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Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

The Paris prosecutor’s office said a network involving museum employees and tour guides had been operating for a decade.

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‘Tina’ and ‘Milo’ Olympic Mascot Toys Are Almost as Tough to Get as a Medal

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

Fans have fallen hard for plush dolls representing Tina and Milo, the mascots of Italy’s Winter Games.

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A Russian ‘Village of Military Valor’ Waits for Its Reward

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

Sedanka has only 250 residents, but dozens of its men left for the front. It is wondering whether recognition that the government promised will ever arrive.

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How Spain Is Carving a Different Path on Immigration

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

The country is hoping its new amnesty for undocumented immigrants will avoid a public backlash.

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Cortina’s 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

It hosted the 1956 Olympics and had a role in a James Bond movie. Now Cortina’s beloved stadium is packed with raucous fans, and the occasional cheating scandal, in curling.

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Prices Jump as Venezuelans Abroad Consider Buying Property Back Home

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

Nicolás Maduro’s capture and talk of oil investment have pushed prices higher, even as brokers say enthusiasm is outpacing demand in a weak economy.

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Who’s Pulling the Strings on the World Stage? Ask the Puppets.

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

Eurasia Group, the geopolitical risk consultancy run by Ian Bremmer, gets into the political satire game with its Instagram show “Puppet Regime.”

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Gisèle Pelicot Speaks

New York Times Feb 16, 2026

She was repeatedly drugged by her husband and raped in a series of crimes that shocked the world. Pelicot talked to us about her new memoir.

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Iran Protester Dies in Custody, Raising Fears of Execution

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

Rights groups are investigating the death of Ali Rahbar as a potential extrajudicial killing. Iran denies executions have taken place.

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In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat

NYT Europe Feb 15, 2026

Congress members said that President Trump’s coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations.

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Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers the Cold Shoulder on Military Spending

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

Canada plans to unveil a new strategy that will shift its current reliance on American companies to Canadian military suppliers.

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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

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Europe Today Looks Different From the One Trump’s Team Describes

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appealed to European leaders in Munich by stressing Christian and cultural bonds that are no longer universal.

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Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.

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How Italy’s Federica Brignone Won Gold in Giant Slalom.

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

At 35, Federica Brignone of Italy became the oldest Olympic Alpine gold medalist. Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. finished a disappointing 11th.

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Islamist Party’s Rise Overshadows Student Revolution in Bangladesh

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before.

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You’d Be Surprised to See Where Many Olympians Keep Their Medals

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

Athletes train and sweat for years in pursuit of the glittering prizes. Many store them in the least glamorous places.

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Trump’s Stinging Attack on Israel’s President Touches a Nerve

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

President Trump called President Isaac Herzog of Israel “disgraceful” because he has not yet pardoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial.

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French Prosecutors to Investigate Diplomat as Part of Epstein Probe

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was looking into three new complaints with links to the files and revisiting an earlier investigation into an Epstein associate who died in 2022.

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‘A Hymn to Life’ Review: Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Is a Powerfully Written Feminist Manifesto

NYT Europe Feb 15, 2026

With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.

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Will A.I. Kill Translation Jobs?

New York Times Feb 15, 2026

Popular paperbacks are being translated with the help of machines, raising anxiety among professionals in the field.

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