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Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 - A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Mexican security forces struck a major blow against international drug traffickers when they killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes over the weekend. Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of Mexico's most ruthless drug kingpins. But while his death leaves a ...

Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has praised Ukrainians for withstanding four years of Russian attacks with "immense courage", saying Moscow has failed to break their spirit or win the war it started. Zelenskyy delivered the remarks on Tuesday in an address marking the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, as Ukraine endures punishing winter attacks on its energy grid and ...

Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 - Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The French government has barred Ambassador Charles Kushner from meeting with government officials after he failed to show up for a summons. Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco, was summoned Monday after making comments about a criminal case in Lyon, calling it "violent radical leftism." When he didn't show up for the meeting, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs barred ...

Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 - Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote his British counterpart Keir Starmer to say his government would support removing the former Prince Andrew from the royal line of succession in the wake of his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Albanese, who favors abolishing Australia's constitutional monarchy under which King Charles III is also King of Australia and breaking with ...

Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 - Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A new package of European Union sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine , the 20th such set of measures, was stalled Monday after being blocked by Hungary, which is demanding Ukraine reopen a pipeline supplying it with Russian oil. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said there was "not going to be progress" on the new round of sanctions at Monday's meeting of EU foreign ministers in ...