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Spain's Naturgy Eyes Talks With Yamal on Impact of EU's Russian Gas Ban
Date: February 18, 2026
MADRID, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Spain's Naturgy will hold talks soon with Russia's Yamal LNG, with a view to potentially declaring force majeure on their long-term supply contract due to an EU ban on...
Italy Adopts $3.5 Billion Package to Cut Wholesale Energy Prices, Officials Say
Date: February 18, 2026
ROME, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Italy approved a set of measures on Wednesday worth roughly 3 billion euros ($3.54 billion) to cut wholesale energy prices, government officials said, in a bid to protect...
Pope Leo Laments a World 'in Flames' at Ash Wednesday Service
Date: February 18, 2026
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Pope Leo lamented a world "in flames" due to wars and the destruction of the environment during an Ash Wednesday Mass, opening the season of Lent for...
Russia Jails Four Jehovah's Witnesses on Basis of Secret Recordings
Date: February 18, 2026
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Four Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted of extremist activity and jailed in Russia in the past week on the basis of covert video recordings by spies who infiltrated their...
Ex-Aide to Georgia's Most Powerful Man Released Early From Prison After Guilty Plea
Date: February 18, 2026
By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A former aide to Georgia's most powerful man, who had been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for embezzling cryptocurrency from his former boss...
Britain Issues Removal Orders to Four Who Landed on Chagos Atoll
Date: February 18, 2026
NAIROBI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - British authorities on Wednesday issued removal orders against four Chagossians who landed this week on a remote atoll in the Chagos Archipelago in a move they hoped would...