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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 / Michel Euler, Pool
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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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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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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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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Bernie Madoff’s sister and her husband found dead in apparent murder-suicide
The Guardian 21 Feb 2022
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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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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) ....
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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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191 Arrested, 57 Vehicles Towed in Ottawa as Police Continue Operation Against Trucker Protest
The Epoch Times 20 Feb 2022photo: Creative Commons / Marco Verch
Trump’s social network will reportedly launch on Monday
Engadget 20 Feb 2022
Truth Social, Donald Trump’s Twitter-like social media platform, will launch in the App Store on February 21st, according to Reuters. The date comes courtesy of a post seen by the outlet on a test version of the network ... “We’re currently set for release in the Apple App Store for Monday, February 21st,” the executive said, according to Reuters ... .
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Indian Muslim victims of hate crimes live in fear
BBC News 21 Feb 2022
As Uttar Pradesh, one of India's most polarised states, votes for a new government, the spotlight is on its 40 million Muslims. BBC Hindi's Kirti Dubey tracked the status of four cases involving hate crimes against Muslims during Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's tenure. "He used to carry a thin towel on his shoulder ... Top Stories ... .
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Nineteen journalists suspended from Papua New Guinea news station in coverage row
The Observer 21 Feb 2022
Nineteen journalists from Papua New Guinea’s leading television media company, EMTV, have been suspended following a walk-off protest by staff ... The walk-off meant that last Thursday no news was produced by the station, which was forced to air a rerun of Wednesday’s 6pm news bulletin. PNG reporter reinstated after suspension over Apec Maseratis story.