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TAIPEI: Taiwan will strengthen its defence efforts and safeguard the island’s security in the year ahead, President Lai Ching-te said in his Chinese New Year message released on Sunday (Feb 15).Lai last year proposed US$40 billion in extra defence spending to counter China, which views the island as its own territory. But the opposition, which has a majority in parliament, has refused to review the proposal and instead advanced its own, less expensive proposals, which only fund the purchase of some of the US weapons Lai wants.In his address, recorded at one of Taiwan’s most important military radar stations in…

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The southern Gaza hospital says MSF issued statements that ‘misrepresent facts and mirror narratives historically used to justify’ Israeli attacks.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 15 Feb 202615 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe Nasser Hospital Complex has condemned aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, for pulling out of operations, alleging the presence of armed men and weapons at the facility.In a statement on Sunday, the hospital said the MSF allegation was “false, unsubstantiated, and misleading” and “posed a serious risk to a protected” civilian medical facility – one of southern Gaza’s last…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The overstuffed white binders appeared a few moments before Attorney General Pam Bondi exited her motorcade, and strode through the horseshoe entrance of the Rayburn House Office Building.Roll Call photographer Tom Williams and I stood in the hallway, negotiating our positions for Bondi’s entrance. Williams would position himself on the far side. I slid to the wall nearest the horseshoe entrance. Ali Vitali of MS NOW and Jay O’Brien of ABC worked the sidewall.A coterie of Bondi’s aides appeared. One bogged down by the massive binders.BONDI HEARING DEVOLVES INTO CHAOS OF SHOUTS…

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US murder rate falls to 100-year low in 2025 Fox News correspondent Rebekah Castor joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to break down the FBI capture of former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding and accused murderer Alejandro Rosales Castillo. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man who raped, stabbed and murdered a 19-year-old Indianapolis woman more than 30 years ago was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Friday, closing a decades-old cold case.Dana Shepherd, 53, was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Friday, after signing a plea deal last month admitting to the killing of Carmen Van…

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DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Islamist-led coalition, which lost its chance to form the country’s next government in this week’s polls, submitted complaints to the Election Commission on Sunday (Feb 15), challenging results in 32 constituencies.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman – the scion of one of the country’s most influential political dynasties – celebrated a sweeping victory in the South Asian nation of 170 million after general elections on Thursday.They were the first polls since a 2024 uprising ousted the autocratic government of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The BNP alliance won 212 seats, compared with 77 for the Jamaat-e-Islami-led…

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Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoThe landmark Bangladesh election held last week was ⁠triggered by a Gen Z-led uprising in 2024, yet a youth-led National Citizen Party (NCP) – born out of the uprising – managed to secure only six parliamentary seats out of the 297, the results of which are available.The results, officially declared on Saturday, showed that voters overwhelmingly chose the long-established Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which comfortably defeated a Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, of which the NCP is a key partner.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTarique Rahman of the BNP, which has already governed the country three times,…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman fired back at Gov. Andy Beshear’s comments on “The View” about pulling ICE out of “every city,” setting up what could become a high-stakes intergovernmental battle over cooperation with federal immigration authorities.”Every ICE agent should be withdrawn from every city and every community that they’re in. This organization has to be reformed from the top-down. Secretary Noem needs to be fired, and every agent needs to retrained,” Beshear told the ABC talk show, before adding the “body-count of American citizens” should lead to a “pause [to]…

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President and CEO of Arista Networks Jayshree UllalScott Mlyn | CNBCShares of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices moved in opposite directions on Friday, after the CEO of Arista Networks told investors that her company is seeing some deployment shifting to AMD.Nvidia’s stock fell almost 3%, while AMD gained close to 1%.”A year ago, it was pretty much 99% Nvidia, right?” Ullal said on Arista’s earnings call late Thursday, when asked by an analyst about the company’s work with AMD. “Today, when we look at our deployments, we see about 20%, maybe a little more, 20% to 25%, where AMD is becoming the…

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