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Canada truckers say protest is start of bigger movement: ‘I don’t believe this is the end’
The Independent 21 Feb 2022photo: AP / Steffen Schmidt
Credit Suisse: a bank for dictators, drug lords and criminals
The Guardian 21 Feb 2022
A leak of data from Credit Suisse has shown how it provided services to known criminals and fraudsters for decades ... ....
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Biden agrees in principle to Ukraine summit with Putin brokered by Macron
France24 21 Feb 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to a summit over Ukraine, U.S. and French leaders said, offering a possible path out from one of the most dangerous European crises in decades ... .
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Sanctions useless against Russia over Ukraine row: Turkish official
Anadolu Agency 21 Feb 2022
Western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in eastern Ukraine would only delay underlying problems, according to Turkiye's presidential spokesman ... Kalin's remarks came after the G7 group of the world's major economic powers urged Russia on Saturday to withdraw troops from the Ukrainian border and pursue a diplomatic solution to the crisis ... .
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Airstrike by Nigerian army targeting bandits in Niger mistakenly kills 12 people
Anadolu Agency 21 Feb 2022
Twelve people were killed, including four children, and 16 injured when an airstrike by the Nigerian army targeting bandits struck a small village in southern Niger’s Madarounfa district, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said Sunday ... A fourth child, aged 20 months, died in the bombing, it said ... .
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Good riddance Beijing 2022 – the most miserable Games of all
Irish Independent 21 Feb 2022
It is almost de rigueur, on the final day of any Olympics, to offer a verdict of dewy-eyed sentiment, expressing relief that none of the apocalyptic forewarnings came to pass ... With that we could show how these oppressive pandemic protocols were dwarfed by the feats of the athletes ... Such a pact is not even deftly concealed ... .
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Bernie Madoff’s sister and her husband found dead in apparent murder-suicide
The Guardian 21 Feb 2022
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Islamophobia becoming normalized in Dutch society: Study
Anadolu Agency 21 Feb 2022
Muslims in the Dutch capital Amsterdam think Islamophobia is “becoming increasingly normalized in society,” local media reported Sunday ... “The media also plays a role, with many respondents saying that the way Muslims are portrayed has a polarizing effect and contributes to a negative self-image,” it added ... .
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Boris Johnson says Russia has plans for ‘biggest war in Europe since 1945’
The Observer 20 Feb 2022
Russia’s plan to invade Ukraine would lead to the largest conflict in Europe since the second world war, Boris Johnson has warned ... The UK’s foreign secretary, Liz Truss, meanwhile, used a separate interview to state that Vladimir Putin “will not stop at Ukraine”, arguing that he is looking to piece the Soviet Union back together ... Read more ... Read more.
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Nigerians form bulk of foreign prisoners in Telangana
The Times of India 21 Feb 2022
HYDERABAD. In Telangana, the youngest state of the country, Nigerians outnumber other foreign nationals among those lodged in various prisons, while Bangladeshi nationals form a bulk of foreign prisoners incarcerated in the country ... After Nigerians, prisoners from Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar have double digit occupancy in the state prisons ... .
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Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti
Reuters 21 Feb 2022
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The Dominican government on Sunday began building a wall that will cover more than half of the 392-kilometre (244 miles) border with Haiti, its only land neighbor, to stop irregular migration and the smuggling of goods, weapons and drugs ... Register ... 27, 1844 ... Register ... Our Standards. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Israel to allow unvaccinated tourists into country
Korea Times 21 Feb 2022
Travelers walk with their luggage outside Ben Gurion International Airport near Lod, Israel, Nov. 1. 2021, as the country opened its border to individual tourists. UPI-Yonhap ... The rules go into effect on March 1 ... (AP). .
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Inflation pinch: Moroccans protest soaring fuel, other costs
Yahoo Daily News 21 Feb 2022
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Thousands of Moroccans staged nationwide protests Sunday to complain about the soaring prices of fuel and other essential commodities. The North African kingdom is the latest of several countries to see public anger erupt over high global energy prices, which are driving decades-high inflation numbers around the world ... ....
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Myanmar Junta Replaces Ousted Leader Aung San Suu Kyi At UN Top Court
NDTV 21 Feb 2022
Myanmar's junta is set to replace Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN's top court Monday as it seeks to dismiss a case over the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims ... .
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Risks of terrorism spillover out of Afghanistan show how adept terrorists are at exploiting 'power vacuum': UN chief
Beijing News 20 Feb 2022
Kabul , February 20 (ANI). The risks of terrorism spillover out of Afghanistan show how adept terrorists are at exploiting power vacuums and subverting fragile states, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Guterres made these remarks at the Munich Security Conference ... (ANI) ....