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Over 80 Berlin Film Festival Alumni Sign Open Letter Urging Organisers to Take Stance on Gaza
Date: February 17, 2026
BERLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - More than 80 actors, directors and other artists who have taken part in the Berlin Film Festival, including Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem, signed an open letter to the...
US Envoys Juggle Two Crisis Talks, Raising Questions About Prospects for Success
Date: February 17, 2026
By Matt Spetalnick, Olivia Le Poidevin and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/GENEVA/DUBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Even for a U.S. president long fixated on deal-making, Donald Trump’s assignment of his favorite...
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Swiss Broadcaster Pulls Commentary Questioning Presence of Israeli Athlete
Date: February 17, 2026
By Julien Pretot and Mitch Phillips CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Swiss broadcaster RTS said it had pulled from its website the commentary on an Olympic bobsleigh run in which one...
Talks on Ukraine War Settlement Were Tense, to Continue, Source Tells Russian Agencies
Date: February 17, 2026
Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S.-mediated talks in Geneva with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators on a settlement to the Ukraine war were tense and are to continue on Wednesday, Russian news agencies quoted a...
Lithuania's Vilnius Airport Resumes Operations After Suspected Balloons Force Traffic Restrictions
Date: February 17, 2026
HELSINKI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Operations at Lithuania's Vilnius airport were halted at 6:30 p.m. GMT on Tuesday evening due to weather balloons from Belarus entering its airspace, the Baltic country's...
Eleven Held in France Over Killing of Far-Right Activist
Date: February 17, 2026
PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Four people, including an aide to a French hard-left lawmaker, have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a far-right activist that has jolted the...