Topic: Europe — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-19 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President says the UK should not lose control of Indian Ocean island by entering ‘tenuous’ lease, amid concerns about China’s growing ties there
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[2026-02-19 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia has sought direct collaboration between the Central Banks of Sri Lanka and Russia to facilitate increased spending by Russian tourists visiting Sri Lanka, as Russian-issued visa, debit, or credit cards do not work overseas due to sanctions.
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[2026-02-19 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa referring to the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA) and the Online Safety Act, cautioned against “draconian” applications of the law, warning against broad definitions of terrorism that could criminalise political dissent and trade union activities.
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[2026-02-19 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Chaque semaine, Eco Afrique vous présente des "éco-héros" : des organisations ou des personnalités en Afrique et en Europe qui créent des solutions brillantes et innovantes pour résoudre les problèmes environnementaux.
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[2026-02-19 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fcode Labs, a global product innovation and engineering company, has made a strategic investment in Bunamo, a Europe-based coffee-centric startup building a digital platform for coffee enthusiasts. Alongside the investment, Fcode Labs partnered with Bunamo to design and engineer a scalable product that brings together home baristas, professional roasters, and coffee brands in one connected experience.
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[2026-02-19 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pontiff said the ashes could represent cities destroyed by war, as well as the damage to the environment and international law
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[2026-02-19 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Trabalhadores rurais que ficaram doentes ou tiveram sua fertilidade comprometida após trabalhar com um agrotóxico em plantações de banana na Nicarágua tiveram seu recurso indenizatório rejeitado por um tribunal de Paris nesta terça-feira (17/02).
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[2026-02-19 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-19 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Romania’s 2024 presidential election was already one of the most controversial political episodes in the European Union in recent years. A candidate who won the first round was prevented from contesting the second. The vote was annulled. Claims of Russian interference were advanced without public evidence.
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[2026-02-19 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The center-left Social Democrats (SPD), Germany's first political party, are struggling to muster their optimism in a year when five of Germany's 16 federal states are set to elect new parliaments. According to the latest opinion polls, the SPD could be voted out of power in two states that is has governed for decades.
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[2026-02-19 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Waziri wa Nishati wa Marekani Chris Wright amesema kuwa Rais Donald Trump "anaamini kabisa kwamba Iran haiwezi kuruhusiwa kuwa na silaha za nyuklia,". Wright aliwaambia waandishi wa habari mjini Paris pembezoni mwa mikutano ya Shirika la Nishati la Kimataifa kwamba Wairan wameweka wazi kile wanachoweza kukifanya kwa kutumia silaha za nyuklia na hilo halikubaliki.
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[2026-02-19 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The deadline for declaring world assets and crypto assets, new Schengen entry rules at the Gibraltar border, several strikes, new flights, clocks change - here's everything that's new about life in Spain in March 2026.
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[2026-02-19 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills this week, the Russian Defense Ministry and Iranian state media said Wednesday, as U.S. and Iranian officials meet in Switzerland for talks on Tehran’s nuclear program.
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[2026-02-19 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: It has been over a year since Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk, but the fate of the two men still hangs in the balance as activists accuse the South Korean government of dragging its feet.
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[2026-02-19 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Galina Simagina, a woman from Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, was locked in a feud with her in-laws over who was entitled to state compensation for her husband’s death in the Ukraine war.
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[2026-02-19 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ruski rat protiv Ukrajine donio je pomak u politici proširenja Europske unije koja je prethodno stagnirala, piše Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung i navodi koje su zemlje trenutačno izgledni, a koje manje izgledni kandidati. Tako su Turska i Gruzija kandidati „samo na papiru“.
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[2026-02-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-19 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-19 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Germany's Hapag-Lloyd, the world's fifth-largest container shipping line, has signed a deal to acquire its Israeli rival Zim Integrated Shipping Services for $4.2 billion (€3.5 billion).
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[2026-02-19 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands claim Russia had the ‘means, motive and opportunity’ to kill its opposition leader
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[2026-02-19 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-19 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: От една година функционира съвместният център JATEC между НАТО и Украйна. За това време двете страни успяха да разработят редица нови решения за фронта. Това е първата структура, в която украински военни работят в рамките на НАТО на равна основа с представители на страните членки на Алианса. Съвместният център за анализ, обучение и образование НАТО-Украйна (JATEC) е първият съвместен проект на НАТО с държава, която не е членка, и едновременно с това първата гражданско-военна инициатива на НАТО от такъв мащаб.
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[2026-02-18 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Racism in German public authorities is often embedded in institutional routine and culture, according to a new study.
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[2026-02-18 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The deal reflects India’s shift from ‘transactional defence buying’ amid expanding security engagement with Europe, analysts say
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[2026-02-18 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Europe genuinely seeks to restore credibility to international law, it must first confront its own record of selective adherence
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[2026-02-18 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ruski rat protiv Ukrajine donio je pomak u politici proširenja Evropske unije koja je prethodno stagnirala, piše Frankfurter algemajne cajtung i navodi koje su zemlje trenutno izgledni, a koje manje izgledni kandidati. Tako su Turska i Gruzija, kandidati „samo na papiru“.
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[2026-02-18 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Santa Maddalena, a photogenic village in the Italian Dolomites, has to endure hordes of unruly visitors showing up just to take a photo
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[2026-02-18 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Foreign intelligence services can see Telegram correspondence sent by Moscow’s troops in Ukraine, Russia’s digital development minister claimed on Wednesday after authorities moved to curb the popular messaging app’s operations in the country.
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[2026-02-18 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Neither side revealed what they discussed or whether any agreement had been reached, but both said the discussions had been ‘difficult’
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[2026-02-18 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: По Албанија, и Србија се изјасни дека е подготвена, доколку е неопходно, да се откаже од правото на вето пред зачленувањето во Европската унија. Ова го потврди претседателот Александар Вучиќ за Франкфуртер Алгемајне Цајтунг: „За Србија, членството во ЕУ без право на вето е прифатливо. Најважни за нас се единствениот пазар и слободното движење на стоки, луѓе и капитал.
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[2026-02-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Justice Ministry has designated the international successors of the Memorial human rights group as “undesirable” organizations, extending a yearslong crackdown on one of the country’s most prominent civil society networks.
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[2026-02-18 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An expert assistance team deployed by the European Union has completed extensive infrastructure assessments in Sri Lanka following widespread damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, supporting national efforts toward safer and more resilient recovery.
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[2026-02-18 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: China's rise from poverty to the world's second‑largest economy rewrote the rules of globalization. Now Beijing's push into high-end technology is unfolding at an even faster pace.
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[2026-02-18 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: France on Tuesday released the oil tanker Grinch, suspected of belonging to Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet,” after its owner paid a multimillion-euro fine.
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[2026-02-18 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kraje bałtyckie powinny być przygotowane na to, że w razie rosyjskiego ataku musiałyby walczyć do dwóch tygodni bez wsparcia sojuszników – uważa emerytowany amerykański generał i były dowódca sił zbrojnych USA w Europie Ben Hodges. W wywiadzie dla niemieckiego dziennika „Die Welt” podkreśla on, że chodzi tu o „scenariusz absolutnie najgorszy” z możliwych, w którym „NATO zostaje zaskoczone i jest całkowicie nieprzygotowane do wysłania wojsk przez przesmyk suwalski na Litwę”.
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[2026-02-18 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A film by Ming Wong, artist in residence at London’s National Gallery, recasts St Sebastian with Asian actors and questions identity
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[2026-02-18 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Европа е сè позагрижена поради нејзиното отсуство од неодамнешните мировни преговори меѓу Русија и Украина. Последната рунда преговори во Абу Даби беше посредувана од САД, без директно учество на Европската Унија. Како одговор на тоа, во ЕУ се повеќе се зборува за назначување специјален пратеник кој би разговарал директно со Москва.
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[2026-02-18 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The German chancellor described the US secretary of state’s speech at the event as Trump ‘in friendlier packaging’
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[2026-02-18 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Hayo yameelezwa jana na Kamishna Mkuu wa Umoja huo anayehusika na migogoro Hadja Lahbib ambaye yuko ziarani katika eneo hilo huku akisisitiza kuwa raia wa mashariki mwa DRC wamenaswa katika madhila ya vita, njaa na ukimbizi na kwamba wanataabika kupata huduma za mzingi.
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[2026-02-18 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president said Ukrainians ‘can’t understand why’ they would be asked to cede additional land to Russia
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[2026-02-18 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-18 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Europe How Reuters captured the photo of former prince Andrew leaving custody Technology Prominent Angolan journalist targeted with Predator spyware Feb 18, 2026 10:15 AM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied US & Canada Washington Post begins widespread layoffs, sharply shrinking paper’s reach Feb 5, 2026 8:26 AM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied US & Canada White House defends Trump calling a female reporter ‘piggy’ Nov 21,
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[2026-02-18 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Speedskaters Liu Hanbin, Wu Yu and Li Wenhao reach podium for first time, while Italy stun favourites US in race for top spot
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[2026-02-18 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is the first sign of a decline in the post-pandemic boom in American travel to Europe, driven by a strong US dollar
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[2026-02-18 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-02-18 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club
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[2026-02-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Blending creativity with sustainability, the company offers sparkling pieces handcrafted from vintage glass beads from Paris
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[2026-02-18 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-18 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-18 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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