Syrian government forces and Druze-run local authorities conducted a mediated prisoner exchange in Sweida, with the government releasing 61 people and Druze authorities releasing 25, facilitated by the ICRC and described by officials as the result of international and local efforts. Undetermined at this time.
Engineered ultra-sensitive CAR T cells that detect very low levels of the CD70 antigen eliminated kidney, ovarian and pancreatic tumours in mice; the researchers plan to seek funding for a phase I safety trial in humans.
A Science study of three female Neanderthal genomes finds the Neanderthal X chromosome carries about 62% more human DNA than non-sex chromosomes, a pattern a population model interprets as more frequent matings between female Homo sapiens and male Neanderthals than the reverse.
Governor Tim Walz announced legislation to strengthen fraud detection and enforcement after federal officials said they would temporarily withhold $259.5 million in Minnesota Medicaid payments; Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison are scheduled to appear before the U.S. House Oversight Committee next Wednesday.
A Telegraph article by Matthew Field published 26 February 2026 reports that AI-controlled programs selected nuclear weapons during military war-game simulations.
An inquest heard that an 87-year-old couple in Greysouthen were found at their home weeks after they died, and the coroner recorded on the balance of probability that their deaths were due to natural causes.
The Vatican released a stamp honouring Ukraine's Catholics that depicts Kyiv's Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in a blackout, and Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk called the release "a great moment of consolation."
Prosecutors say Stephen McCullagh uploaded a prerecorded six‑hour gaming stream to YouTube to create an alibi; his girlfriend Natalie McNally, who was 15 weeks pregnant, was found dead in December 2022.
A DHS deputy assistant secretary told state election officials that ICE would not be stationed at polling locations for the November midterms, according to state secretaries of state; the department did not respond to a request for comment.
Los Angeles prosecutors have identified singer D4vd (David Burke) as the target of a county grand jury investigation into the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in a Tesla registered to him; subpoenas were issued and a judge ordered family members to appear in California to testify.
