more news on Thursday February 26th.
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[2026-02-26 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A major new trend which has been heating up on Europe's periphery over the last years of war in Ukraine has been the use of suicide drones and drone swarms, which have proven effective as well as frightening for anyone on the receiving end.
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[2026-02-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Paris holidays] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This former industrial quartier is now getting noticed for its community-focused art spaces, lively local bars and inexpensive north African food
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[2026-02-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Korybko,
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[2026-02-26 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia pounded Ukraine with a barrage of missile and drone attacks across the country overnight, wounding at least eight people, in advance of the latest high-level meeting between Kyiv and Washington aimed at ending the war, now in its fifth year.
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[2026-02-26 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Paris Baguette, a bakery franchise under South Korean food and beverage giant SPC Group, said Thursday it plans to lower prices of 11 food items starting next month, marking the first such move by a major food franchise following recent cuts in domestic sugar and flour prices.
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[2026-02-26 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Activists from the British political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon hung a photo of the ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday, The Guardian reported.
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Moscow accuses London and Paris of preparing to give nuclear weapons to Kyiv, Beijing doubles down
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Five individuals in France have been charged with financing terrorism over their alleged links to charities suspected of funnelling millions of euros to Hamas.
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[2026-02-26 16:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: British far-right activist Tommy Robinson says he visited the United States Department of State as part of a recent trip to Washington, DC, where he was welcomed by government officials and supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.
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[2026-02-26 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person uses their personal phone in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
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[2026-02-26 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tottenham’s head coach Igor Tudor gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal in London, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Ian Walton)
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[2026-02-26 16:17 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As British MPs vote to release the documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy, Helen Pidd speaks to Andrew Lownie, author of Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, about the former prince’s antics in the role and whether this scandal will be the monarchy’s last
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[2026-02-26 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Bioscience said Wednesday it has secured its first European Union-backed vaccine development project alongside German subsidiary IDT Biologika, marking a key milestone one year after the acquisition.
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[2026-02-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Extreme weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Atmospheric machine-gun has fired storm after deadly storm at the region this year, leaving a trail of widespread destruction
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