Sunday, February 8, 2026
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Former French culture minister Jack Lang resigned as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris after prosecutors opened a financial investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis resigned after the paper cut roughly one-third of its staff, and chief financial officer Jeff D’Onofrio was named interim publisher.
Ukrainian leader Zelensky said the United States gave Ukraine and Russia until June to agree a peace deal and invited both negotiating teams to US talks in Miami next week.
Thousands of protesters in Milan marched against the Winter Olympics' costs and environmental impact, and a smaller group clashed with police, who used water cannons and made several arrests.
Becca Good made her first public appearance at a snow-covered Minneapolis memorial for partner Renee Good, as police arrested several protesters outside a federal building marking the one-month anniversary.
A whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard said it relied on a U.S.-intercepted phone call in which people linked to a foreign government discussed someone close to President Trump.
Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files implicated senior figures worldwide and prompted French prosecutors to open a money‑laundering probe into ex‑culture minister Jack Lang and British police to investigate Peter Mandelson.
Investors shifted into energy and consumer-staples stocks on global markets after a sharp sell-off in AI-linked technology shares, seeking sectors seen as more insulated from volatility.
Hims & Hers withdrew its knockoff weight‑loss pill from sale in the United States after federal officials warned and amid an FDA probe and a patent accusation by Novo Nordisk.
Storm Marta struck Spain and Portugal, triggering severe flooding, evacuations and transport disruptions across the Iberian Peninsula and killing at least one Portuguese firefighter.
Polar air gripped New York and the US East Coast this weekend, triggering another frigid snap while unusually mild, near‑spring conditions prevailed across the western United States.
Franjo von Allmen won the Olympic men's downhill in Bormio, claiming the Games' first gold while Italians Giovanni Franzoni and Dominik Paris took silver and bronze.
Francesca Lollobrigida won the women's 3,000 metres speed skating gold at the Milan‑Cortina Olympics in an Olympic record of 3:58.26 and celebrated with her young son.
Spain's AVE Madrid–Andalucía service remained suspended after the Jan. 18 Adamuz crash, with Renfe estimating a Feb. 12 reopening while authorities said the date remained uncertain.
Norwegian experts warned that international media had linked the royal family to Jeffrey Epstein, rape allegations and other controversies, risking damage to Norway’s international reputation.
Brad Arnold, lead singer of US rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday at 47 after a battle with stage 4 kidney cancer, the band said.
Savannah Guthrie said in a video that she and her family would pay a ransom for the safe return of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, amid a suspected kidnapping in Arizona.
