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BBC Reports That King Charles' Brother Andrew Has Been Arrested

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King Charles' Brother Andrew Released After Arrest Over Misconduct Relating to Epstein

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UK Appoints First Woman to Lead the Civil Service

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Starbucks' Investor Group Urges Shareholders to Replace Directors Over Labor Row

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Exclusive-ECB's Lagarde Signals No Imminent Exit as Politics and Central Banks Collide

Date: February 19, 2026

FRANKFURT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has told colleagues she remains focussed on her job and she would tell them first if she was about to step down, four...

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Georgia Arrests Two Foreigners Trying to Purchase Uranium

Date: February 19, 2026

TBILISI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Georgia has detained two people who attempted to purchase $3 million worth of uranium and a cache of a radioactive isotope found in nuclear weapons testing programmes, the...

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Ukrainian Drones Hit Oil Depot in Russia's Pskov Region, Kyiv Says

Date: February 19, 2026

KYIV, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil depot in the western region of Pskov, causing explosions and a fire, an official from Ukraine's SBU security service said on Thursday. "The...

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Martial Law Gambit Made Convict of South Korea's Yoon, Once a Lawman

Date: February 19, 2026

By Jack Kim SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Ousted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol, a former prosecutor who took gambles to win power, finally fell victim to his own recklessness, people who knew him said...

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Key Events in South Korean ex-President Yoon's Route From Martial Law to Life in Prison

Date: February 19, 2026

SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison on Thursday, for leading an insurrection when he declared a brief episode of martial law in...

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UK Condemns 10-year Sentence for British Couple in Iran

Date: February 19, 2026

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - British foreign minister Yvette Cooper on Thursday condemned as "totally unjustifiable" the 10-year sentence given to two British nationals detained in Iran, saying the...