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Special licensure exam for Overseas Filipino Workers to be held in GCC countries  21 Feb 2026 - 06:22 pm
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Trump to remove Vietnam from restricted tech list: Hanoi 21 Feb 2026 - 06:08 pm
A general view shows the sun setting over the skyline in the old quarter of Hanoi on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Amaury Paul / AFP)
French volunteer bakes for Ukraine amid frosts and power outages 21 Feb 2026 - 05:26 pm
French volunteer baker Loic Nervi holds a basket of freshly baked bread in his mobile bakery in Borodyanka, Kyiv region on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)
Toddler with faulty transplant that shocked Italy dies 21 Feb 2026 - 05:03 pm
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Trump imposes 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke 21 Feb 2026 - 03:09 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Global AI summit calls for 'secure, trustworthy and robust AI' 21 Feb 2026 - 02:03 pm
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Hong Kong to offer buy-outs for flats damaged in deadly fire 21 Feb 2026 - 01:19 pm
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India, Brazil sign agreement on critical minerals: Modi 21 Feb 2026 - 12:23 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) holds hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as they walk before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 21, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island 21 Feb 2026 - 10:03 am
This handout picture released by Ecuador's Environment Ministry shows park rangers releasing Floreana giant tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) on Floreana Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador's Ministry of Environment / AFP)
Three injured in blast at Buenos Aires police school 21 Feb 2026 - 09:47 am
First responders work at the entrance of the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires on February 20, 2026, after a mail package exploded. Three people were injured on February 20 by the explosion of a mail package at the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
Three dead in latest US strike on alleged drug boat: Pentagon 21 Feb 2026 - 09:07 am
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379 political prisoners granted amnesty in Venezuela 21 Feb 2026 - 09:00 am
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Tomb more than 1,000 years old found in Panama 21 Feb 2026 - 08:09 am
This handout picture released by Panama Ministry of Culture shows an archaeologist working inside a pre-Hispanic tomb approximately 1,200 years old, discovered at the El Cano Archaeological Park in Cocle, panama, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Handout / panama / AFP)
Virus kills dozens of tigers in Thailand park 21 Feb 2026 - 08:04 am
A tiger looks on while it is chained to be photographed by tourists at Chang Siam Park in Pattaya on February 12, 2020.  (Photo by Mladen Antonov / AFP)
Ukrainian President announces recapture of hundreds of kilometers in south of country 21 Feb 2026 - 01:04 am
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Trump announces new 10 percent global tariff 20 Feb 2026 - 10:00 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Dollar falls after US court overturns Trump's tariffs 20 Feb 2026 - 08:59 pm
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Israeli airstrike targets Ain Al Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon 20 Feb 2026 - 07:46 pm
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