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Former British Colonel says Putin was right about the weakness of the West
Pravda 08 Feb 2023photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
Turkiye-Syria quake toll tops 16,000, cold compounds misery
Dawn 09 Feb 2023
Freezing temperatures deepened the misery Thursday for survivors of a massive earthquake in Turkiye and Syria that killed at least 16,000 people, as rescuers raced to save countless people still trapped under rubble ... They are trapped under the ruins and there is no sign of life,” said Semire Coban, a kindergarten teacher, in Turkey’s Hatay.
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Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake near 12,000
Indian Express 08 Feb 2023
With hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by the world\u2019s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade ... \u201cAs of today, there is no hope left in Malatya,\u201d Pikal said by telephone.
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'We aren't ready': Earthquakes shake West Bank
The New Arab 08 Feb 2023
According to the Palestinian Seismology observatory, the main earthquake was south of Nablus, with a magnitude of 4.4 around midnight ... The earthquake was felt in Jerusalem and Ramallah, some 36 kilometres to the south of the earthquake epicentre ... The death toll of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey reached 11.000.
photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall, File
FBI, Partners Warn about Global Financial Sextortion Crisis
Voa News 07 Feb 2023
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North Korea showcases suspected ballistic missile launchers in nighttime military parade, satellite imagery shows
CNN 09 Feb 2023
The widely anticipated event, which marked the founding anniversary of its army, comes as North Korea continues to push ahead with the development of nuclear capable weapons amid tensions with the West ... the parade as of Thursday morning local time.
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Nigerian court suspends Friday deadline to swap banknotes
Reuters 08 Feb 2023photo: Public Domain
China calls on US to return spy balloon debris
New York Post 08 Feb 2023
Lu accused the US government of “exaggerating” this issue, and repeated the Chinese official claim that the device was part of a civilian meteorological research effort, not espionage ... The device was shot down by a US fighter jet off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Feb.
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This dwarf planet has a ring instead of a moon, and scientists don’t know why
CNN 08 Feb 2023
Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it ... The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide, it’s about the seventh largest, with Pluto and Eris ranking as the biggest.
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Biden says US-China relations have not taken a hit in wake of spy balloon shoot down
CNN 09 Feb 2023
“The idea shooting down a balloon that’s gathering information over America and that makes relations worse?” Biden told PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff in a wide-ranging interview a day after his second State of the Union address ... “The idea that it was a dereliction of duty is a bizarre notion,” Biden said in the interview.
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Chinese-made security cameras to be removed from Australian government buildings
The Guardian 09 Feb 2023
An audit of surveillance equipment, conducted by the shadow cybersecurity minister, James Paterson, has confirmed that more than 900 products built by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua are installed at government locations.
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Saudi Arabia reveals face of 2000-year-old Nabataean woman
The Siasat Daily 08 Feb 2023
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has revealed the first known reconstruction of ‘Hinat’, a Nabataean woman, displayed at the Hegra Welcome Centre at AlUla from February 6 ... The reconstructed face is based on the remains of Hinat, who was first disvovered in 2015 in a 2000-year-old tomb in Hegra.
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US-Laid Trap for Russia Has Trapped West Instead
Scheerpost 07 Feb 2023
President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Thursday, February 24, 2022, in the East Room of the White House ... Instead an alternative economic, commercial and financial system that excludes the West is rising with China, India and Russia in the lead, and most of Asia, Africa and Latin America taking part.
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky, File
Investigators End MH17 Downing Probe Despite 'Indications' Putin Was Involved
Voa News 08 Feb 2023
International prosecutors said on Wednesday they had found "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the use in Ukraine of a Russian missile system that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine in 2014 ... "The findings are insufficient for the prosecution of new suspects.".