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Germany : From Trump to Putin, Cologne’s Rose Monday floats skewer world leaders Putin

Germany : From Trump to Putin, Cologne’s Rose Monday floats skewer world leaders

Last updated: 16/02 - 18:50 Revellers walked beside floats mocking leaders from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, proving that carnival here is also a space for comment. Many say humour makes politics easier to approach. The sharpest designs come from sculptor Jacques Tilly, whose work has even drawn legal threats…
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February 16, 2026
Navalny death: Is Russia using biological weapons to target its own people? France says ‘Putin is prepared to…’ Putin

Navalny death: Is Russia using biological weapons to target its own people? France says ‘Putin is prepared to…’

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to use biological weapons against his own people after claims emerged that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of poisoning. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to use biological weapons…
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February 15, 2026
Boko Haram displays over 100 alleged kidnap victims in Kwara, faults govt’s figures Putin

Boko Haram displays over 100 alleged kidnap victims in Kwara, faults govt’s figures

Suspected members of Boko Haram have circulated a video purportedly showing more than 100 women and children abducted from Woro and Nuku communities in Kwara State. In the footage released on Saturday, the insurgents claimed that 176 persons were kidnapped during the recent attacks, disputing earlier official estimates which put…
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February 14, 2026
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center Putin

Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center

The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder in December. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to…
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February 14, 2026
Russia fatally ‘poisoned’ Putin critic Navalny with rare toxin, European states say Putin

Russia fatally ‘poisoned’ Putin critic Navalny with rare toxin, European states say

Five European countries accused Russia on Saturday of "poisoning" opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024 using a "rare toxin", according to a statement issued on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. "The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin,"…
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February 14, 2026
Bombshell Report Finds Putin Lost Twice the Number of Troops In January as the Soviets Lost In 10 Years Fighting In Afghanistan Putin

Bombshell Report Finds Putin Lost Twice the Number of Troops In January as the Soviets Lost In 10 Years Fighting In Afghanistan

(Bernat Armangue/Russian Presidential Press Service/AP photos) Russia’s Vladimir Putin lost twice as many soldiers in January of 2026 as the Soviet Union lost during its entire campaign in Afghanistan in the 1980s, pointed out CNN’s Jim Sciutto this week. Bloomberg reported on the stunning numbers in a Thursday article, noting…
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February 14, 2026