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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a thumbs up as he departs Munich International Airport in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2026, after attending the Munich Security Conference (MSC). Alex Brandon | AFP | Getty Images US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered words of comfort to Europe at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. “We want Europe to be strong,” he said. “We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve as a great historical reminder that ultimately our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours.”This is in…

Fractal Analytics, India’s first IPO company, had a not-so-strong first day on the public market as enthusiasm for technology collided with nervous investors recovering from a steep slide in India’s software stocks. Fractal listed on Monday at ₹876 per share, below the issue price of $900, but fell further in afternoon trading. The stock price fell 7% from the issue price to close at 873.70 rupees, giving the company a market capitalization of approximately 148.1 billion rupees (approximately $1.6 billion). This price represents a step down from Fractal’s recent private market highs. In July 2025, the company raised approximately $170…

European markets rose on Monday as investors digested the key takeaways from this year’s Munich Security Conference.pan-european Stocks 600 The stock was up 0.2% as of 10:25 a.m. ET in London, with major exchanges and most sectors in the region in positive territory. trading Dassault Systèmes On Monday, the company’s stock price was temporarily suspended from trading after the company’s sharp decline. The hiatus comes as broker AlphaValue downgraded its rating from “buy” to “reduce” amid renewed concerns over AI monetization and an “alarming loss of momentum” in the French software group. The company’s stock price has recently fallen 7.8%…

It was when she got to San Diego, of all places, that Elizabeth Gilbert realized everything had changed. She had left home as the author of a reasonably successful, year-old memoir titled “Eat, Pray, Love,” a first-person fusion of travelogue, confessional, and self-help manual, tracing her post-divorce journeys to Italy, India and Indonesia. On tour to promote the book’s paperback release, Gilbert recalls, she’d been speaking to audiences of “10, 15, 20 people.” Now, heading to yet another appearance, she saw “people like three deep wrapped around the block.” Gilbert was confused: “I said to the driver, ‘what’s going on…

A Toyota Racing driver won NASCAR’s biggest event in a car he co-owns with an NBA Hall of Famer.listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationPublished February 16, 2026February 16, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareMichael Jordan, a six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion, is also now a Daytona 500 champion.Tyler Reddick won the “Great American Race” with a final-lap pass at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, sending Jordan into a wild celebration. The NBA Hall of Famer gave Redick a bear hug in victory lane and then joined the 23XI Racing driver in hoisting the Harley J. Earle…

A woman smokes a cigar during a humidor auction held as part of the closing ceremony of the 25th Habanos Festival on February 28, 2025 in Havana. Yamil Raji | AFP | Getty ImagesThe annual five-day cigar festival in late February in Cuba’s capital, Havana, has been canceled until further notice due to the worsening economic crisis.The postponement comes as the island nation’s communist-run government endures its biggest challenge since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Cigar trade fair organizer Habanos SA announced on Saturday that it had canceled the festival “with the aim of maintaining the highest standards of…

Basketball star praises media workers in Gaza, where nearly 300 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023.listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationPublished February 16, 2026February 16, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareBasketball superstar Kyrie Irving wore a shirt with the word “PRESS” written on it. The NBA All-Star Game honors journalists who covered Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.The tag on the shirt the Dallas Mavericks point guard was wearing Sunday read, “Dedicated to our beloved journalists in Gaza who show the world the truth,” according to reports.Recommended stories list of…

Shandi Sullivan became a ‘con artist’America’s Next Top Model Cycle 2 finalist Shandi Sullivan, who had a boyfriend back home, was photographed in bed with a male model who was partying at a contestant’s house in Milan on the March 16, 2004 episode of “The Girl Who Cheat.” Shandy said she felt drunk and passed out on the 2026 Netflix series “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” and thought producers should have intervened. “I think after I got out of the bath and what happened after that,” Shandy said on the show. “I think they should have said, well,…

A pedestrian stands in front of an electronic market board displaying Nikkei average stock price figures at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 3, 2026 in Tokyo.Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty ImagesJapan’s economy grew by 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the previous three months, narrowly avoiding a technical recession.Although this was a reversal from the 0.7% contraction seen in the third quarter, gross domestic product fell short of the 0.4% expansion expected by economists polled by Reuters.A technical recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of recession. On an annualized basis, production increased by…

A sign at the ByteDance office in Beijing, China, June 30, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese tech giant ByteDance has announced tougher protections for its new artificial intelligence video creation tool following accusations of copyright theft from the entertainment giant. The Seedance 2.0 tool allows users to create realistic videos based on text prompts. But a viral video shared online appears to show the likeness of copyrighted characters and celebrities, raising intellectual property concerns in the US. “ByteDance respects intellectual property rights and has heard your concerns regarding Seedance 2.0,” a company spokesperson said in a statement shared…