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Crypto is playing a growing role in human trafficking networks, report shows Blockchain

Crypto is playing a growing role in human trafficking networks, report shows

Andrew Paterson | Photographer's Choice RF | Getty Images Cryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking syndicates surged 85% in 2025, with hundreds of millions of transactions traced on public blockchains, according to a new report by Chainalysis. The U.S.-based blockchain analytics firm said most of the activity was linked to…
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February 16, 2026
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Businesses & lawmakers warn Trump over immigration crackdown Donald Trump

‘South Texas will never be red again’: Businesses & lawmakers warn Trump over immigration crackdown

In the latest such warning, Republican lawmakers and home-builders have declared that southern Texas will never be a red bastion again as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has gone too far and affected the construction industry and antagonised the region’s Hispanic population. For weeks, as Republicans have continued to…
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February 16, 2026
Chinese families cool off on pre-made meals for Lunar New Year after scandal Twinfluencer

Chinese families cool off on pre-made meals for Lunar New Year after scandal

As families across China gather for the 2026 Lunar New Year holiday , pre-made dishes at their reunion dinners – the centrepiece of Spring Festival celebrations – have again come under scrutiny. Chinese households, many of which tend to reduce their budget, have increasingly been cautious, following a high-profile row…
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February 16, 2026
Sagrada Madre enters mainland China after building a following in Hong Kong China's Social Credit System

Sagrada Madre enters mainland China after building a following in Hong Kong

In the corridors of MixC Shenzhen Bay, one storefront stops passersby mid-stride. Washed in earthy reds and raw wood textures, the space feels less like a cosmetics counter and more like a fragment of South America transplanted into southern China. The air carries a dense blend of herbs and fruit,…
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February 16, 2026
US forces board ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade: Pentagon Donald Trump

US forces board ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade: Pentagon

by AFP Staff Writers Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 US forces boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean that violated President Donald Trump's blockade of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean and fled the region, the Pentagon said Sunday. The Panamanian-flagged Veronica III "tried to defy President Trump's…
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February 16, 2026
SEC Division Moves to Clarify When Tokens Trigger Securities Status After Years of Ambiguity Blockchain

SEC Division Moves to Clarify When Tokens Trigger Securities Status After Years of Ambiguity

Regulation Published: Feb 15, 2026, 11:30 PM The SEC is accelerating formal crypto rulemaking, advancing a structured framework to define when digital assets qualify as securities and reshape oversight with clearer standards for token issuers, broker-dealers, and blockchain transactions. Published: Feb 15, 2026, 11:30 PM SEC Division Backs Chairman Atkins’…
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February 16, 2026
Danish PM says Trump still ‘very serious’ about acquiring Greenland Greenland

Danish PM says Trump still ‘very serious’ about acquiring Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that President Trump remains intent on acquiring Greenland. "I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He’s very serious about this," Frederiksen said at the Munich Security Conference, according to the BBC. Throughout December and January...Read More
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February 16, 2026