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Ilia Roman Malinin (born December 2, 2004) is an American competitive figure skater. He is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, two-time World champion (2024, 2025), three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2023, 2024, 2025), seven-time Grand Prix gold medalist, four-time Challenger Series gold medalist, and four-time U.S. national champion (2023โ26).
. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance, commitment, and love in many regions of the world.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 โ August 10, 2019) was an American financier, child sex offender, and sex trafficker. He began his professional career as a teacher, being hired without a degree at the Dalton School. After his dismissal from the school in 1976, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles, before starting his own firm.
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontรซ, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two extensive upland estates and their landowning families on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons; and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff.
Wuthering Heights (stylized with quotation marks) is a 2026 period romantic drama film written and directed by Emerald Fennell and adapted from Emily Brontรซ's 1847 novel. The film stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, respectively, alongside Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell in supporting roles.
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazilian Portuguese: [piหษฒejษพu]; born 19 April 2000) is a Brazilian alpine ski racer born in Norway who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He is the men's giant slalom champion at the 2026 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Brazilian and South American in history to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.
The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Winter Olympic Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, is an international multi-sport event currently taking place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at multiple sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, with competition in selected events beginning 4 February 2026.
Pamela Jo Bondi ( BON-dee; born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 87th United States attorney general since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 37th attorney general of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Born and raised in the Tampa Bay area, Bondi graduated from the University of Florida and Stetson Law School.
Saint Valentine (Italian: Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy, and beekeepers.
Ratchaburi Football Club (Thai: เธชเนเธกเธชเธฃเธเธธเธเธเธญเธฅเธเธฑเธเธซเธงเธฑเธเธฃเธฒเธเธเธธเธฃเธต), is a Thai professional football club based in Ratchaburi province that currently plays in Thai League 1. The top tier league in Thailand. Ratchaburi has the nickname The Dragons which can be seen in the club official crest.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Protests led by students, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989.
Carolyn Jeanne Bessette Kennedy (nรฉe Bessette; January 7, 1966 โ July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense became the subjects of intense media scrutiny afterwards.
Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997โ1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion.
O' Romeo is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Based on the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai by Hussain Zaidi, the film stars Shahid Kapoor, Triptii Dimri, Nana Patekar, Avinash Tiwary, Tamannaah Bhatia, Disha Patani, Farida Jalal and Vikrant Massey.
Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics โ Men's tournament
The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics takes place in Milan, Italy between 11 and 22 February 2026. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight via ranking by the IIHF, three via qualification tournaments, and Italy as hosts. Russia and Belarus are banned from competing due to their invasion of Ukraine.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
John Garvin Weir (; born July 2, 1984) is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian (2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics), the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (2004โ2006).
List of people named in the Epstein files
The Epstein files are over six million pages of documents, 180,000 images, and 2,000 videos detailing the criminal and non-criminal activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his social circle of public figures that included politicians, royalty, business executives, academics, and celebrities.
Igor Tudor (born 16 April 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Capable of playing either as a defender or defensive midfielder, Tudor spent most of his playing career at Juventus, winning several trophies during that time.
Tatiana Valeryevna Malinina (Russian: ะขะฐัััะฝะฐ ะะฐะปะตััะตะฒะฝะฐ ะะฐะปะธะฝะธะฝะฐ; born 28 January 1973) is a Russian-Uzbek retired figure skater who competed for Uzbekistan. She is the 1999 Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 Four Continents champion, a two-time (1998, 2001) NHK Trophy champion, and a ten-time (1993โ2002) Uzbek national champion.
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell (born 25 December 1961) is a British former socialite. In 2021, she was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in the United States.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 โ July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defenseโas well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophiesโas a new school of martial arts thought.
The Housemaid is a 2025 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Paul Feig. It is based on the 2022 novel by Freida McFadden, and stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Brandon Sklenar. In the film, Millie Calloway, a young woman with a troubled past, becomes the live-in maid for a wealthy family whose household hides dark secrets.
El Hadji Tacko Sereigne Diop Fall (born 10 December 1995) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has previously played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. Fall was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal.
Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. Guthrie joined NBC News in September 2007 as a legal analyst and correspondent, regularly reporting on trials throughout the country.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011โ2019), it is the third television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and is an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas, beginning with The Hedge Knight.
The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between teams of England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship. Like the match itself (EnglandโScotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the Bledisloe Cup (AustraliaโNew Zealand) by more than half a century.
Gisรจle Pelicot (French: [สizษl peliko] ; born 7 December 1952) is a French woman whose husband Dominique Pelicot, drugged and raped her on numerous occasions between 2011 and 2020. He also arranged for dozens of men, contacted through a website, to rape her while she was unconscious, mostly in the couple's home in Mazan.
Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
On February 1, 2026, Nancy Ellen Guthrie, an 84โyearโold mother of three, including NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing from her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona, United States. Evidence recovered at the residence indicated that she had been taken against her will, and the Pima County sheriff Chris Nanos stated that he believed she had been abducted.
Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (Russian: ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะะฝะฐัะพะปัะตะฒะธั ะะฐะฒะฐะปัะฝัะน, IPA: [ษlสฒษชkหsสฒej ษnษหtolสฒjษชvสฒษชtษ nษหvalสฒnษจj]; 4 June 1976 โ 16 February 2024) was a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011.
The Arch Deluxe was a hamburger sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's in 1996 and marketed specifically to adults. Despite having the largest advertising and promotional budget in fast food history at the time, it was soon discontinued after failing to become popular. It is considered one of the most expensive product flops of all time.
Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The ice hockey competitions of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be played at two venues located in the Milan cluster: the PalaItalia and one of the Fiera Milano pavilions. The men's tournament will have 12 teams competing, and the women's tournament 10.
2026 Bangladeshi general election
General elections in Bangladesh were held on 12 February 2026 to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad. It was the first general election since the July Revolution that ended the 15-year-long rule of Sheikh Hasina.
Virginia Louise Giuffre (, JOO-fray; nรฉe Roberts; August 9, 1983 โ April 25, 2025) was an Australian American advocate for survivors of sex trafficking and one of the most prominent accusers of the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. For several years, Giuffre also alleged she was trafficked by Epstein to Alan Dershowitz and sexually abused, but retracted this claim in 2022 as a "mistake".
Love Story is an American biographical romance anthology television series created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, D.V. DeVincentis, Kim Rosenstock, and Hines. The fifth installment in the American Story media franchise, it airs on FX and FX on Hulu.
Margot Elise Robbie ( MAR-goh ROB-ee; born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. The world's highest-paid actress in 2023, she is known for her performances in both blockbuster and independent films. Robbie has been nominated for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and six British Academy Film Awards.
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice.
Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X Games gold medals and most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020.
Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. The seventh installment in the Predator franchise, and set after the events of The Predator (2018), it stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in leading roles.
2026 Winter Olympics medal table
The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXV Winter Olympic Games, is a winter multi-sport event held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February. A total of 2,885 athletes from 93 nations will participate in 116 medal events in eight sports across 16 disciplines. Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut as an optional sport.
The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the tenth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket from 7 February to 8 March 2026. Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India in 2016. A total of twenty teams are competing in 55 matches across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka.
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver), also known as the Olympic Winter Games or simply the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.
Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The film features an ensemble cast including Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, and R. Madhavan, alongside several supporting actors.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 โ 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and led the first recorded visit by Europeans to the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
Lucy Letby (born 4 January 1990) is a British former neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. She came under investigation after an unusual cluster of deaths and collapses in the hospital's neonatal unit, three years after she began working there.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
Denis Yurievich Ten (Russian: ะะตะฝะธั ะฎััะตะฒะธั ะขะตะฝ; 13 June 1993 โ 19 July 2018) was a Kazakhstani figure skater. He was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 โ April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, who were former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
Thomas Harold Massie (born January 13, 1971) is an American politician and engineer. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012. The district covers much of northeastern Kentucky, but is dominated by the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati area and Louisville's eastern suburbs.
On February 10, 2026, a mass shooting occurred in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Eighteen-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar killed two relatives at a residence before killing five students and an education assistant at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Van Rootselaar, a former student at the school, died from a self-inflicted injury at the school.
Alysa Liu (born August 8, 2005) is an American figure skater. She is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, the 2025 World champion, 2022 World bronze medalist, 2025โ26 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Grand Prix medalist, a four-time Challenger Series champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2019, 2020). At age 16, she competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics, placing sixth.
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is a television series for Netflix created by Lisa McGee and produced by Hat Trick Productions. The series premiered on 12 February 2026.
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; nรฉ Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239. 4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The figure skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held from 6 to 19 February at the Forum di Milano in Milan, Italy. Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event.
Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a British actress and singer who rose to fame after placing third in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008. She has released three studio albums: Looking in Your Eyes (2007), Samantha Barks (2016), and Into the Unknown (2021). Barks made her film debut as รponine in the Tom Hooper-directed Les Misรฉrables in 2012.
Emerald Lilly Fennell (; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), and The Danish Girl (2015).
Goat (stylized in all caps) is a 2026 American animated sports comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. Directed by Tyree Dillihay and written by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley, Caleb McLaughlin stars as Will Harris, an anthropomorphic goat who aspires to become the greatest of all time at a basketball-like sport known as roarball.
Neve Adrianne Campbell (; born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. Having amassed several credits and accolades over three decades, Campbell emerged as a scream queen in the late 1990s for starring in horror films. She has also appeared in Canadian and American television, blockbusters and independent features.
Happy Faces are a brand of biscuit made by United Biscuits' subsidiary Jacob's Bakery Ltd. Similar to Jammie Dodgers, they are composed of two pieces of shortcake filled in the middle with raspberry jam and (unlike Jammie Dodgers) cream. The shortcake pieces are imprinted with faces (five types) that have holes where the eyes and mouth would go which allows one to see the filling.
Little Saint James is a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands, southeast of Saint Thomas. It was owned by American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 1998 until his death in 2019. Due to Epstein's years of ownership, and especially its alleged use as a base of operations for underage sex trafficking, the island is most often nicknamed Epstein Island.
The Lincoln Lawyer (TV series)
The Lincoln Lawyer is an American legal drama television series created for television by David E. Kelley and developed by Ted Humphrey, based on the books of Michael Connelly. It stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, a defense attorney in Los Angeles who often works out of a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Navigator.
Chloe Kim (born April 23, 2000) is an American professional snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal when she won gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe at 17 years old. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Kim became the first woman to win two gold medals in halfpipe.
Iron Lung is a 2026 American science fiction horror film written and directed by Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach in his feature directorial debut. It is based on the 2022 video game of the same name by David Szymanski. The film stars Markiplier, Caroline Rose Kaplan, Troy Baker, Elsie Lovelock, Elle LaMont, Seรกn McLoughlin, and Isaac McKee.
Emily Jane Brontรซ (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 โ 19 December 1848) was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She also co-authored a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Emily was the fifth of six Brontรซ siblings, four of whom survived into adulthood.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
The Art of Sarah (Korean: ๋ ์ด๋ ๋์) is a 2026 South Korean mystery thriller television series written by Chu Song-yeon and directed by Kim Jin-min. The series focuses on Sarah Kim (Shin Hye-sun), a woman who constructed a fraudulent identity as a high-society luxury brand executive, and the investigation into her mysterious murder led by detective Park Mu-gyeong (Lee Joon-hyuk).