Month: February 2026

After meeting Chinese leader, German chancellor calls for closer trade relations to unlock opportunities and drive economic prosperity.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe reached record highs Wednesday on easing worries about the AI sector and ahead of chip behemoth Nvidia releasing its earnings.

Christophe Leribault, most recently Versailles director, will be tasked with improving security and ‘restoring climate of trust’

Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, cut its sales outlook and slashed shareholder payouts Wednesday, as its new chief executive seeks to revive the struggling drinks group.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe reached record highs Wednesday on easing worries about the AI sector and ahead of chip behemoth Nvidia releasing its earnings.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday to deepen ties between two of the world’s leading economies.

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth glass plate over and over, filming it and recording

The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsible for ordering the killing of Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes in 2018.

The Hungarian prime minister has also ordered a drone flight ban in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, near the Ukrainian border.

Feb. 18 – 24, 2026

A new UN report forecasts that the Arab region is seeing a gradual economic recovery despite continuing geopolitical uncertainties.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden fractured his thumb against the New York Knicks and is questionable to play their next game, the team said Wednesday.

The FDA is reviewing bemotrizinol, a UV light filter used in sunscreens in Europe and Asia.

Asserting ‘cheating is rampant’ in US elections, the president said in his State of the Union address he wants strict voter ID laws and other checks.

Knights coach felt his ‘guys were really dialed in’ throughout convincing victory over the Cougars

Wednesday, Feb. 25, marked the 56th day of Zohran Mamdani’s term as mayor. amNewYork is following Mamdani around his first 100 days in office as we closely

Cuba’s government said Wednesday that its soldiers killed four people aboard a speed boat registered in Florida that opened fire on officers in Cuban waters.

Chaos unfolded in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening when ICE agents showed up and tussled with local residents who sought to prevent them from detaining a man.

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The city received 95,000 total applications last year, a figure that has held relatively steady over the last three years. Applications are not first-come, first-served, so it’s not uncommon for parents to register closer to the deadline.

Hizzoner proposed sending up to $70 million to the city’s Economic Development Corporation, a quasi-public entity tasked with driving economic development, to simply scout potential locations for the stores.

A three-day operation in New York has resulted in 43 missing children and teens being found, according to the state authorities.

After a blizzard, these New Yorkers cleared sidewalks so the city could safely get back to normal. Meet some of the shovelers behind it.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani continued to be grilled on Wednesday about the snowball fight in Washington Square Park as the blizzard wound down Monday.In videos, a n…

A New York State Police Trooper is back on duty after being hit by a passing vehicle, while she was responding to a separate incident.According to New York S…

Mets’ Jonah Tong will stay with the Mets this spring instead of pitching for the Canadian team in the World Baseball Classic to continue his development.

Friedman, who taught in Hunter’s biology department and is a parent at a local public school, was caught on hot mic during a Feb. 10 Community Education Council 3 meeting interrupting Black students fighting to save their school at risk of closure.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Congressmember Dan Goldman — both from New York — formally introduced their legislation that would make the Rainbow Flag a Congressionally-authorized flag, including at the Stonewall National Monument. The bill’s introduction comes two weeks after the Trump administration removed the Rainbow Flag from the flagpole at the Stonewall…

Her friend, the Rev. Joshua Ellis, says Lee died Monday in her New York City apartment.

The Bucs want to keep Griffin around but can they agree on a price point?

Ronda Rousey previously stated that her career ended largely due to repeated concussions

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Erin Dalton as his commissioner of social services — a former Pennsylvania official who faced backlash after implementing an AI algorithm that disproportionately targeted black families.

Tom Brady’s involvement in the Raiders’ day-to-day operations appears to be limited, especially since he has a second job as Fox’s top color commentator.

A Hunter College professor is now under review for comments she made about Black students during a communication education meeting held over Zoom.

More Texans have voted early so far in the 2026 midterm election than the same period in the last two presidential elections, years that usually see higher turnout.

A pair of uptown trains got stuck at the Canal St. N, Q, R, W station Wednesday morning, jamming up service for nearly two hours.

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Australian detectives arrested two men Wednesday over the alleged kidnapping and murder of an elderly grandfather in a suspected case of mistaken identity.

Foreign minister Anita Anand will be joining Carney as she said the intent was “to further diversify trade and to unlock additional opportunities for Canadians” | World News

The U.S. is ‘bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before,’ Trump said in his State of the Union address. | World News

Opportunities in China’s economy once lay in lots of places, from social connections to land. | World News

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union built one of the longest oil pipelines in the world to supply Warsaw Pact states. It was called Druzhba, which translates to “friendship.” Right now, that friendship pipeline is tearing Europe apart.

Wall Street inched higher in early trading Wednesday as markets turned their attention away from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech and toward the latest earnings report from

After meeting Chinese leader, German chancellor calls for closer trade relations to unlock opportunities and drive economic prosperity.

Date for referendum on opening talks to join the EU yet to be decided but will be ‘in the coming months’, says Kristrún Frostadóttir

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda on Wednesday announced plans to cut up to 20 percent of its workforce after widening annual losses on US tariffs and weak Chinese demand.

Christophe Leribault, most recently Versailles director, will be tasked with improving security and ‘restoring climate of trust’

Stock markets in Asia and Europe reached record highs Wednesday on easing worries about the AI sector and ahead of chip behemoth Nvidia releasing its earnings.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe reached record highs Wednesday on easing worries about the AI sector and ahead of chip behemoth Nvidia releasing its earnings.

Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, cut its sales outlook and slashed shareholder payouts Wednesday, as its new chief executive seeks to revive the struggling drinks group.