Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam, fiancée of boxer Jake Paul, won a silver medal in the women's 500-meter event at the 2026 Winter Olympics, while Ukraine's former energy minister was detained attempting to leave the country, and the head of global ports operator DP World resigned amid scrutiny over links to Jeffrey Epstein. In other news, Amazon's Ring ended a deal with surveillance firm Flock Safety after facing backlash, and a Venezuelan deportee can return to the US but fears a repeat of his ordeal.
Leerdam's silver medal performance came on Sunday, February 15, 2026, in Milan, Italy, finishing behind fellow Dutch compatriot Femke Kok, who set an Olympic record with a time of 36.49 seconds, according to Fox News. Leerdam's time was 37.15 seconds, which was the top time before Kok raced.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's former energy minister, German Galushchenko, was apprehended while attempting to leave the country, according to BBC World. He was reportedly on a train leaving Ukraine, and it is unclear where he intended to travel. Galushchenko was among several officials implicated in an alleged embezzlement scheme.
In the business world, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned as chairman and chief executive of DP World, a global ports operator, after mounting pressure over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as reported by BBC Business. Newly released files showed Sulayem exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein over a decade. DP World announced his resignation "effective immediately" on Friday, naming Essa Kazim as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as chief executive.
Amazon's Ring also ended a partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance firm, after facing scrutiny over its privacy practices, according to BBC Business. The deal, announced in October, would have allowed agencies working with Flock to retrieve video captured on Ring devices. The decision came days after a Ring advertisement aired during the Super Bowl sparked widespread backlash.
Finally, a US federal judge ordered that some of the Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador must be allowed to return to the United States. Luis Muñoz Pinto, a 27-year-old deportee, can now return to the US to fight his case, but he fears a repeat of his ordeal, according to The Guardian. "I’m not over that nightmare yet," he stated.
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