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Thailand hopes to be 'bridge' for Myanmar and ASEAN, foreign minister says
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand hopes to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nearly five years after a milit...
Feb 18, 2026
Russia tells European nations who accuse it of poisoning Navalny with dart frog toxin to provide proof
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russia is demanding that European countries who accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a dart frog toxin provide concrete data to support their alleg...
Feb 18, 2026
Court backs Romanian plan to cap judges' benefits, in win for pro-EU government
BUCHAREST, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Romania's highest court on Wednesday upheld a government move to raise the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and cap their pensions, delivering a major win for Pr...
Feb 18, 2026
Twelve killed in China's Hubei as firecracker store explosion triggers blaze
BEIJING, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed on Wednesday when a store selling firecrackers exploded and caught fire in China's Hubei province, burning 50 square metres of the premises, state...
Feb 18, 2026
UK examining Epstein's use of airports for trafficking
By Muvija M LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - British police are assessing whether Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women through two London airports on private flights as part of a now nationally-coordinated effo...
Feb 18, 2026
Exclusive-Ivory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa farm gate price cut, sources say
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast is considering cutting the guaranteed farm gate price paid to its cocoa farmers to align with Ghana, two government sources told Reuters, as the wo...
Feb 18, 2026
Americans believe Epstein files show the powerful get a pass, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Americans believe that wealthy and powerful people are rarely held accountable, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found after the release of millions of records on...
Feb 18, 2026
Sun, sand and empty beaches: Trump oil squeeze chokes Cuba's tourism
By Dave Sherwood VARADERO BEACH, Cuba, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Cuba's Varadero peninsula is a postcard of a tropical paradise: turquoise waters, powder-white sand and palm trees. But the resort's beaches, ...
Feb 18, 2026
Amid tributes to civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, advocates see test for US race relations
By Bianca Flowers, Kat Stafford and Disha Raychaudhuri Feb 18 (Reuters) - Among an outpouring of tributes following the death of U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, rights advocates vowed to conti...
Feb 18, 2026
Man swept away by river Loire as floods hit France
PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A man trying to navigate the swollen river Loire has been swept away, officials said on Wednesday, as much of western France was placed under high alert for floods, with yet ...
Feb 18, 2026
