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Streaming War Erupts as Paramount Launches $108 Billion Last-Minute Bid

February 18, 2026
Business

A dramatic new battle for control of one of Hollywood’s most storied studios has emerged after Warner Bros. Discovery reopened negotiations with Paramount Global, granting the company just seven days to submit

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Britain Faces “Lost Generation” Warning as Youth Unemployment Surges to 11-Year High

February 18, 2026
Business

The United Kingdom is confronting mounting fears of a long-term economic and social fallout after youth unemployment climbed to its highest level in more than a decade, with economists warning that hundreds

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Goldman Sachs Scraps Diversity Criteria in Boardroom Shake-Up Amid Political Pressure

February 18, 2026
Business

Goldman Sachs is preparing to eliminate race, gender identity, and sexual orientation from the criteria used to select members of its board of directors, marking a significant shift in governance policy that

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India Eyes Age-Based Social Media Restrictions

February 18, 2026
Editor's Choice/Human Rights

The Indian government is considering stricter regulations on social media, focusing on age-based access and the rising threat of deepfakes, as Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed on Tuesday. Speaking at a

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Shadow of War: U.S. Forces Surge Toward Iran in a Show of Might

February 18, 2026
Defence/Diplomacy

What appears to be routine military repositioning is, in fact, a dramatic build‑up of U.S. combat power in the Middle East that has raised concerns among allies and adversaries alike about the

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India Set to Seal $39 Billion Rafale Deal, Redefining Global Fighter Jet Market

February 18, 2026
Defence/Diplomacy

India is poised to purchase 114 additional French Dassault Rafale aircraft in a deal valued at $39 billion, marking a dramatic turnaround for a fighter once dismissed as a white elephant. According

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Germany to Learn Drone Warfare from Battle-Hardened Ukrainian Troops

February 18, 2026
Defence/Diplomacy

Germany will host Ukrainian soldiers to train its troops in advanced drone warfare and modern combat technologies, reflecting Ukraine’s extensive frontline experience in the ongoing conflict with Russia. The agreement, confirmed last

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U.S. Updates Allegation of Secret Chinese Nuclear Test, Beijing Denies Claim

February 18, 2026
Defence/Diplomacy

The United States has updated its allegation that China conducted an underground nuclear test in June 2020, providing new details from seismic monitoring data that suggest a possible concealed detonation. Assistant Secretary

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Cambodia Accuses Thailand of Occupying Territory Despite Ceasefire

February 18, 2026
Cambodia/Geopolitics/Thailand/World

Cambodia has accused Thailand of maintaining forces inside Cambodian territory following last year’s fighting, despite a peace accord brokered with the involvement of Donald Trump, Reuters reports. In his first interview with

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Ballots After the Barricades

February 18, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Nepal heads to the polls on March 5 in one of the most consequential elections since the end of its civil war, a vote born not from routine constitutional timing but from

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Jerusalem’s Edge Moves East

February 18, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

A new Israeli government-backed settlement plan is drawing sharp criticism from rights groups and international observers, who say it would effectively expand the municipal reach of Jerusalem into the occupied West Bank

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Herbal Highballs and Burnout Cures

February 18, 2026
Diplomacy/Health/Human Rights

In a dimly lit bar in Shanghai, customers don’t begin their evening by scanning a liquor menu. Instead, they extend their wrists across a wooden counter for a pulse diagnosis, an age-old

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Assassination in Revolutionary Sri Lanka

February 18, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

Forty years after the killing of Daya Pathirana, the third head of the Independent Student Union (ISU) by the Socialist Students’ Union (SSU), affiliated with the JVP, one-time Divaina journalist Dharman Wickremaretne has dealt

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Backchannel Diplomacy, Frontline Fallout

February 18, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Picking up the threads from where I last wrote on the US-Iran negotiations a week ago in my blog titled Odds are 8-1 Trump won’t start a Gulf war, the talks beginning in

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The Price of Pleasing Washington

February 18, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Within a fortnight after announcing a trade deal with the EU, the Indian government announced its entry into a “framework agreement” on trade with the US—a precursor to an “interim agreement” and a subsequent full-fledged

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