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- abcnews.go.com Thousands block Athens traffic to protest delays in Greek rail disaster inquiry
Several thousand high school and university students have blocked traffic in central Athens in an anti-government protest against delays in an investigation into a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 11:57:53
AI Summary:\ 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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- abcnews.go.com The US draws a 'red line' over including Hezbollah in Lebanon's government
A newly appointed U.S. envoy says she hopes Lebanese authorities are committed to making sure that the Hezbollah militant group is not a part of the new government in any form
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 11:41:09
AI Summary:\ 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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- abcnews.go.com Small plane crashes on avenue in Sao Paulo, killing two
A small aircraft crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo, killing at least two passengers, the local firefighter corps said in a statement
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 11:19:10
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com China blasts US as Panama quits Belt and Road Initiative
Amid pressure from the US, Panama is first Latin American country to leave Beijing’s global infrastructure club.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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Bright red river outside Buenos Aires sparks fears of pollution
www.euronews.com Video. Bright red river outside Buenos Aires sparks fears of pollutionVideo. Sarandi River, which is located in a suburb of Buenos Aires, has turned bright red, sparking concerns amongst residents over possible contamination.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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'Gives you the shudders': More than 100 snakes found in Australian man's backyard
www.euronews.com 'Gives you the shudders': Australian man finds 100 snakes in backyardReptile handlers recovered 102 venomous red-bellied black snakes from a mulch pile at a property in Sydney, a discovery that has baffled experts.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Canelo Alvarez drops Jake Paul fight to sign Saudi Arabia deal
Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez has dropped plans to fight Jake Paul by signing with Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Elon Musk is a global problem
The far-right billionaire seems to be trying to replicate all across the world what he already has achieved in the US.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Iran dismisses talks with US as it blasts new sanctions
Iran said the US sanctions will prevent it from conducting legitimate trade with partners.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Trump’s foul solution to the Palestinian problem was aided by Biden, too
The US president finally said out loud what his predecessors always tried to hide behind more agreeable language.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com As Greece declares ’emergency’ over Santorini earthquakes, what’s next?
The island has been experiencing near-constant tremors since late January, with thousands of earthquakes recorded.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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Russia and Belarus cheer dismantling of USAID as rights groups voice concerns
www.euronews.com Russia and Belarus cheer USAID breakup as rights groups voice concernsMusk-led cuts to the US foreign aid agency have impacted rights groups, independent media, and election monitoring campaigns in Russia, Belarus and Moldova.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com River in Argentina turns blood red
A river near Argentina’s capital has turned blood red, alarming residents and prompting officials to investigate.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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- www.aljazeera.com Philippines’ Duterte mulls presidential bid amid impeachment fight
Sara Duterte impeached over allegedly threatening to kill the president, violating the constitution and corruption.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Trump’s fear mongering on South Africa’s land reform exposes his hypocrisy
Trump suggests land justice in South Africa is a threat, but many US land seizures are all necessary and just.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com How Grand Theft Auto is helping Nigerians survive rampant police abuse
‘Cops and robbers’-type online gameplay is helping young people re-enact and process real-life challenges with police.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- abcnews.go.com ICC condemns sanctions by Trump administration and pledges to continue its work
ICC condemns sanctions by Trump administration and pledges to continue its work
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 09:23:58
AI Summary:\ 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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New law in Brazil restricts smartphones in schools
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Netanyahu gifts Trump golden pager celebrating Lebanon attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given US President Donald Trump a golden pager.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- abcnews.go.com A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria, officials say. Here's what it broadcasts
The Associated Press has obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from a Russian spy ship that suffered a fire and drifted uncontrolled off Syria's coast last month
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 03:08:22
AI Summary:\ 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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- abcnews.go.com Iran supreme leader says US talks 'not intelligent' but doesn't rule them out
Iran’s supreme leader says that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 08:08:41
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com What are rare earth minerals? Why does US President Trump want Ukraine’s?
The self-proclaimed dealmaker says Washington should have access to Ukraine’s riches in exchange for wartime aid.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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Strong winds and heavy rain pummelling Gaza’s survivors
www.aljazeera.com Photos: Strong winds and heavy rain pummelling Gaza’s survivorsWinter weather conditions are worsening the plight of Palestinians sheltering among the enclave’s ruins.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- www.aljazeera.com Trump sanctions ‘illegitimate’ International Criminal Court
The US president ordered asset freezes and travel bans against ICC officials, employees and their family members.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ 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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- abcnews.go.com US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups in Russia and Belarus
Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 05:23:13
AI Summary:\ Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny. Many survived despite the difficulties. Some face a new challenge: the freeze for 90 days the aid provided by Washington. Center-T, whose core staff moved abroad after the Russian Supreme Court designated what it called the LGBTQ+ “movement” as extremist, effectively outlawing all LGBTQ+ activism, also lost only a fraction of funding. Kovcheg — Russian for “arc” — a group helping Russians fleeing abroad with shelter, legal and psychological support, training and other support, lost 30% of its budget after Trump’s action. Russian philanthropist Boris Zimin offered $600,000 to affected Russian and Ukrainian projects. It's not clear how much U.S. Aid Russian organizations were receiving and how much could be offset by Khodorkovsky's and Zimin's funding. Belarus and Russia “will likely fill the void” without Western-supported independent media and pro-democracy forces. The activist spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns. According to the opposition's report, $1.7 million in U.S. Aid is frozen. 60-80 groups face possible mass layoffs, ending programs or closing for good. There are over 1,200 political prisoners in Belarus. The freeze will “significantly impair” Viasna’s work, activist Pavel Sapelka says.
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- abcnews.go.com Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
India’s Parliament was disrupted as opposition lawmakers protested alleged mistreatment of 104 Indian citizens deported by the United States
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 06/02/2025 | 08:45:34
AI Summary:\ Parliament adjourned as opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of 104 Indian immigrants. A U.S. Military plane carrying Indian migrants arrived Wednesday in a northern Indian city. The protests mirrored concerns after a contentious deportation flight to Brazil. "Indians deserve Dignity and Humanity, NOT Handcuffs," Gandhi writes on social media platform X. "We were not allowed to move an inch from our seats. It was worse than hell," Gandhi says. Indians were arrested more than 14,000 times for illegally entering the U.S. On the Canadian border. That amounted to 60% of all arrests along that border and more than 10 times the number two years ago. Indians were arrested more than 25,000 times on the Mexican border during that time.
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- abcnews.go.com How a wave of antisemitic attacks roiled Australia and provoked claims of foreign influence
A wave of antisemitic attacks has roiled Australia, with a dozen arrests for vandalizing or setting homes, schools, and synagogues on fire since October
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 06/02/2025 | 08:12:44
AI Summary:\ Australia's federal lawmakers advanced hate crime laws almost unanimously. The attacks in areas where Jewish people live have provoked an outpouring of condemnation. But in a rare moment of unity, federal lawmakers on Thursday advanced laws. Antisemitic episodes in Sydney and Melbourne have drawn the highest profile. Nearly 200 more have been charged since October 2023 in the state of New South Wales. Investigators are examining whether criminals for hire were paid by foreign actors. Days later, officials said the 12 arrested by the taskforce don't share the antisemitic ideology expressed by their crimes. The episodes were “alarming and worthy of attention,” says Sarah Schwartz from the Jewish Council of Australia. The real danger we see here with linking this spate of antisemitic incidents to the Palestine solidarity movement is that that sort of language breeds division, breeds anti-Palestinian racism and is also bad for Jews as well. Amendments from the opposition include the imposition of mandatory prison terms for terrorism offenses — which the prime minister had rejected before — and for displaying hate symbols. Australia’s restrictive gun laws might have led the perpetrators to commit vandalism crimes, Vergani said. Antisemitic attacks have led national news and prompted daily questions for Albanese.
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- abcnews.go.com The number of snakes removed from this Australian yard will make you shudder
A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 07:48:55
AI Summary:\ Reptile Relocation Sydney: more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from mulch. David Stein saw around six snakes slither into mulch in his backyard. Snake catcher Dylan Cooper arrived that afternoon. Experts don't know why so many snakes gave birth in such short time frame. Most of the world’s most venomous snakes are native to Australia. A week later, Kerewaro still has the snakes. Government authorities gave him permission to release them into a national park.
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- www.aljazeera.com India cuts key interest rate for first time since 2020 amid slowing growth
Reserve Bank of India announces first rate cut in nearly five years as world’s most populous nation faces slowdown.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ RBI last cut the key interest rate in May 2020. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said a less restrictive monetary policy was more appropriate. India is growing faster than any other major economy.
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- www.aljazeera.com What’s behind Trump’s ban on transgender women in US women’s sports?
The directive could strip federal funding from schools that allow trans women and girls to compete in women’s events.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ The directive, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, is the latest addition to a series of new executive actions that have shone a focus on gender debates within the US. The order instructs the Department of Justice to oversee a ban on transgender girls or women from participating in female-designated school athletics. If schools fail to adhere to the policy, they could lose federal funding. US will use “all of our authority and our ability” to enforce Trump’s order, a White House official said. Trump repeatedly brought up the issue of transgender athletes throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, pledging to tackle it on his first day in office. “We will keep men out of women’s sports. It’s over,” Trump said a day before being sworn in. Generally, the courts have ruled that transgender athletes should be allowed to compete, with judgements in their favour in Idaho, West Virgina and Arizona. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the US’s main governing body for college sports, welcomed the clarity provided by Trump’s executive order. From early on in his 2021-2025 term, Biden’s administration set out to amend Title IX. Under its proposal, schools would be prohibited from imposing blanket bans on transsexual athletes a study commissioned by the International Olympic Committee found transgender women may have lower performance in jumping, lung capacity and general cardiovascular fitness than other men. However, a 2024 study found that trans women can have disadvantages because their larger frames are now being powered by reduced muscle mass and reduced aerobic capacity, but that’s not as obvious as the advantages of simply being bigger. The International Olympic Committee revised its policies last year to give individual sports the authority to set participation criteria. At least 10 Olympic sports, including swimming, cycling and boxing, introduced restrictions for transgender athletes for the 2024 games. The US’s NCAA, for its part, has sport-specific testosterone limits. Some argue such a ban is necessary to maintain fairness in women’s sports, while others contend it unjustly discriminates against a minority community. Gender insanity was the final straw that brought a lot of moderates to the side of common sense. GLAAD, an LGBTQ advocacy group, accused Trump’s administration of disingenuously using the protection of women as an excuse to erode transgender rights.
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- abcnews.go.com Philippine vice president preparing for impeachment battle but silent on option to resign
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says her lawyers are preparing for a legal battle in her upcoming impeachment trial but refused to say if resignation is an option
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 07:13:02
AI Summary:\ Sara Duterte says her lawyers are preparing for a legal battle in her impeachment trial. Dutertes refused to say if resignation was an option so she could preempt a possible conviction. Marcos was her running mate in the 2022 elections but they have had a bitter falling out. Duterte refused to give a categorical reply. "We’re still too far from those matters," she said vaguely. Marcos' popularity rating has declined in independent surveys.
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- www.aljazeera.com ‘Inhuman’: As Modi visits Trump, outrage over shackled Indian deportees
On Wednesday, the US deported 104 Indians on the longest such military flight used so far, before Modi’s visit.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ Harvinder Singh, 40, was among the 104 Indians who had entered the US illegally over the last few years. She had made a desperate journey through jungles, crossing rivers and seas, to the US. This week, like many other detainees, Singh had his hands and legs cuffed during the 40-hour journey. Experts say the issue with the Trump administration is there are a number of issues on the table, including tariffs. India does not want to raise the stakes too much [on the immigration issue] and is absorbing the costs. The US authorities have sent at least six planeloads of immigrants to Latin America. As of 2022, India ranked third, after Mexico and El Salvador, among countries with the largest number of undocumented immigrants – 725,000 – living in the US. Anil Trigunayat said the “treatment with Indian nationals, dragging them like criminals like this is unprecedented” in his experience. Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the government was working with the Trump administration to ensure that Indian citizens are not mistreated while being deported. Khusboo Patel, 35, from Modi’s home state in Gujarat, was deported by the US authorities last year. She had been in the US barely for a month when she was detained by the authorities. “Nobody harmed her but it was a horrifying experience,” her elder brother said. Singh and Kaur are now worried about how they’ll recover the debt of more than $55,000 owed to friends, a local bank and small-time lenders. Vinod Kumar, head of the sociology department at Panjab University, Chandigarh, said thousands of youth continue to sell their belongings and take up risky, so-called dunki routes. Kumar said a majority of deportees come from lower-income families. Now it’s expanding to other parts of India.
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- www.aljazeera.com Trump’s gutting of USAID sends chill through Southeast Asia
NGOs across Southeast Asia say they will struggle to continue their work without US funding.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ Cambodia’s Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance was unexpectedly informed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that all funding for its tuberculosis programme had been put on hold for 90 days. KHANA, as the NGO is more commonly known, detects about 10,000 tubersis cases each year. With funding drying up, many rural Cambodians will soon lose care, Chamreun said. The agency operates in six out of Southeast Asia’s 11 countries. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The level of economic development varies considerably across the region. USAID employee asks not to be named due to fears of professional repercussions. "They’re bleeding the programmes dry because, per USAID regulation, for an NGO, you’re not allowed to have more than a 30-day reserve of funding," the employee says. Some members of the NGO community, and even some supporters of USAID, have acknowledged the agency does need reform.
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- www.aljazeera.com Why a Bangladesh mob burned down home of independence icon Mujibur Rahman
The attack followed a controversial speech by ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina, Rahman’s daughter, from exile in India.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ Sheikh Hasina’s late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, led the nation’s liberation struggle against Pakistan that led to its independence in 1971. On January 24, 1975, Rahman introduced a controversial one-party state system known as Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL), which eliminated political opposition. The Dhanmondi 32 house was also attacked during the July-August protests against Hasinea that culminated in her ousting after 15 years of rule Mujib and all other members of his family, except Hasina and her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana, were assassinated during a military coup at his residence on the Dhanmondi 32 road in Dhaka on August 15, 1975. At the time, they took refuge in India and stayed there until Hasinana’s return to Bangladesh in May 1981. Upon her return, she announced the conversion of the residence to a museum as a memorial of the country’s freedom Hasina’s Awami League eventually came to power, defeating the incumbent Bangladesh Nationalist Party government of Begum Khaleda Zia. A campaign on social media to demolish the Dhanmondi 32 house had been mounting since Hasinea was ousted from power last year. On Tuesday, leaders of the Students Against Discrimination movement accused India of waging war against the people of Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina accused interim government of unlawfully seizing power. Protesters reacted with fury, with protesters storming the house before setting it alight. Others brought a crane and excavator to demolish the building. There was mixed reaction from onlookers. Similar incidents have taken place in at least 19 other cities across the country since Wednesday night, according to a report by the Prothom Alo newspaper. These include the demolition of the Awami League offices in the eastern district of Cumilla and the central district of Tangail. No casualties have been reported as a result of these incidents so far. Analysts say vandalism of Rahman’s residence signals a strong rejection of the party’s legacy by sections of the population. As Sheikh Hasina denies the uprising and shows no remorse for the genocide while inciting her supporters, the people have reacted by finishing what was left.
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Trans women, girls barred from female sports under NCAA rule change
www.aljazeera.com Trans women, girls barred from female sport under NCAA rule changeUS governing body for college sport updates policy to align with Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sport.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 07/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ The national Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for college sports in the US, said on Thursday that it would limit competition in girls’ and women’s sports to female-born athletes only. The announcement comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order the previous day to deny funding to educational institutes that allow trans girls' and women to compete in female sports. Trump's order provides a clear, national standard. The NCAA is by far the largest governing body for college sports in the US. Opinion polls have pointed to growing public opposition to trans women competing against female athletes.
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- abcnews.go.com Trump's Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel
President Donald Trump’s plan to seek U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and move out its population has found a sympathetic ear in Israel
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 06/02/2025 | 18:39:44
AI Summary:\ Israeli politicians embraced the idea wholeheartedly or expressed openness to it. Israel's defense minister ordered the military to plan for its eventual implementation. "The fact that it has been laid on the table," says Israeli historian Tom Segev. Netanyahu called Trump’s plan “remarkable” and the “first good idea” that he had heard. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz took it a step further, asking the military to craft a potential exodus. For Palestinians, Trump's proclamation triggered painful memories of expulsion or flight. Israel says the concept of driving people off their land is not foreign to the Israeli consciousness. But in modern Israel, the idea has been promoted only by fringe elements, most prominently the slain radical Rabbi Meir Kahane. He led the U.S. To outlaw his group, the Jewish Defense League. Israelis were already in a yearslong shift away from support for Palestinian statehood. The shock of Hamas’ attack prompted in Israelis an openness to more radical ideas as long as they help restore a sense of security.
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- www.aljazeera.com Torres hat-trick leads Barcelona Copa del Rey rout at Valencia
Ferran Torres scores three of Barcelona’s first four goals in a 5-0 Copa del Rey quarterfinal win at Valencia.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 06/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ Ferran Torres fired a 30-minute hat-trick as Barcelona beat Valencia 5-0. Barca forward opened the scoring in the third minute at Estadio de Mestalla on Thursday. Lamine Yamal struck the post with a flick from Raphinha on the edge of the box. Hansi Flick's side are third in LaLiga, who sit second bottom of the spanish league. Real Sociedad earlier booked their place in the last four with a 2-0 home win against Osasuna. Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid booked their places in the semifinals with victories over Lagunes and Getafe.
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- www.aljazeera.com US judge delays Trump buyout offer meant to thin out public servants
Trump and allies such as billionaire Elon Musk have carried out blitz campaign meant to thin the government workforce.
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 06/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ U.S. District Judge George O’Toole suspends administration's deadline to accept buyout. He explained the additional time was needed for his court to consider arguments against the measure. The federal court in Massachusetts will hear full arguments in the case starting on Monday. The buyout offer promises to pay workers their salaries through October if they agree to quit. The Trump administration has warned that people who do not accept the offer could later lose their jobs anyways. The Education Department told staffers the government could terminate their paycheques at any time. Trump questioned the political allegiance of federal workers. The federal government is the largest employer in the US. Many federal workers say the blitz campaign meant to thin out their ranks has left them feeling uncertain about the future.
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel
Author: Unknown\ Published on: 06/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:\ US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel. Israel is a close U.S. Ally and the court recently issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his actions toward Palestinians in Gaza.
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