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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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"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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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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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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Macron hopes for ‘historic solution’ to Ukraine crisis ahead of Putin meeting
The Guardian 07 Feb 2022
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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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Peng Shuai meets IOC chief at Beijing Winter Olympics
Korea Times 07 Feb 2022
Peng Shuai has met Olympic chief Thomas Bach at the Beijing Winter Games, the IOC said Monday, while U.S. ski star Mikaela Shiffrin suffered bitter disappointment in her first attempt at gold in China ... Peng reappeared in public nearly three weeks after her allegation, and later withdrew it, insisting her online comments had been taken out of context.
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Mark Zuckerberg could face jail time under new law, minister warns
Russia Today 06 Feb 2022
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said Big Tech bosses could ‘absolutely’ be held responsible for failing to remove harmful online content ... She expressed hope that the legislation would be a “notice to the online platforms to say here it is, we’re letting you know what it is now, so start doing what you need to do.” ... .
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Germany may send more troops to Lithuania, Scholz signals
FX Empire 06 Feb 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signalled on Sunday he was open to deploying more troops to Lithuania to bolster NATO’s eastern flank in response to a build-up of Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine ... President Joe Biden ... “That had been lifeless for a long time,” he said in a separate interview with RTL broadcaster ... Sign Up ... ....
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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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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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'The embargo is a virus too': Cuba marks six decades under US sanctions
France24 07 Feb 2022photo: Creative Commons / Calistemon
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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New show explores 'interconnected world' behind Stonehenge
Urdu Point 06 Feb 2022
Stonehenge, United Kingdom, Feb 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Feb, 2022 ) .As the sun rose over the frost on Salisbury Plain, archaeologist Sarah Greaney conjured up a picture of the hundreds of workers who built Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England ... "I imagine it a bit like your lifetime trip to Mecca," she added ... ....
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Lawyers played fast and loose in Ghosn case
Asiatimes 07 Feb 2022
Based on information from additional interviews and newly obtained documents, Roger Schreffler has expanded his latest series (begun in September) on Nissan and the Carlos Ghosn case. This is part 10. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here. and part 9 here ... Photo ... We received no reply.