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The European Commission sold 23 properties to the Belgian state in 2024

€900 million deal

Belgian police raid EU commission in real estate probe

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex offences

Pro-Kremlin accounts using Epstein files to push conspiracy: research

German director Wim Wenders is the head of the jury at this year's Berlinale film festival

Cinema's power to 'change the world' in focus at Berlin Film Fest

Manchester United's co-owner Jim Ratcliffe (C)

Following backlash

Man Utd's Ratcliffe's apologises for 'language' on immigration

Of more than 200 films shown during the Berlin Film Festival, 22 will compete for the coveted Golden Bear

'Family and intimacy under pressure' at Berlin film festival

Leaders will hold talks at the 16th century Alden Biesen castle in eastern Belgium

'Strategic brainstorming' summit

EU vows swift reforms to confront challenge from China, US

Mercedes says its profit margins could fall this year

Lowest since pandemic

Mercedes-Benz net profit nearly halves amid China, US woes

Only seven percent of women actually file a legal complaint after a sexual assault, attempted rape or rape, according to government figures

18-year old victim

France jails three in gang rape case after mother saves evidence

TOPSHOT - A member of the community places flowers at a memorial during a candlelight vigil for the victims of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where a mass shooting took place a day earlier, in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026.

18-year-old suspect identified

Grieving Canada town holds vigil for school shooting victims

Lufthansa has lost ground to key European rivals IAG and Air France-KLM, which have outperformed the German group in terms of profitability

Findel partly affected

Lufthansa faces flight cancellations amid pilots' strike

Venezuela's historic amnesty is meant to clear the rap sheets of hundreds of people jailed for challenging the Maduro regime

Transition milestone?

Venezuela to debate historic amnesty bill for political prisoners

Taiwan has stepped up efforts to strengthen security and economic ties with Europe, its third-largest export market

Under US, China pressure

Taiwan leader wants greater defence cooperation with Europe: AFP interview

Irish author and screenwriter Lisa McGee poses ahead of the launch of her latest Netflix series "How to Get to Heaven from Belfast"

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

From 'Derry Girls' to 'heaven', Irish writer airs new comedy

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te tells AFP the United States does not need to use Taiwan as a "bargaining chip"

Ramping up defence spending

Taiwan leader warns countries in region 'next' in case of China attack: AFP interview

Southern France

Storm Nils leaves 850,000 homes without power

The 'lovers' channel' in Benin, which for a long time brought together hearts looking for love, is gradually falling out of favour with younger generations

'Something for old people'

Benin's lovers less row-mantic as apps replace waterway rendezvous

Items in the sell-off include costumes for "Carmina Burana" as Geneva's Grand-Theatre looks to part with halfits stock

'Some real treasures'

Geneva opera house selling off thousands of extravagant costumes

Non-alcoholic wine has many different types of customers, say producers

Fast-changing attitudes

Non-alcoholic wine: a booming business searching for quality

Milos Mayor Manolis Mikelis has called the construction project on the island an 'environmental crime'

'Environmental crime'

Greece's Cycladic islands swept up in concrete fever

Morning Roundup

Canada shooter named, unions seek job talks at ArcelorMittal, and Berlin festival opens

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog reacts during a Jewish community event in Melbourne on February 12, 2026

Bondi beach aftermath

Israel president says at end of visit antisemitism in Australia 'frightening'

Smoke rises from chimneys at a power plant during sunset in Taicang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province

World's biggest emitter

China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis

Germany and China have long had deep economic ties

Economic headwinds

'China shock': Germany struggles as key market turns business rival

FIFA President Gianni Infantino's says exorbitant prices for 2026 World Cup tickets reflect surging demand

Cheapest listed at $9,775

World Cup ticket prices skyrocket on FIFA re-sale site

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, only around 20 Alpine skiers from Central Asia have competed at the Winter Olympics

Too warm and expensive

Plenty of peaks, but skiing yet to take off in Central Asia

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri is the first major Silicon Valley figure to appear before the jury in a case that also targets Google's YouTube

Deliberate manipulation

Instagram CEO denies addiction claims in landmark US trial

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un talk before a meeting in the demilitiarized zone near Panmunjom in 2019.

Nuclear negotiations?

UN aid relief a potential opening for Trump-Kim talks, say analysts

Bus drivers in Israel say racist violence against Arab drivers has spiralled since the start of the Gaza war

Amid war on Gaza

'No one to back us': Arab bus drivers in Israel grapple with racist attacks

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