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WATCH | OUTRAGE OVER ‘WHAT GAZA COULD BE LIKE’ PROPAGANDA VIDEO

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Fri 02 February 2024: A pro-Israel advert depicting “Gaza without Hamas” has been condemned by social media users. Watch our report below. SOURCE: AL JAZEERA ______________________________________________________________  FOLLOW INDEPENDENT PRESS: WhatsApp CHANNEL  https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 TWITTER (CLICK HERE)  https://twitter.com/IpIndependent  FACEBOOK (CLICK HERE) https://web.facebook.com/ipindependent Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!  

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META, AMAZON SMASH EARNINGS EXPECTATIONS, AS STOCK MARKETS SURGE

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Fri 02 February 2024: Asian markets have rallied after the release of stronger-than-expected earnings results by Meta and Amazon sent the tech giants’ share prices surging. In Hong Kong, where stocks have slumped on weak economic indicators in mainland China, the Hang Seng Index on Friday rose around 2 percent in morning trading before paring […]

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TRUDEAU SAYS ISLAMOPHOBIA ‘HAS NO PLACE’ IN CANADA AFTER MOSQUE ATTACK

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  Police say two rocks were thrown through the window of this Mississauga mosque, and are calling it a hate crime. (NCCM/X) Fri 02 February 2024: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called an attack on a mosque in the Canadian city of Mississauga “cowardly, disturbing, and unacceptable”. “Islamophobia has no place in any of our […]

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“EXTRAORDINARY IMAGES” OF SPIRAL GALAXIES SNAPPED BY NASA TELESCOPE

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Fri 02 February 2024: Recently, a new set of photos taken with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed remarkably clear views of spiral galaxies in near- and mid-infrared light. New galactic architecture and materials are revealed by contrasting these new photographs in visible and ultraviolet light with earlier views captured by NASA’s other space telescope, […]

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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY: TEXAS CAN SECEDE FROM U.S.

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Fri 02 February 2024: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley clarifies that her recent viral comments regarding Texas secession were primarily aimed at addressing President Biden and the “illegal immigration crisis,” rather than speculating on Texans actively pursuing departure from the union. The day before, Haley seemed to fumble over a question regarding Texas’s potential right […]

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EUROPE SAW RECORD TEMPERATURE OF 48.8 C IN 2021, UN WEATHER AGENCY CONFIRMS

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Thu 01 February 2024: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday confirmed that continental Europe saw a record temperature of 48.8 C (119.8 F) in 2021. According to the findings published in the International Journal of Climatology, the temperature was recorded in Italy’s Sicily Island on Aug. 11, 2021, WMO’s media officer Clare Nullis said […]

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HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS GROUNDED IN GERMANY AS AIPORT WORKERS GO ON STRIKE

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Thu 01 February 2024: Due to an ongoing salary dispute, security personnel at Germany’s main airports began a one-day strike on Thursday, which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights, Anadolu Agency reported. Over 200,000 people were impacted by the strike, which canceled more than 1,100 flights at 11 airports, including Frankfurt, the busiest […]

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EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS AGREE ON ADDITIONAL $54BN AID FOR UKRAINE

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Thu 01 February 2024: All 27 EU members have agreed on an additional 50 billion euro ($54bn) support package for Ukraine, Charles Michel, president of the council of European Union leaders, said on social media platform X. “This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine”, he added. We have a deal. #Unity All 27 […]

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MICROSOFT’S REVENUE JUMPS 18% IN FINAL QUARTER OF 2023 WITH DRIVE IN AI

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Thu 01 February 2024: US-based global tech major Microsoft saw its revenue jump 18% in the final quarter of 2023, according to its financial results statement released Tuesday. Revenue came in at $62 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31, which the company refers to as the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year. […]

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BRICS DOES NOT AIM TO CREATE MECHANISM FOR ‘NEW DICTATORSHIP OF WORLD MAJORITY’, SAYS RUSSIA

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Thu 01 February 2024: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that the BRICS economic bloc does not intend to create a mechanism for a “new dictatorship of the world majority.” “In all our actions, statements, declarations and in practice, all our countries always emphasize that we are open at any time for honest […]

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