Ramadan begins in Palestine, Gulf; Egypt, Syria, more Muslim states to come
Palestinians in Gaza face food shortages, restrictions as Israeli attacks continue during Islamic holy month.
Day: February 18, 2026
BAE Systems reports record sales and £83.6bn order backlog
BAE Systems has reported another year of strong growth, with record sales and a rising order backlog as the company says it is well positioned to benefit from increased defence spending.
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Champions League: PSG beat Monaco as Doué scores brace off the bench
Paris Saint-Germain won away at AS Monaco (3-2) in the first leg of their Champions League knockout phase play-off. Desiré Doué replaced injured Ousmane Dembélé in the first half and scored a brace.
Q&A with Ramp CEO Eric Glyman on scaling the expense management company to over $1B revenue, the “SaaS apocalypse”, using AI agents to review expenses, and more (Cheeky Pint)
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Q&A with Ramp CEO Eric Glyman on scaling the expense management company to over $1B revenue, the “SaaS apocalypse”, using AI agents to review expenses, and more — Eric Glyman is the cofounder and CEO of …
Nine skiers missing, 6 trapped after north California mountains avalanche
Rescuers battle blizzard to save six skiers found trapped after avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains in western US.
Ireland watchdog opens probe into sexual AI imagery from Grok chatbot
Ireland’s data protection watchdog has launched a probe into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over AI chatbot Grok’s generation of sexualised deepfake images, the latest step of an international backlash against the tool.
Rescuers push through winter storm to 6 survivors of a California avalanche. 9 others are missing
Crews have pushed through mountainous wilderness in California near Lake Tahoe during a snowstorm to rescue six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche but were trapped by its snow and ice.
DNB sees ‘deep discount’ in Navios Maritime Partners stock
Analyst sees stable earnings from diversified fleet and backlog coverage
Who Is Stuart Russell, AI Pioneer Attending NDTV AI Summit
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley and President of the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI, is attending the India AI Summit, hosted by NDTV on Wednesday.
Oman’s bold new expat permit pricing: Fee hikes and discounts to push Omanisation goals
Oman is revolutionising foreign worker hiring with a tiered fee system for work permits, directly linking costs to national employment targets. Companies meeting local hire quotas receive significant discounts, while those falling short face doubled fe…