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Electric Car

Hyundai Is In Favor Of Cheaper EV For Europe

Hyundai Motor Europe supports the European Union’s plan to introduce a new M1E vehicle category, which should enable the development of more affordable small electric cars. However, the company says that specific business decisions require precise details about which regulations will actually be eased. The idea of the M1E class…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Narendra Modi

India opens Airbus helicopter assembly line

By Julie Fraysse Bengaluru, India (AFP) Feb 17, 2026 India's Tata Group and European aviation giant Airbus opened a helicopter final assembly line on Tuesday, a significant step in New Delhi's flagship "Make in India" drive. The virtual opening was made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Black Hole

Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but many cosmologists are leery of the idea...Read More

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe’s Son Chatunga Arrested In Hyde Park, SA After ‘Shooting Security Guard’

The troubled youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former president Robert Mugabe is in police custody tonight, accused of shooting a security guard at his luxury home in Johannesburg’s upmarket Hyde Park following a furious argument. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 29, was arrested at the scene on Thursday afternoon after allegedly opening…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe’s Son Involved in Hyde Park Shooting; Guard in Critical Condition

Robert Mugabe’s Son Involved in Hyde Park Shooting; Guard in Critical Condition Police are investigating a shooting at the home of the son of the late former Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. It is believed that the son opened fire on the security guard...Read More

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Syria

What is yerba mate and why is this natural energiser going global?

The yerba mate global market at a glance Yerba mate demand is rising fast, with the global market expected to grow from $2.03bn in 2025 to $3.46bn by 2035 due to consumer interest in natural energy beverages RTD formats are driving growth, increasing 65% year‑on‑year, alongside rapid expansion in organic…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

NASDAQ

Stock futures are lower; Walmart earnings loom: Live updates

Thu, Feb 19 2026 4:11 PM EST Stocks close in the red The three major averages finished lower on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 0.28% to close the session at 6,861.89, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.31% to 22,682.73. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 267.50 points, or 0.54%, to…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Siberian Tiger

How the End of the Cold War Saved the Siberian Tiger

What was it like to live at the end of the Cold War? While Francis Fukuyama mulled Kojève, Hegel, and the end of history, a KGB officer in Dresden was lamenting his leaders’ surrender and would later proclaim the fall of the Soviet Union the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Narendra Modi

What Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and other tech CEOs said at India AI Impact Summit 2026

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 brought together leaders of the technology industry, including CEOs such as Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen, Meta Chief AI scientist Alexandr Wang, K Krithivasan, Tata Consultancy Services, Salil Parekh and others, at…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Blockchain

UK selects HSBC’s blockchain platform for digital bond pilot

Homepage > News > Business > UK selects HSBC’s blockchain platform for digital bond pilot The United Kingdom Treasury has selected HSBC Holdings’ (NASDAQ: HSBC) blockchain platform as the provider for its Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot issuance, which will take place under the country’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). The…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2026

Hyundai Is In Favor Of Cheaper EV For Europe

India opens Airbus helicopter assembly line

Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?

Robert Mugabe’s Son Chatunga Arrested In Hyde Park, SA After ‘Shooting Security Guard’

Robert Mugabe’s Son Involved in Hyde Park Shooting; Guard in Critical Condition

What is yerba mate and why is this natural energiser going global?

Stock futures are lower; Walmart earnings loom: Live updates

How the End of the Cold War Saved the Siberian Tiger

What Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and other tech CEOs said at India AI Impact Summit 2026

UK selects HSBC’s blockchain platform for digital bond pilot

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