The Daily Populous

Saturday February 14th, 2026 evening edition

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have revealed.

Image: Alexei Navalny was buried in the suburbs of Moscow in March 2024.

The four countries and France have been working together to establish how Mr Navalny, 47, died.

I came to the stage and I said my husband, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned.

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"My husband, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with epibatidine - a neurotoxin, one of the deadliest poisons on earth," she said in a post of social media.

Mr Navalny survived the original poisoning and recuperated in Germany before returning home to Russia, where he was arrested and jailed. »

At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files

Authored by nbcnews.com
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"Mehmet and Lisa Oz's Valentine's Celebration," read the subject line of the February 2016 email to Epstein.

The files, however, showed Lutnick and Epstein emailing in 2012 about a possible boat trip to Epstein’s private island.

The new files show a deeper relationship than previously known between Epstein and Bannon, a longtime Trump ally who served as White House chief strategist during his first administration. »

Silent Hill: Townfall reveals first-person gameplay in a new trailer

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I am thrilled to finally be able to deliver updates on Silent Hill: Townfall, following our announcement back in 2022.

In today’s State of Play, we revealed a new trailer that gives you a glimpse into the world that awaits.

To explain more, I will hand it over to Jon McKellan, Writer and Director at Screen Burn Interactive on Silent Hill: Townfall. »

Starmer: Britain’s ‘Brexit years’ are over and we need Europe, not Donald Trump

Authored by independent.co.uk
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Since then, President Trump has sent shockwaves through Europe with repeated threats to take over Greenland, as well as directing insults at various leaders.

He has also falsely accused European Nato allies, including the UK, of avoiding the front line in the war in Afghanistan.

And determined to sacrifice the longstanding relationships that we want and need to build, on the altar of their ideology. »

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — “Welcome to the USA,” says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes.

The Welcome Blanket project combines a creative outlet with a product that would help newcomers to the U.S. “feel an embrace, a welcome and an aspiration,” she said.

Since making her first Welcome Blankets for an exhibit in Atlanta in 2018, she has made a total of about 50 such blankets. »