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Times of India

2026-02-20 06:02:00 (3 days ago)

“It sparked up something deep”: Vic Mensa credits IShowSpeed’s Africa tour with reshaping how millions view the continent

Vic Mensa praised IShowSpeed’s 28-day Africa livestream tour, saying it helped challenge long-held stereotypes and reshape global perceptions of the continent. Speaking on a podcast, Mensa noted that millions experienced Africa in real time through Speed’s streams. He believes the journey provided authentic cultural insight, while Speed himself said the trip deeply inspired him and sparked personal growth.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 06:00:56 (3 days ago)

Workers stumble upon historic burial site and 'incredibly rare' find during sewer project

Workers installing a sewer line in the Scottish Highlands uncovered a 6th-century burial site along with Iron Age roundhouses that may date back as far as 3,000 years.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 06:00:51 (3 days ago)

Former Prince Andrew’s arrest tests King Charles’ leadership, the monarchy’s future: experts

Former Prince Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday in royal scandal. Accused duke's Epstein ties spark monarchy crisis as King Charles faces defining test.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 06:00:50 (3 days ago)

School choice issue in Texas reveals new litmus test for Republicans

Rep. Brian Harrison says legislators are now "scared to admit" they oppose education freedom as American Federation for Children declares complete victory.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 06:00:39 (3 days ago)

Cortez Masto admits Democrats have been 'weak on immigration,' chides Biden administration on border security

Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto admitted her party is "weak on immigration" in a new interview, saying the Biden administration was afraid to talk about securing the border.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 06:00:38 (3 days ago)

Ireland loves No 10 needle but it’s a Six Nations soap Farrell could do without

In the latest in a long line of Irish tussles at fly-half, Jack Crowley takes over from Sam Prendergast at Twickenham

In the summer of 1979 Irish rugby jumped off a lower shelf in the nation’s sports shop, landing front and centre. This wasn’t prompted by a dramatic development on the field, rather it was a selection decision. Tony Ward, voted the first European player of the year two months earlier, was dropped. He had won the award largely for his dazzling form in that season’s Five Nations Championship. Then, before the first Test on Ireland’s tour of Australia, he was canned. It made the six o’clock news.

Ward was a gifted footballer. He would go on to play in the League of Ireland for Limerick United FC, starring for them against Southampton in the Uefa Cup. He looked the part: stocky, sallow, not only could he shoot the lights out but he could step off either foot, leaving opponents on their rear end. If Ireland had a catwalk then Wardy would have been a model.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 06:00:38 (3 days ago)

MLS 2026 predictions: Messi v Son, a Timo Werner rebirth and are Inter Miami inevitable?

The 2026 MLS season kicks off on Saturday. Our writers discuss the teams, players and story lines they’re watching this year

Messi v Son. The two best players in the league play for the two “glamour” teams on opposite coasts, and each have large and dedicated fanbases. If both stay relatively healthy and perform up to capabilities, there’s no way the race between them for some honor (Golden Boot? MVP? Both?) won’t be fascinating to see unfold. AA

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 06:00:37 (3 days ago)

The true cost of Ecuador’s perfect roses: how the global flower trade poisons workers

Many farmers in the Andes rely on growing blooms for export, but high water usage and risky pesticides threaten Indigenous communities

The fertile high valley near La Chimba trembles with sounds. The rhythms of brass bands and cumbia music clash like weather fronts, each playing its own beats in the Andean rain. A rainbow spans the slopes and white plastic greenhouses, protecting the region’s treasure: roses bred for beauty, shipped abroad, blooming far from home.

Amid the drizzle, Patricia Catucuamba and her husband, Milton Navas, share a jug of chicha, a maize brew vital to their harvest celebrations. Since 2000, they have worked as dairy farmers, but sustaining a milk business requires expanses of land beyond the reach of most smallholders.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 06:00:37 (3 days ago)

There are problems with a geoengineering techno-fix for the climate crisis | Mike Hulme

Geoengineering does little to defuse most of the risks that really matter for people – and it runs the risk of making some harms worse

Planetary-scale solar geoengineering interventions involve the deliberate injection of either natural or artificial particulates into the stratosphere – stratospheric aerosol injection, or SAI – with a view to offset some of the global heating caused by greenhouse gases. If implemented, the technology would create a metaphorical thermostat for the planet. Such a thermostat is advocated on the grounds that controlling global temperature reduces the harms associated with the climate crisis.

I wish to challenge this assertion.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 06:00:36 (3 days ago)

24 photography exhibition 2026 – in pictures

Twenty-three years ago, a collective of 24 photographers agreed to document New Year’s Day for the following 24 years. Each artist has been given one hour to document, advancing by one hour each year, creating a cumulative, time-shifting narrative

• This year’s exhibition will run for 24 days from 21 February to 16 March in Soho Square, London

RT News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 06:00:04 (3 days ago)

India-US interim trade deal to be operational in April – New Delhi

A three-day meeting to finalize the legal text will begin in the US next week, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goel has said
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France 24 - World News

2026-02-20 06:00:01 (3 days ago)

Amid chaos, southern Yemen dreams of regaining independence

Hundreds of thousands of people in Aden, in southern Yemen, are calling for the return of the pre-1990 state of South Yemen, creating a gaping rift with the legitimate Saudi-backed government. Led by the Southern Transitional Council (STC), this desire for independence is hampered by a brutal reality on the ground: the country is plagued by gas shortages, a stalled economy and a healthcare system in dire straits. FRANCE 24's Mathilde Delvigne reports.