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Malta launches project to diversify fish species
Valletta [Malta], February 19: The Maltese government on Tuesday launched a new project to promote the diversification of fish species...

Kellogg chosen as U.S. representative for talks on...
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Washington has appointed U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg to represent the United States...

Italian police seize 788 kg of cocaine in...
Rome [Italy], February 19: Italian finance police seized a record 788 kg of cocaine in a large-scale anti-drug operation on...

France's inflation rises to 1.7 pct in January:...
Paris [France], February 19: France's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.7 percent year-on-year in January, the French National Institute...

Finland, Sweden stress Europe's interests in Ukraine peace...
Helsinki [Finland], February 19: Finnish and Swedish politicians on Tuesday underscored Europe's interests in ongoing peace efforts as the United...

U.S. schools confront anxiety over Trump's actions on...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies already are affecting schools across the country, as officials...

Investigation underway into why U.S. Delta plane flipped...
Albany [New York], February 19: Investigators have begun working to identify what caused a Delta Air Lines regional jet to...

NY governor to discuss NY mayor's fate with...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday,...

Trump admin fires thousands of federal workers without...
Albany [New York], February 19: Many U.S. federal government employees were dismissed over the holiday weekend as managers confronted a...

Trump cuts target next generation of scientists, public...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt...

Russia says NATO states can't enforce Ukraine peace
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Russia on Tuesday demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of...

Russia agree to restore diplomatic missions
Moscow [Russia], February 19: The U.S. and Russia agreed on Tuesday to restore the normal functioning of each other's diplomatic...

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski dies aged 98
Warsaw [Poland], February 19: Holocaust survivor Marian Turski, who became a journalist in Poland and headed an international committee of...

Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to...
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 19: The State Department office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans in the United States has been told...

Trump says he may meet Putin this month
Washington DC [US], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump said he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and...

Four German Chancellor candidates debate fiercely
Berlin [Germany], February 18: According to international media, the debate began with the topic of immigration and then quickly heated...

Taiwan's Armed UAV Ambitions
Taipei City [Taiwan], February 18: Recently, Nikkei Asia published an article noting the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development programs that...

US President Trump unveils trade policy with reciprocal...
Washington [US], February 18: US President Donald Trump outlined a new trade policy focused on fairness and reciprocity and said...

290 humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza Strip
Cairo [Egypt], February 18: The total number of humanitarian aid and relief trucks that entered the Gaza Strip on Monday...

Meta's sub-sea globe-spanning internet cable
New York [US], February 18: Meta has announced plans to build a 50,000km (31,000 mile) sub-sea cable across the world.

Delta plane flips on landing at Toronto airport,...
Toronto [Canada], February 18: Eight people were injured when a plane carrying 80 passengers flipped as it landed at Toronto...

Freed hostages bring signs of life from depths...
Gaza [Palestine], February 18: Families of some Israeli hostages in Gaza have received signs of life from their loved ones...

Hamas operations leader killed in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], February 18: The Israeli military has killed the head of Hamas' operations department in...

Russia, US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], February 18: The United States and Russia have confirmed that their top delegates will meet in Saudi...

Israel plans 1,000-unit expansion for occupied West Bank...
Jerusalem [Israel], February 18: Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the...

At least nine dead in US floods, including...
Washington [US], February 18: At least nine people, including a child, died over the weekend amid severe flooding triggered by...

Russian drones cause damage near Kiev
Moscow [Russia], February 18: Russia attacked Ukraine again with a large swarm of drones overnight in the Kiev region, after...