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Morning Roundup

Canada school shooting, Luxembourg airport future, and social media harm

Rescuers assist survivors of the sunken ferry Trisha Kerstin 3 at a port in the Philippines' Basilan province last month

'Overloading' may have led to deadly Philippine ferry sinking

Bangladesh votes in the first parliamentary elections since a 2024 uprising ended Sheikh Hasina's 15-year iron-fisted rule

First elections since uprising

Bangladesh to vote on democratic reform charter

Ante Milicic pictured during the match against England in November

'Massive challenge'

China coach warns of 'gap' ahead of Women's Asian Cup title defence

US actress Teyana Taylor (R) and Australian actor Jacob Elordi are among this year's Oscars nominees

Glamorous pre-show gathering

Glitzy Oscar nominees luncheon back one year after LA fires

Blade maker Akihira Kawasaki in his workshop in Misato, Saitama prefecture

Millennium-old craft

'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase

The second Trump White House has sowed doubt over mRNA technology, which was credited with saving millions of lives during the Covid-19 pandemic

Amid RFK's medical reforms

Moderna says US refusing to review mRNA-based flu shot

Bad Bunny sang entirely in Spanish for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show

124.9 million viewers

Super Bowl, Bad Bunny halftime show shy of ratings record

YouTube and Meta are defendants in a blockbuster trial in Los Angeles that could set a legal precedent on whether social media juggernauts deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children

'They build traps'

Instagram boss to testify at social media addiction trial

Pakistani and Indian cricket fans

India look forward to Pakistan 'challenge' after T20 World Cup U-turn

Keir Starmer has accused Mandelson of lying about his ties to financier Epstein

Amid calls to resign

Starmer says UK govt 'united', pressing on amid Epstein fallout

Joe Macken spent more than two decades creating the scale model of New York City in his basement

21 years in the making

New York model, carved in a basement, goes on display

US unemployment remains relatively low but the number of people holding multiple jobs has risen

'Where is the American dream?'

More American women holding multiple jobs as high costs sting

Cuban vendor Elio Galvan sells charcoal to families who have begun cooking over open fires amid ever longer blackouts caused by fuel shortages

'We have to find alternatives'

Charcoal or solar panels? A tale of two Cubas

This video grab taken from handout footage released by the Colombian Defense Ministry shows Colombian Indigenous senator Aida Quilcue hugging people after being freed from kidnapping in Cauca department, Colombia on February 10, 2026

Award-winning Indigenous activist

Colombian senator kidnapped, president targeted in election run-up

Protesters clash with anti-riot police during an anti-government protest in Tirana on February 10, 2026

Several wounded in clashes at Albania opposition rally

Iran on Wednesday marks the anniversary of the Islamic revolution

Amid brutal protest crackdown

Anti-Khamenei slogans in Tehran on eve of revolution anniversary: social media footage

In an Instagram post, Roan said that "no artist, agent or employee should be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values"

Chappell Roan leaves agency headed by embattled 2028 Olympic chief

While the Endangerment Finding initially applied only to a section of the Clean Air Act governing vehicle emissions, it was later incorporated into other regulations

'Largest deregulatory action in American history'

US to scrap legal cornerstone of climate regulations this week

Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Guanipa spent more than eight months behind bars as a political prisoner

Hours after release

Venezuelan authorities move Machado ally to house arrest

A woman walks her dog at sunset in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Till death do us bark: Brazilian state lets pets be buried with owners

Senegalese authorities have closed UCAD's student residences and dining halls

Claims of torture

Senegal says student's death in clashes with police a 'tragedy'

Lufthansa said the majority of the job cuts would be in Germany

Affecting flights

German unions call Lufthansa strike for Thursday

Latam-GPT is partly aimed at combating bias found in primarily US-centric AI platforms

For more accurate content

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

Officers beat Michel Zecler at his Paris music studio in November 2020

Police brutality

Paris officers accused of beating black producer to stand trial in November

(FILES) The mayor of the Ecuadoran city of Guayaquil, Aquiles Alvarez, an arch-critic of President Daniel Noboa, has been arrested for alleged money laundering

Critic of US-backed President Noboa

Mayor of Ecuador's biggest city arrested for money laundering

Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan plays a shot against the USA in Colombo

Farhan, spinners lead Pakistan to easy USA win in T20 World Cup

US Vice President JD Vance met Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev after visiting Armenia

US vice president Vance on peace bid in Azerbaijan after Armenia visit

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