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Feb 19, 2026 - World

Austria's State Secretary for Digitalisation and e-Governance, Alexander Proll, on Tuesday underlined the growing scope for bilateral cooperation between India and Austria in the field of artificial intelligence.

Feb 19, 2026 - World

Virginia governor is seen as a model for the party to win back power in midterm electionsVirginia’s governor Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week, elevating a pragmatic voice whose affordability-focused gubernatorial campaign is seen as a model for the party to win back power in the November midterm elections.The Democratic rebuttal will immediately follow Trump’s address to Congress on 24 February. Spanberger, a former undercover CIA officer who served three terms in Congress, became Virginia’s first female governor earlier this year, resoundingly winning an office previously held by a Republican. She won the race by a double-digit margin, campaigning on affordability and lowering costs for families.Shrai Popat contributed reporting Continue reading...

Feb 19, 2026 - World

In one of the gravest crises to affect the House of Windsor, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Feb 19, 2026 - World

US citizen George Retes was held without access to family, an attorney, or information about the charges against himAn army veteran detained by federal immigration agents in southern California during his work commute in July has filed a lawsuit against the federal government.According to the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday with the help of the nonprofit law firm Institute for Justice, George Retes was held in a detention center for three days without access to his family, an attorney, or any information about the charges against him, in what the suit argues was an unconstitutional detention. Continue reading...

Feb 19, 2026 - World

Jeffrey Damnit says actor punched him and second man on Tuesday, calling both ‘faggot’ repeatedlyOne of the men whom Shia LaBeouf allegedly battered and insulted with a homophobic slur on Mardi Gras morning in New Orleans on Tuesday, leading to his arrest, would like to see the actor face hate crime charges.Jeffrey Damnit, who dresses in drag and was in makeup at the time of the encounter with LaBeouf, said on Thursday that the behavior attributed to the Transformers film franchise star was “a complete slap in the face to any alternative-culture person”. Continue reading...