Top World News

Feb 23, 2026 - World

An 'unknown' nuclear industry company with ties to Trump donors — that has never completed a nuclear energy project — has been under consideration for a $25 billion contract in a trade deal orchestrated between President Donald Trump and Japan, Politico reported Monday.It's "a prospect that’s raising red flags among some U.S. investors" as the three-year-old company Entra1 Energy — with apparently less than five employees and a headquarters at a Houston WeWork — could be a finalist to develop new energy infrastructure with some of the $550 billion Japan's government promised to steer clear of Trump's tariffs, Politico reported. "Japan’s pledge has been held up by Trump as an example of how his trade threats are securing foreign investments in strategic sectors, with the U.S. taking a financial stake in the projects — money the White House started rolling out in the past week in other areas," according to Politico. Entra1 was selected in partnership with NuScale, a nuclear energy company that's worth more than $4 billion and publicly traded, to collaborate on the “supply of large-scale baseload power infrastructure,” the White House said in a press release in October 2025. "The Japanese government said those power projects could include 'power generation (gas-thermal, nuclear) for AI.'”The Trump administration could be avoiding using taxpayer funding for Trump's investment in nuclear energy for the large payout, Politico reported. The industry has often struggled to meet deadlines and stay within budget. "It also renews questions about the administration’s oversight of billions of dollars in foreign funds from Japan as well as South Korea, Taiwan and other countries, which Trump’s Commerce Department is looking to funnel to select industries, including those that have struggled to attract private capital," Politico reported.

Feb 23, 2026 - World

Repeat of BBC series gave clue to Paul Gostelow about 19th-century altar cards taken from crypt in HampshireTwo priceless artefacts stolen more than a decade ago from the crypt of Napoleon III in England have been recovered after an antiques dealer realised he had them while watching a repeat of the comedy drama Lovejoy.The wooden 19th-century altar cards were taken in a burglary at St Michael’s Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire in February 2014 and were feared lost for ever. Continue reading...

Feb 23, 2026 - World

Ex-president, accused of crimes against humanity, selected targets and promised immunity for death squad members, prosecutor saysRodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was “at the very heart” of brutal anti-drugs campaigns that led to the killing of thousands of people, prosecutors at the international criminal court (ICC) have argued, as they called for charges against him to proceed to trial.Duterte, 80, who was arrested in Manila last year and flown to The Hague, is facing three counts of crimes against humanity over campaigns against drug users and dealers during his presidency, and his earlier tenure as mayor of the city of Davao. Continue reading...

Feb 23, 2026 - World

The Greek seaside town of Galaxidi has exploded into a messy “flour war” as many of its 1,700 residents and many visitors pelted each other with bags of dyed flour

Feb 23, 2026 - World

Bangladesh's president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, has accused the former chief adviser, Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, of "conspiring" to remove him from office in an unconstitutional manner.