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EU companies adopt BYD, Yutong buses despite China security fears China's Social Credit System

EU companies adopt BYD, Yutong buses despite China security fears

Electric buses made by China’s BYD and Yutong are increasingly popular in Germany and neighboring countries, despite misgivings in Europe about ceding infrastructure control to Chinese companies. Transportation companies in Germany, Belgium, and Austria are adding China-made electric buses to their fleets, with operators saying they are cheaper and better…
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February 17, 2026
Defence signs biggest ever contract with Palantir for department’s ‘Cyber Warfare Division’ Palantir

Defence signs biggest ever contract with Palantir for department’s ‘Cyber Warfare Division’

The one-year, $7.6 million contract for the Cyber Warfare Division brings Defence’s spend to more than $26 million on contracts with the controversial Trump-linked company. (Image: Private Media/Zennie) The Department of Defence has inked its biggest ever contract with Palantir, the controversial Trump-linked US data analytics company that’s become an…
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February 17, 2026
US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit Slavery Abolition

US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic site, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation after the city sued the federal government over its removal. The National Park Service last month dismantled and removed a long-established slavery-related…
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February 17, 2026
Judge orders slavery exhibits restored at George Washington’s Philadelphia home Slavery Abolition

Judge orders slavery exhibits restored at George Washington’s Philadelphia home

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits on slavery that the National Park Service had removed from the President’s House last month. U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe’s ruling requires the federal government to restore the site “to its physical status as of January 21,…
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February 17, 2026
Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia Slavery Abolition

Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last month, a federal judge ruled on President’s Day, the federal holiday honoring Washington’s legacy. The city of Philadelphia sued in January after the…
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February 17, 2026
Researchers Solve Mystery of Swirling, Plume-Like Structures Deep Inside Greenland’s Ice Sheet Greenland

Researchers Solve Mystery of Swirling, Plume-Like Structures Deep Inside Greenland’s Ice Sheet

For years glaciologists puzzled over strange plume-like structures hidden deep within the Greenland Ice Sheet. Now a new study by scientists from the University of Bergen, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Oxford suggests that these enigmatic features are caused by thermal convection, a process usually linked…
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February 17, 2026
Coinbase diamond hands vs Binance panic sellers — the $60,000 stress test Black Thursday

Coinbase diamond hands vs Binance panic sellers — the $60,000 stress test

Bitcoin's recent price crash towards $60,000 did more than just shave billions off market capitalizations or liquidate leveraged positions. It served as a massive, chaotic stress test that exposed a widening behavioral fracture between the two most dominant venues in the digital asset economy. On one side stands Coinbase, the…
bubmag
February 17, 2026