Thu 06 February 2025: Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday rejected the United States’ claim that it negotiated free passage for government vessels through the Panama Canal as an “absolute falsehood.” The Panama Canal Authority, which runs the waterway linking the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, has also rejected the claim by the […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: Nissan Motor’s CEO shared the company’s intent to stop merger talks with Honda Motor on Thursday, according to the Tokyo-based Kyodo news agency. This came during a meeting between Nissan Motor’s CEO Makoto Uchida and Honda’s Toshihiro Mibe at the headquarters of Honda, Japan’s second-largest automaker, in Tokyo, a source familiar […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: LGBTQ rights groups condemn latest executive order directed at transgender Americans. United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Under the order signed on Wednesday, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: Russian nuclear weapons could be used in response to aggression against Russia or Belarus if their sovereignty or territorial integrity is threatened, according to a security agreement between the two countries, which President Vladimir Putin submitted on Wednesday to the parliament for ratification. According to the treaty, Russia’s nuclear weapons can be deployed in response to the use of […]
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Wed 05 February 2025: The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the first group of 10 migrant detainees arrived at a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay following US President Donald Trump’s order to establish a detention center. “The Department of Defense announced the arrival of 10 high-threat illegal aliens to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba yesterday,” the Pentagon said in a statement. Yesterday, […]
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Wed 05 February 2025: Nearly 1 million children in the UK are at risk of falling into poverty or will face financial hardship as a result of rising rents, shortfalls in government housing support and underinvestment in new social housing, according to a new report. The study by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank […]
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Wed 05 February 2025: Service members arrived over the weekend at Guantanamo Bay, where they’ll work to prepare the Navy base in Southeast Cuba for an influx of deported migrants. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division boarded a KC-130J at Cherry Point Air Station in North Carolina on Sunday and […]
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Wed 05 February 2025: Spiritual leader of the Ismaili Shia community was known for his development work around the world. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Shia Muslim community and known for his development work around the world, has died in Lisbon aged 88. According to the Aga Khan Development Network, an announcement […]
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Tue 04 February 2025: Greenland‘s parliament is set to approve a bill banning foreign and anonymous donations to political activities, aiming to safeguard the country’s political integrity ahead of upcoming elections. The proposal, introduced by the Greenlandic government, will be debated on Tuesday, with lawmakers expected to pass it in a single session, local media, including The […]
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Tue 04 February 2025: There has recently been a shift online from centralized platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to decentralized alternatives like Bluesky. In particular, many users unhappy with the politics and antics of X owner Elon Musk are moving to Bluesky. Users migrating from X have cited a rise in bots and hate speech as the reason for […]
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