Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Shiffrin back to dominant best in slalom first run
By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. great Mikaela Shiffrin lived up to her reputation as overwhelming favourite for women's slalom gold on Wednesday with a mighty first l...
Feb 18, 2026
Russia says Ukraine peace talks in Geneva were difficult, but business-like
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said on Wednesday that U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva had been difficult but business-like, and t...
Feb 18, 2026
Bulgaria will hold snap elections on April 19, says president
SOFIA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will hold a snap parliamentary election on April 19, President Iliana Iotova said on Wednesday. Iotova last week picked Andrey Gyurov, deputy governor of the Bulgari...
Feb 18, 2026
Turkey foreign minister to attend Trump's Board of Peace meeting in Washington
ANKARA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Washington in lieu of President Tayyip Erdogan for the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace...
Feb 18, 2026
Olympics-Ukraine officials will boycott Paralympics over Russia participation, sports minister says
By Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot MILAN, Italy, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine officials will boycott the Milano Cortina Paralympics next month over the participation of a handful of Russian and Belar...
Feb 18, 2026
Merz questions German need for future manned fighter jet amid FCAS trouble
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has questioned whether developing a manned sixth-generation fighter jet still makes sense for his country's air force, referring to the trou...
Feb 18, 2026
Turkey pleased with alignment steps by Syria and Kurdish forces, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he is pleased to see steps taken in neighbouring Syria to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into state structu...
Feb 18, 2026
Ukrainian drone attack on Russian village killed a female civilian, local governor says
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A local woman in the Russian border village of Aleynikovo has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the settlement, Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Russia's Bryansk ...
Feb 18, 2026
Permits for housing construction rebound in 2025, German statistics office says
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The number of permits for housing construction rose in 2025 for the first time after three years of declines, data by the German Statistics Office showed on Wednesday. Permi...
Feb 18, 2026
Kremlin says neither China nor Russia have carried out secret nuclear tests
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that neither China nor Russia havecarried out secret nuclear tests, noting Beijing had denied U.S. accusations that it had done so. The United ...
Feb 18, 2026
