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Several French hospitals and nursing homes have appealed to ordinary people to help fund urgent needs

'Citizen loans'

Cash-starved French hospitals ask public to pitch in

Astronaut Sophie Adenot has become the second French woman to fly to space

Dream come true

Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that freedoms were 'endangered' in an era of great power politics

At Munich Security Conference

Germany's Merz urges US to repair ties with Europe

Farmers in the North African kingdom have for the past few years endured severe drought

Days of heavy downpour

Floods wreak havoc in Morocco farmlands after severe drought

Authorities in China estimate people will make a record 9.5 billion trips during the 40-day Lunar New Year period

9.5 billion trips predicted

Dumplings and work stress as Chinese rush home for Lunar New Year

Cricket fever: Commuters in Mumbai can't escape news of the blockbuster India-Pakistan clash being back on

India-Pakistan: Hottest ticket in cricket sparks T20 World Cup fever

Marius Borg Hoiby denies the charges, which carry a maximum of 16 years in jail

Alleged rape victim of Norway princess's son says she took sleeping pills

Pakistan's Usman Tariq celebrates after taking the wicket of USA's Mohammad Mohsin at the T20 World Cup

From salesman to trump card

Driven by Dhoni, Pakistan's X-factor tweaker Tariq targets India

Fireworks feature at every major milestone in China, including birthdays, weddings and funerals

Weak consumerism

China's fireworks heartland faces fizzling Lunar New Year sales

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's pro-military and pro-monarchy party had its best electoral performance ever in the weekend's polls

Following stunning election victory

Thai PM agrees coalition with Thaksin-backed party

Muhammad Yunus returned from exile in August 2024, days after Sheikh Hasina was overthrown

85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer

Bangladesh's Yunus 'banker to the poor', pushing democratic reform

Zimbabwe's Blessing Muzarabani celebrates one of his four wickets against Australia

Solid exhibition

Zimbabwe pull off shock win over Australia at T20 World Cup

French Gendarmes gather outside the house where the bodies of two infants have been discovered in a freezer in Ailleviller-et-Lyaumont, eastern France on 12 February 2026.

Mother charged after two babies found dead in French family's freezer

Netflix has adapted Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's novel 'The Museum of Innocence' as a series

Bestselling novel

Crowds flock to Istanbul's Museum of Innocence before TV adaptation

High winds and hard rain brought chaos across southern France, northern Spain and parts of Portugal

High winds and hard rain

Three dead, many without power after storm lashes France and Spain

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi angered China in November with comments about Taiwan

Exclusive economic zone

Japan seizes Chinese fishing vessel, arrests captain

Campus locked down

Shooting kills two, wounds one at southern US university

The African union is 'arguably at its weakest since it was inaugurated', says the International Crisis Group

'Weak by design' African Union gathers for summit

A general view of a heart-shaped photo box at The Locale restaurant in Lagos, on February 11, 2026.

Nigerian conservative city turns to online matchmaking for love

Archaeologist Vladimir Stevanovic, known on social media as 'Serbia's Iceman', hikes wearing only boots, shorts and a backpack in the middle of winter

Aiming for inner peace

Serb-zero: the 'iceman' seeking solace in extreme cold

Morning Roundup

Munich Security Conference opens, complaint filed against Pirate Party, and Chamber debates unisex school toilets

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has made several visits to Capitol Hill

Clash of titans

AI's bitter rivalry heads to Washington

Cuba's tourism industry falters as country struggles amid US fuel blockade

Tightening sanctions

Tourists empty out of Cuba as US fuel blockade bites

Traditional Chinese medicine bars have popped up in several cities across China

Goji berries and angelica root

'Punk wellness': China's stressed youth mix traditional medicine and cocktails

Flowers are placed near Tumbler Ridge Secondary school two days after the rural community experienced one of Canada's deadliest shootings

Tearful Canadian mother mourns daughter before Carney visits town shaken by killings

A child plays with an animated character at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' exhibit on the Studio Ghibli animated feature 'Ponyo'

Oscars museum dives into world of Miyazaki's 'Ponyo'

Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) addressed large crowds

Stepping into the spotlight

Bangladesh political heir Tarique Rahman poised for PM

Voronezh is closer to the front line in eastern Ukraine than to Moscow

500km south of Moscow

Drones, sirens, army posters: How four years of war changed a Russian city

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