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Feb 21, 2026 - World

Ukrainian drones have hit an industrial facility deep inside Russia, which a Russian news report identified as a major missile factory

Feb 21, 2026 - World

Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline

Feb 21, 2026 - World

President Emmanuel Macron has called for calm ahead of marches organized by far-right groups after a nationalist militant died from a beating in Lyon

Feb 21, 2026 - World

Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influentialIn the timeless week between Christmas and the new year, two Spanish men in their early 50s – friends since childhood, popular around town – went to a restaurant and did not come home.Francisco Zea Bravo, a maths teacher active in a book club and rock band, and Antonio Morales Serrano, the owner of a popular cafe and ice-cream parlour, had gone to eat with friends in Málaga on Saturday 27 December. But as the pair drove back to Alhaurín el Grande that night, heavy rains turned the usually tranquil Fahala River into what the mayor would later call an “uncontrollable torrent”. Police found their van overturned the next day. Their bodies followed after an agonising search. Continue reading...

Feb 21, 2026 - World

A 32-year-old has been charged with serious vilification or hate crime and other offences but police say it is not being considered a terrorist incidentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have charged a man after a car was used to ram the gates of a synagogue in Brisbane.Officers say the man was driving a Toyota Hilux utility when he knocked down the gates of the property in Margaret Street in Brisbane’s CBD shortly after 7pm on Friday. Continue reading...