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Macron hopes for ‘historic solution’ to Ukraine crisis ahead of Putin meeting
The Guardian 07 Feb 2022
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Football rumours: Ronaldo and Pochettino could be set for summer swap
Belfast Telegraph 07 Feb 2022
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, and Paris Saint Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino, 49, could be set for an incredible summer swap. The Mirror claims that Ronaldo has become increasingly frustrated with United and is looking for an exit. The Red Devils, meanwhile, are rumoured to be keen on Pochettino as their next manager ... PA. / ... PA. / ... .
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State of emergency declared in Ottawa due to anti-vaccine mandate convoy
Belfast Telegraph 07 Feb 2022
The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency as protesters opposed to Covid-19 restrictions continued to paralyse Ottawa’s downtown. Mayor Jim Watson said the declaration highlights the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government ... Protests continued over the weekend (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP) ... / ... .
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Microwave weapon behind Havana syndrome: report
Asiatimes 07 Feb 2022
Some of the cases of the mystery ailment that has afflicted US embassy staff and CIA officers off and on since 2016 in Cuba, China, Russia and other countries most likely were caused by pulsed electromagnetic energy, according to a report by a panel of experts convened by national intelligence agencies ... Cold War origins ... Photo ... How it affects people.
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Biden rattles his sabre at Putin … but it’s Xi he really wants to scare
The Observer 06 Feb 2022
If, as seems increasingly probable, Russia decides not to launch an all-out invasion of Ukraine, tub-thumping US and British politicians who have spent weeks scaring the public with loose talk of looming Armageddon will have some explaining to do. The military build-up directed by Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, is real enough ... .
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Contagious coups: what is fuelling military takeovers across west Africa?
The Guardian 07 Feb 2022
In the capital’s streets, crowds celebrate, cheering as the coup is roundly condemned outside their country ... ....
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UK watchdog fines Meta $2 mn over Giphy acquisition
The Siasat Daily 07 Feb 2022
London. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $2 million for failing to disclose key changes regarding its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy ... Facebook had moved to buy the online GIF platform in May 2020. Also Read ... You can also download our app for Android and iOS. .
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Australia to open borders to vaccinated tourists on February 21
Al Jazeera 07 Feb 2022
Australia will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated tourists from February 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced, ending some of the world’s strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions. “It’s almost two years since we took the decision to close the borders to Australia,” Morrison said during a media briefing on Monday ... .
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Scientists create spinal cord implants that could allow paralysed people to walk
Belfast Telegraph 07 Feb 2022
A scientific breakthrough may enable paralysed people to walk again as researchers have created human spinal cord implants in a world first. The 3D implants, made using human cells, had an 80% success rate in restoring the ability to walk in paralysed mice in the laboratory, researchers said ... Prof Dvir said ... / ... Enter email address. Most Read. Top Videos.
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"You live like an animal": Why the world still can't win the fight against FGM?
Russia Today 06 Feb 2022
On FGM Awareness Day, women say it’s a long road to end the centuries-long practice. February 6 is proclaimed by the World Health Organization as International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It is a practice mostly performed on young girls, no older than 15 years old. It has no medical reasons ... Sometimes it leads to death.
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At least 10 killed as cyclone sweeps through Madagascar
Al Jazeera 07 Feb 2022
At least 10 people have been killed and nearly 48,000 forced from their homes after Cyclone Batsirai struck Madagascar overnight, according to the island country’s office of disaster and risk management ... It was the second major storm to hit the poor Indian Ocean island nation in two weeks ... “It’s as if we had just been bombed ... .
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'The embargo is a virus too': Cuba marks six decades under US sanctions
France24 07 Feb 2022photo: Creative Commons / Unsplash/ Jacob Granneman
First ever wandering black hole discovered in our galaxy
Russia Today 06 Feb 2022
Astronomers say the black hole is invisible, so they had to study its effects on light traveling through surrounding space. Astronomers from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland have published a study, claiming to have identified a wandering black hole in the Milky Way galaxy for the first time ... .
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Twitter to let you send Direct Message straight from a tweet
The Siasat Daily 07 Feb 2022
New Delhi. Twitter is testing a new feature to let people send a Direct Message (DM) straight from a tweet and it has not gone well with users who feel the new tool will make them more susceptible to online harassment. Twitter feels the feature will make it easier to start a conversation from your timeline ... Also Read ... “Please don’t do this.
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1MDB trial of ex-Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng finally set to begin in New York after 3 year delay
South China Morning Post 07 Feb 2022
Day after day, the scene has replayed.