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Kyiv — Olena Bilozerska and her husband always knew they wanted children. She was 34 and they were ready to start trying when the war erupted in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The couple joined the fight and decided a baby would have to wait. By the time Bilozerska left the military, she was 41 and told by doctors her chances of conceiving were next to none. It was too late. With the war in Ukraine about to mark its fourth anniversary, Ukraine’s birth rate is collapsing, with increasing number of people struggling with fertility or putting off the decision to…
The gap with rival toy manufacturers is widening hasbro and mattel — thanks in part to a 30-year-old trading card game. Toy giants are vying for the most coveted master licenses to upend decades of dominance in the field and put new fan favorites — Disney princesses and “Star Wars” characters — on store shelves. But as the industry recovers from a sales slump, Hasbro is winning on Wall Street.For fiscal 2025, Hasbro reported a 14% increase in revenue to $4.7 billion, while Mattel saw net sales decline 1% to $5.3 billion.Eric Handler, managing director and senior research analyst at…
Super early bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends on February 27th at 11:59pm PT. That means you only have six days left to secure this year’s lowest-priced flights. If Disrupt is on your must-attend list, now’s your chance. Save up to $680 on individual passes and secure up to 30% off on community passes before price increases. Please register here. From October 13th to 15th at Moscone West in San Francisco, TechCrunch will bring together 10,000 founders, investors, operators, and innovators for three intensive days focused on launching, scaling, and shaping what’s next in technology. What is disrupt? With…
The 2022 champions defeated hosts Sri Lanka in Palekele by conceding just 95 goals.listen to this article | 2 minutesinformationPublished February 22, 2026February 22, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareWill Jacks used bat and ball to rescue England from a poor start to a 51-run victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring Super Eight match at the Twenty20 World Cup.Sri Lanka, co-hosts of the tournament, appeared to be on track on Sunday as they held England to a below-par 146-9 in their Group 2 match at the Palekele International Cricket Stadium.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listJacks…
Julia Holden empathizes with your struggle to get your baby to sleep.In February 2024, she says, she and her husband noticed that their newborn son, Maxim, fell asleep faster when they gently covered his eyes with a burp cloth or small towel. As a new mom who was “in survival mode,” Holden looked for off-the-shelf products, comfortable eye coverings that wouldn’t touch her little face when she moved, but couldn’t find anything she liked, she said.When Holden was young, she said, she dreamed of being an entrepreneur, so she immediately thought of making and selling the product herself. She designed…
People are nostalgic for a simpler time before smartphones, social media, and AI. Cat Goetze dialed in. The 29-year-old Los Angeles resident is the founder of Physical Phones, a Bluetooth-enabled landline phone business that has taken off in recent months.In 2025, her business brought in more than $789,000 in sales, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.But like all “overnight” success stories, Götze has been at it for a while.call waitingGötze said he first came up with the idea for a landline phone product in 2023 after spending much of the pandemic cutting back on screen time. She fantasized…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault announced Sunday that he would summon Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, for his comments about the death of a far-right French activist earlier this month, which he deemed “interference.” Quentin Delanque, 23, who suffered severe head injuries during a brawl in Lyon on February 12, died two days later, drawing criticism from the Trump administration, which blamed his death on left-wing violence. “We are summoning the U.S. ambassador to France because the embassy has published a national-community commentary on this incident. We reject any intervention in this incident,” Barot said in an interview…
Strickland, ranked No. 3, suffered his first loss in the UFC in more than five years to Hernandez.listen to this article | 4 minutesinformationPublished February 22, 2026February 22, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareIn the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Houston, Texas, former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Sean Strickland delivered a knee to the body and then a flurry of punches to defeat Anthony Hernandez by technical knockout (TKO) at 2:23 of the third round.The U.S. match started at a slow pace, but Strickland picked up the pace when Hernandez fell back at the…
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, a massive advertising campaign resulted in families signing up about 3 million children to Trump’s accounts well before the July launch date. Perhaps “free money” will be a great incentive. The federal government announced it will make a one-time contribution of $1,000 to the accounts of all eligible children born on or after January 1, 2025, by December 31, 2028. A growing number of companies are pledging to match Treasury deposits for the children of their employees, and philanthropists in several states have pledged to donate to the accounts of specific eligible families.”The president…
Garcia became the new world champion with a unanimous points decision victory over the title holder.listen to this article | 1 minuteinformationPublished February 22, 2026February 22, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareRyan Garcia defeated Mario Barrios by unanimous decision to win the WBC welterweight title.On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, Garcia dropped Barrios in the opening seconds and controlled the fight with sharp combinations. The 27-year-old persevered after an early knockdown and was more conservative in the second half with a big lead.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe judges scored the fight 119-108, 120-107 and…