Sunday, February 8, 2026
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Morgan McSweeney resigned as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in London after saying he had advised appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite Mandelson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. Justice Department files released names that prompted resignations and probes across Europe, while an AP review said the FBI found no evidence of a broader Epstein criminal network.
Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery in Treviso after a heavy crash on the Olympic downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday that left her with a fractured left leg, officials said.
Will Lewis, publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, resigned after the newspaper cut about one-third of its staff in a mass layoff that sparked internal protests.
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Investors sold major tech shares, pushing stocks down, after mounting warnings from AI researchers and growing skepticism that AI will sustain business models, and amid disputes over layoffs, analysts said.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party won a two‑thirds supermajority in Japan’s lower house in Sunday’s snap election, securing the power to advance her legislative agenda.
President Donald Trump posted and deleted a Truth Social clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, drawing Republican condemnation while he refused to apologize.
Storm Marta battered Andalusia on Saturday, flooding towns and forcing evacuation of more than 11,000 people as the Guadalquivir reached red level.
Germany's onshore wind power generation fell in 2025 despite more turbines, while the federal government struggled to allocate high-tech funding and officials offered disputed optimism about the energy transition.
The Saarbrücken Tatort episode "Das Böse in Dir" reworked Romeo-and‑Juliet into a rural border‑town family feud, but reviewers broadly called the Shakespeare angle underwhelming.
Paul Thomas Anderson won the Directors Guild of America’s top directing award for One Battle After Another, strengthening his Oscar momentum because the DGA prize is a strong predictor.
Trump on Sunday called U.S. skier Hunter Hess "a real loser" on Truth Social after Hess said representing the U.S. at the Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics was "a little hard."
France’s mixed biathlon relay won gold at the Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday, giving France its first Olympic title of the 2026 Games.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called demonstrators "enemies of Italy" after clashes and alleged rail sabotage during protests near the Olympic Village in Milan.
A victims' memorial for the Le Constellation bar fire in Crans-Montana caught fire early on Sunday, probably sparked by candles, police said; firefighters extinguished it with no injuries.
Bad Bunny headlined a historic, primarily Spanish Super Bowl halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, 2026, provoking denunciations from Trump and MAGA critics.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her siblings would pay suspected kidnappers to secure the release of their 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who vanished in Tucson a week earlier.
