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Feb 14, 2026 - World

After a fast kick-off in Australia, e-scooter hire crackdowns fuelled by safety concerns have seen shared ebikes pull aheadFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRental ebikes are booming in popularity as e-scooter hire operations decline across Australia amid what some have labelled a “moral panic” about safety.The ebike boom has been led by Sydney, where the number of vehicles on streets nearly doubled in 2025 as the US operator Lime deployed thousands more. Continue reading...

Feb 14, 2026 - World

Policymakers didn’t think people had the financial capacity to purchase ‘durable’ goods – but a rise in spending contributed to inflationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of the first things many Australians did last year after receiving a tax refund or a lower mortgage rate was to buy an armchair, an air fryer or a coffee machine.The purchases, evident in company earnings published this week, came after households had endured years of high living costs – and consumption had been weak up until that point. Continue reading...

Feb 14, 2026 - World

Speaking in Munich, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called for a clear date for his country to be allowed to join the EUUkraine wants security guarantees for a minimum of 20 years from the US before it can sign a peace deal with dignity, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with Russia and the US scheduled for next week.Speaking in Munich on Saturday, he also called for a clear date for Ukraine to be allowed to join the EU. Some EU officials have put the date as early as 2027. Continue reading...

Feb 14, 2026 - World

At the Munich Security Conference, Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Europe to strengthen its defence capabilities.

Feb 14, 2026 - World

Luis Muñoz Pinto, 27, who was sent to notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador, would like to clear his name after US judge’s rulingA US federal judge’s order that some of the Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador must be allowed to return to the United States to fight their cases has been greeted with hope and a sense of vindication – but also fear – by one of the deportees. US district judge James Boasberg ruled on Thursday in Washington DC that the Trump administration should facilitate the return of deportees who are currently in countries outside Venezuela, saying they must be given the opportunity to seek the due process they were denied after being illegally expelled from the US last March.Boasberg added that the US government should cover the travel costs of those who wish to come to the US to argue their immigration cases. Continue reading...