Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 18, 2026. NYSE Stocks fell on Thursday, giving back some of the gains from the previous session, as investors weighed the latest quarterly results from Walmart and monitored simmering tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 264 points, or 0.5%….

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Doordash stock rallies as investment cycle shows signs of a payoff

Doordash stock rallies as investment cycle shows signs of a payoff

Doordash‘s stock rallied on Thursday as Wall Street shook off disappointing fourth-quarter results and commended early progress in the food delivery platform’s investment cycle. Shares initially fell about 10% in extended trading after earnings fell short of Wall Street’s expectations on the top and bottom lines and the company issued disappointing profit guidance. In the…

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Zelenskyy dismisses Putin’s ‘historical s—,’ wants focused peace talks

Zelenskyy dismisses Putin’s ‘historical s—,’ wants focused peace talks

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday dismissed what he described as Vladimir Putin’s “historical s—,” saying he has no interest in debating the past and wants peace talks focused squarely on ending the war. In a pointed post on X, Zelenskyy described Russia’s historical arguments as a…

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Ramadan in Gaza: Deprivation, high prices and the hardships of displacement

Ramadan in Gaza: Deprivation, high prices and the hardships of displacement

Mr. Al-Assi lives with his family in a tent made of cloth and plastic sheeting next to the rubble of their home in the Al-Zarqa neighbourhood in the centre of Gaza City, where they used to live “happily” and eat good food, including special Ramadan sweets like Qatayef. “Everything has changed now,” he told UN…

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Migrants and refugees in Libya subjected to ‘systematic’ abuse: UN report

Migrants and refugees in Libya subjected to ‘systematic’ abuse: UN report

Covering the period from January 2024 to December 2025, the report documents what it calls an “exploitative model preying on migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in situations of heightened vulnerability”, describing it as a “brutal and normalised reality” that has become business as usual in Libya.  ‘Journey of hell’  Based on interviews with nearly 100 migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees…

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RCMP investigating after fraudulent QR codes found on 75 Kelowna parking meters

RCMP investigating after fraudulent QR codes found on 75 Kelowna parking meters

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Kelowna, B.C., says 75 parking meters were recently tagged with fraudulent QR codes. Dave Duncan, Kelowna’s parking services manager, said the decals were placed directly over the tap reader on the machines. City officials say the QR codes were not authorized by either the…

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Quebec hair salon ordered to pay 0 to non-binary client – Montreal

Quebec hair salon ordered to pay $500 to non-binary client – Montreal

Descrease article font size Increase article font size At Station10 hair salon, it’s business as usual. But a recent ruling from the Quebec human rights tribunal has put the small business at the centre of a larger legal battle and social debate. The salon was ordered to pay $500 to Alexe Frédéric Migneault, who filed a…

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Pakistan Opposition alliance calls off sit-in; Insists on physicians’ access to Imran Khan

Pakistan Opposition alliance calls off sit-in; Insists on physicians’ access to Imran Khan

Pakistan’s Opposition alliance on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) ended its days-long sit-in in the national capital over concerns about the health of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-in-Pakistan (TTAP), an alliance that includes Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, launched protests on Friday (February 13, 2026) at two locations in Islamabad, including the premises of parliament…

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Kuwait road rage crackdown: 45 reckless drivers arrested, 19 teens referred in nationwide safety campaign

Kuwait road rage crackdown: 45 reckless drivers arrested, 19 teens referred in nationwide safety campaign

Kuwait Traffic Crackdown: 45 Reckless Drivers Arrested, 19 Juveniles Referred In an assertive bid to curb reckless driving and youth-related offenses, Kuwaiti authorities have wrapped up a major nationwide security and traffic safety campaign that resulted in 45 reckless drivers arrested and 19 juveniles referred to legal authorities over recent days. The Ministry of Interior…

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American couple bought a home in Italy instead of moving back to U.S.

American couple bought a home in Italy instead of moving back to U.S.

Washington-born couple Cassandra Tresl, 33, and her husband, Alex Ninman, 34, were living in the Czech Republic with her grandfather when their daughter was born in 2020. They faced a crossroads: move back to the United States or stay abroad? The couple had moved in with Tresl’s grandfather around March of that year after learning…

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