• Russia Poisoned Alexei Navalny With Dart Frog Toxin
  • Condoms Run Out at Olympic Athletes Village
  • Rubio Speech Sticks to Trump's Firm Stance
  • Orbán Says EU is Hungary's Real Threat
  • 200,000 Demonstre Against Iran's Government
Drone strikes kill 2 in Ukraine and Russia ahead of US-brokered peace talks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Drone strikes killed one person in Ukraine and another in Russia, officials said Saturday, ahead of fresh talks next week aimed at ending the war. An elderly woman died when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.

 

How Epstein used the glamour of the Nobel Peace Prize to entice elites

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) – Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly played up his ties to the former head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in invitations to and chats with elites like Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Bill Gates and Steve Bannon, a top ally of President Donald Trump, the Epstein files show.

Newsom takes his anti-Trump arguments Munich Security Conference

All the world’s a stage for California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The second-term governor and likely 2028 presidential candidate has taken his Donald Trump-bashing tour to the Munich Security Conference, weeks after he was in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum.

Condoms Run Out at Olympic Athletes Village on Valentine's Day

MILAN (AP) – On Valentine’s Day at the Milan Cortina Olympics, a renewed supply of free condoms for the athlete villages was promised by the organizers after going short during the week. “I think 10,000 have been used, 2,800 athletes – you can go figure, as they say. It clearly shows that Valentine’s Day is in full swing in the village.”

After a narrow Olympic loss, snowboarder Scotty James looks toward 2030

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – Scotty James was right. The sun did, in fact, rise Saturday morning, even if it was snowing hard at the halfpipe where he came oh-so-close to living out his Olympic dream the night before. The Aussie snowboarder spent a lifetime trying to reach this moment. When his moment came, he came an agonizing half-turn short of winning the Olympic gold.

Jakara Anthony brings another Olympic gold to Australia in dual moguls

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – Jakara Anthony brought another freestyle-skiing gold medal to Australia on Saturday, winning in the Winter Olympics debut of dual moguls, the wilder and more unpredictable cousin of moguls skiing that has been in the Games for decades.

Inflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices and housing costs cool

WASHINGTON (AP) – A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp cost increases of the past five years.

Anthropic hits $380B valuation as it heightens competition with OpenAI

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it is now valued at $380 billion, cementing its position alongside rival OpenAI and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a trio of the world’s most valuable startups that investors will be watching closely this year to see if they will become publicly traded on Wall Street.

Australia's High-End Menswear Brand URBBANA Enters U.S. Wholesale Market

After nearly two decades of deliberate brand-building, Australian high-end menswear label URBBANA is taking its first formal step into the United States wholesale market. Founded in 2008, the brand has spent 17 years refining its identity through craftsmanship, disciplined distribution, and a founder-led philosophy that prioritises longevity over rapid expansion.

Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say

LONDON (AP) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday. Analysis in European labs “conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.” The neurotoxin secreted by dart frogs in South America is not found naturally in Russia.

Orbán says the EU and not Russia is Hungary's real threat ahead of April vote

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – The real threat facing Hungary is not Russia but the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a speech to supporters on Saturday, as his nationalist party ramps up an anti-EU campaign ahead of national elections.

Rubio's speech to European allies sticks to Trump's firm stance

MUNICH (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a reassuring message to America’s allies on Saturday, striking a less aggressive but still firm tone about the administration’s intent to reshape the trans-Atlantic alliance and push its priorities after more than a year of President Donald Trump’s often-hostile rhetoric toward traditional allies.

LONDON (AP) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday. Analysis in European labs “conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.” The neurotoxin secreted by dart frogs in South America is not found naturally in Russia.