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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 11:57:53

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Several thousand high school and university students blocked traffic in central Athens. Protesters marched through city center, chanting "Murderers! Murderers!" hundreds of police officers stood by.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 11:41:09

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Morgan Ortagus, a former U.S. Navy Reserves officer, recently assumed the role of deputy special envoy for Middle East peace in Donald Trump’s administration. She replaces Amos Hochstein, who helped broker the ceasefire that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese parliamentarians named Nawaf Salam as prime minister-designate. Lebanese army troops and U.N. Peacekeepers are to deploy in the area, but Israel has accused Lebanon of slow deployment. Lebanon claims Israel’s delayed pullout has hindered its progress.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 11:19:10

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The plane went down in the Barra Funda neighborhood one the city's west side. A piece of the plane hit a bus, injuring one woman inside, while a motorcyclist was struck by another piece of wreckage. Images on local media showed the plane's fuselage and the bus on fire.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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China has slammed Washington’s “Cold War mentality” in Latin America. Panama quit its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Lin said the US Secretary of State’s comments “unjustly accuse China”. Jian noted that more than 20 Latin American nations are among the more than 150 countries that have participated in the BRI since it was rolled out by China in 2013. Panama in 2017 became the first in the region to officially join the massive infrastructure plan.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Radio Schuman is your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes from Brussels and beyond. Euronews Tech Talks provides valuable insights into the intersection of technology and society. Water Matters Europe's water is under increasing pressure. Pollution, droughts, floods are taking their toll on our drinking water, lakes, rivers and coastlines.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Reptile Relocation Sydney rescued more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes from mulch pile. Snake catcher Dylan Cooper arrived the same day and ended up bagging 102 pregnant and newborn snakes. The final tally was five adults and 97 offspring, the owner says. Stein spent four days in an animal hospital and recovered after receiving antivenom. "Within the next couple of days, this big pile of mulch will be gone," he says.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Canelo Alvarez has agreed to a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season. The Mexican superstar appeared to leverage a widely speculated bout with Jake Paul for a much bigger contract. A bout against Terence Crawford was planned for September at the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Elon Musk's narcissistic political ambitions are not limited by the borders of the United States. Musk started his “world tour” of stirring far-right sentiments and attempting to install radical, Musk-friendly figures in positions of power in the United Kingdom. In early January he once again tweeted “Free Tommy Robinson!” and shared a link to his controversial documentary titled Silenced. He was ordered to pay Hijazi 100,000 pounds ($125,260) in damages, cover his legal costs to the tune of 500,000 pounds ($626,300) and served with an injunction preventing him from publicly repeating his false claims about the Syrian schoolboy. By making the documentary Silenced, in which he repeats the false claims, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October. A decade-old “grooming gang scandal” related to the abuse of white girls in several English towns and cities. The truth and all its nuances, however, do not concern Musk. He decided the “cover-up” narrative serves his agenda and turns the wider public against immigrants, so has continued to push it. Musk's tweets and overt support for figures like Robinson may not trigger immediate change in the UK. Musk has also made a visit to Germany as part of his world tour of far-right agitation and support. In an opinion piece published in the conservative newspaper Welt am Sonntag in late December, Musk made his support for the country’s Far-right Alternative for Germany. Musk is likely trying to help the AfD secure a victory in Germany’s February 23 elections. Trump is working to elevate the far right in several other countries. He has struck up a close bond with the right-wing prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni. A recent poll shows that close to 45 percent of Poles would vote for a candidate endorsed by Musk. It is early days in Musk’s attempted global far-right revolution. Some of his moves may work, others may not have the level of political impact he is hoping for.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns against mooted talks with Washington. Iran "holds the United States responsible for the consequences and repercussions of such unilateral and bullying actions" During his previous term in office in 2018, Trump pulled the US out of 2015 pact. Iran has made concessions in the past but the US “tore up” previous agreements. The sanctions announced on Thursday were the first new ones to be levied on Iran since Trump returned to the White House. Germany, France and the United Kingdom have been holding diplomatic talks with Tehran in recent months.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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I became angry at the audacity of a preening braggart who claims to have the best interests of Palestinians at mummified heart while he intends to “clean out” Gaza. There is nothing to “go back” to since for 15 months, Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. More than 100,000 people have been injured – in mind, body, and spirit – often grievously. Netanyahu and rancid company are determined to turn much of it into dust and memory, too. I have warned in column after column that this has been the perverse end game all along. To ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. It was a dream shared by the decrepit and recently departed US commander-in-chief, Joe Biden, his duplicitous Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. I doubt that the current Israeli-adoring occupant of the Oval Office will remember that senior Biden administration officials were also negotiating with Israel to drain Gaza of Palestinians. I doubt, as well, that the familiar roster of Western writers and pundits who pin the Israeli flag on their X handles in a puerile act of solidarity will have the decency to admit finally that the blatant meaning of what the Israeli-American axis has done to Palestinians constitutes genocidal ethnic cleansing Palestinian mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, daughters and sons will confront an excruciating dilemma despite their moving, dignified insistence that “we shall not be moved” For some, no homes, no jobs, no schools, no libraries, no playgrounds, will, inevitably, translate into no hope. In this awful context, the only option for many Palestinians may regrettably be to leave Gaza and the West Bank to try to discover a new life with tangible promise and possibilities.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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A magnitude 5.2 quake struck Santorini on Wednesday evening. On Thursday, two larger tremors jolted the island, each exceeding a magnitude of 4.0. The island, one of Greece’s Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, has been experiencing near-constant earthquakes since January 27, 2025. Greece lies in a highly seismically active part of the world, and earthquakes are not rare. Authorities are making preparations in case of an even larger quake. The quakes have not caused injuries or major damage. Between 2011 and 2012, Santorini underwent significant seismic activity due to magma movement beneath the surface. “We cannot exclude the possibility to have an earthquake of around 6.0 on one of the neighbouring faults,” Ganas said. The first scenario is that we are in the middle of a seismic swarm,” he said.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russia's foreign minister says USAID is "anything but an aid, development and assistance agency" OVD-Info, a Russian rights group that tracks political arrests and offers legal aid to those detained and prosecuted, says that while the agency's dismantling has little impact on them, others that it helps will be affected. Russia has designated many rights organisations as "foreign agents" in light of the freeze, Russian philanthropists Boris Zimin and exiled tycoon-turned-Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced a $600,000 (€577,736) support programme for Russian and Ukrainian language projects. In Belarus, rights groups supporting political prisoners in the country are expected to see drastic cuts to their funding. "It is necessary to make their existence legally impossible," he says. He cites the need to make the existence legally impossible.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Sara Duterte is weighing a run for the presidency as she prepares to fight impeachment. In her first public comments since the country’s House of Representatives approved the impeaching this week, the 46-year-old said the case is now in the hands of her lawyers. "The legal team is still preparing the defence and (deciding) what we will do moving forward," she said.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Donald Trump recently denounced South Africa’s new Expropriation Act. He falsely frammed it as a racially driven attack on the white minority. Trump is well within his rights to withhold US aid. Inflammatory comments are not just misguided; they are dangerous. About 64 percent of Black South Africans remain landless, and millions live in informal settlements or overcrowded townships. The “willing-buyer, willing-seller” model, introduced in the 1990s, placed the financial burden on the state to buy land at market rates. This approach, while politically cautious, has failed: land redistribution targets remain unmet, and economic disparities continue to widen. There is no widespread campaign to seize land arbitrarily, nor is the government engaged in racial persecution. The Expropriation Act does not grant the state unchecked power. But beyond the inaccuracy of his claims, Trump’s interference is dangerous. South Africa is still navigating its postcolonial identity, balancing reconciliation with restitution. Land expropriation is not theft. It is not an attack on white South Africans. The country’s hard-won sovereignty cannot be dictated by a US president whose track record on racial justice is abysmal.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Ceza plays as a policeman character in the “Made in Lagos” Roleplay community server. This character flags down cars and interacts with other characters roleplaying as fraudsters or motorists as they re-enact real-life encounters many young people face with the police. Nigerian police flagged down the cab he was travelling in in a common roadblock encounter. On previous stops, officers would ask him for a token “for water”. But later, back home at his workstation, Taiwo watches the progress bar fill on his computer screen. More than 2,000 complaints of police misconduct were recorded between 2020 and 2024, according to Nigerian media reports citing various government agencies. Just last year, three men fell victim to a 1 million naira shakedown – an incident that only came to light when the officers were secretly recorded with a glasses camera. Ceza’s TikTok popularity and success lie in his blend of social commentary and gaming. Gaming as activism Globally, video games surpass both film and music in revenue and reach. The gaming industry generated more than $187bn in 2024, dwarfing global box office and music industry combined. Joost Vervoort is a scholar specialising in how digital environments like gaming can reshape societal norms, empower communities, and challenge entrenched systems. He reveals how seriousness and playfulness can coexist, offering insight into why Nigerians are drawn to making light of serious issues, as Ceza does. Ceza sees its potential to reach global audiences and bring new visibility to Nigerian issues. For Taiwo, this growing power of gaming becomes tangible as he dons the role of a fraudster in GTA. The game’s rules – like the system he lives in – remain unchallenged, its power unyielding.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 09:23:58

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ICC condemns sanctions by Trump administration and pledges to continue its work ByThe Associated Press February 7, 2025, 4:23 AM THE HAGUE, Netherlands.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a bill in January limiting smartphone access at schools. Phones are limited in classrooms and in the halls, but can still be used for educational purposes, with a teacher's permission. Schools can set their own guidelines, such as whether students can keep phones in backpacks or store them in designated baskets.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Benjamin Netanyahu gives US President Donald Trump a golden pager in an apparent reference to Israel’s pager attacks Lebanon that killed dozens of people including children and Hezbollah members.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 03:08:22

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Russian spy ship, the Kildin, drifted temporarily out of control off the Syrian coast on Jan. 23. Associated Press obtained audio of the broadcast, as well as video and photos showing the blaze. The audio provides an unusual peek inside Russia's spy ships that NATO nations are watching closely. The Yantar "was caught loitering over critical undersea infrastructure," the Defense Ministry says. The 55-year-old Kildin gathers intelligence on NATO activities in the Mediterranean. They say the blaze burned for at least four hours and that the Kildin’s crew removed the covers from lifeboats. Moscow is no longer able to use its Black Sea Fleet for Mediterranean patrols because Turkey isn’t allowing warships to pass through the Bosporus. The audio gathered by the NATO ship is a 75-second radio exchange between the Kildin and a Togo-flagged cargo ship, Milla Moon. Military officials provided both recordings to the AP. Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, and Helen Wieffering in Washington contributed to this report. The Associated Press writers also contributed to The Goodbye Report.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 08:08:41

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Iran's supreme leader says negotiations with America are not intelligent, wise or honorable. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also suggested that there should be no negotiations with such a government. Khamenenei's remarks to air force officers appeared to contradict his own earlier remarks. Earlier in the week, Trump said that displaced Palestinians in Gaza could be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory. Khamenei appeared to be referencing them in his remarks as well.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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United States President Donald Trump touted a deal to gain access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as payment for Washington’s support to Kyiv during Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour. "We’re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths," Trump said. The US has allocated 88.33 billion euros ($92bn) to Ukraine from January 2022 to October 31, 2024. China processes at least 90 percent of the world’s rare earths, giving it a “near monopoly”. The USGS estimated the value of rare earth compounds and metals imported by the US in 2023 was $190m, a 7 percent decrease from the year before. Ukraine said it was one of the world’s top 10 countries for proven reserves of titanium. In 2022, Russia said it made up 7 percent of global production. Zelenskyy said Ukraine was open to investment from allies helping it in the war.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Palestinians in the territory are enduring their second cold, wet winter since Israel’s war on Gaza started in October 2023. Strong winds and rain are adding to people’s suffering, with thousands of families living in worn-out tents after their homes were destroyed in the bombardment. Families have since struggled to find shelter amid mounds of debris and destruction across the besieged enclave.

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Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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President Donald Trump has slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court. The order accuses the ICC of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel" the move coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and a senior Hamas official. The Hague-based court accused the Israelis of war crimes in the war in Gaza. Amnesty International labelled the move “reckless” the 125-member ICC is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and aggression against member states or by their nationals. The US, China, Russia and Israel are not members. Israel praised the sanctions ordered on the 'international criminal court'

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