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Brazil Can Boost Growth by Bringing More Women into the Labor Force Pandemic

Brazil Can Boost Growth by Bringing More Women into the Labor Force

Climate Change, Development & Aid, Featured, Gender, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Latin America & the Caribbean, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Priority reforms include improving childcare, recalibrating social transfers, and closing wage gaps. Credit: IMF WASHINGTON DC, Feb 18 2026 (IPS) - When Brazil’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.2…
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February 18, 2026
Blueprint for National Transformation | Series 10: The Mathematics of Abstention Space Debris

Blueprint for National Transformation | Series 10: The Mathematics of Abstention

By Amofin Beulah Adeoye The ballot box possesses no mechanism for interpreting frustration; it computes only participation. In the quiet, hollowed-out spaces of tired societies, a dangerous misunderstanding persists—a whisper that stepping back from the threshold of the polling booth is a form of protest, a dignified refusal to validate…
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February 18, 2026
Australia blocks an alleged Islamic State-linked citizen from returning from Syria Syria

Australia blocks an alleged Islamic State-linked citizen from returning from Syria

By: Rod Mcguirk And Hogir Al Abdo, The Associated Press Posted: 12:37 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 Last Modified: 11:25 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 Print Email Read Later MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia's government banned an Australian citizen with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group…
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February 18, 2026
Global leaders, parliamentarians send well-wishes for a ‘blessed and peaceful’ Ramazan Peace

Global leaders, parliamentarians send well-wishes for a ‘blessed and peaceful’ Ramazan

As the Ramazan moon was sighted in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the USA, and other countries on Tuesday night, wishes poured in from politicians and parliamentarians worldwide for the start of the holy month. Meanwhile, according to the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco), the first day…
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February 18, 2026
U.S. offers more details on claim China conducted secret nuclear weapons test Nuclear Weapons

U.S. offers more details on claim China conducted secret nuclear weapons test

Democracy Dies in Darkness Foreign Policy Remarks by a top administration official appeared to be aimed at dispelling skepticism of its assertions, as President Donald Trump vows to restart U.S. tests. February 17, 2026 at 4:44 p.m. EST Yesterday at 4:44 p.m. EST President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi…
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February 18, 2026
India AI summit descends into chaos amid long queues and Modi lockdown Narendra Modi

India AI summit descends into chaos amid long queues and Modi lockdown

India’s flagship artificial intelligence summit was overshadowed by chaos on its opening day amid long queues in unseasonal heat, traffic congestions, and sudden security sweeps ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Thousands of people on Monday attended the summit at the 123-acre Bharat Mandapam complex in the capital Delhi.…
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February 18, 2026
Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south Narendra Modi

Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south

Silicon Valley tech billionaires will land in Delhi this week for an AI summit hosted by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, where leaders of the global south will wrestle for control over the fast-developing technology. During the week-long AI Impact Summit, attended by thousands of tech executives, government officials and…
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February 18, 2026