TIKTOK TO LET US ANDROID USERS DOWNLOAD APP VIA KITS ON ITS WEBSITE

Sat 08 February 2025: TikTok said on Friday it was allowing U.S. Android users to download and connect to the short video app through package kits on its website, in an effort to circumvent restrictions on the popular platform in the country. Apple and Google have not reinstated TikTok to their app stores since a U.S. law took effect […]

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LATVIA, LITHUANIA, ESTONIA DISCONNECT FROM ENERGY SYSTEM SHARED WITH RUSSIA, BELARUS

Sat 08 February 2025: The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Saturday successfully disconnected from a shared energy system with Russia and Belarus. The BRELL (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) system was created after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to ensure a stable electricity supply to its former parts. As sovereign states, […]

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RIGHT-WING EUROPEAN PARTIES GATHER IN MADRID TO DISCUSS ‘MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN’

Sat 08 February 2025: The Patriots for Europe, which includes numerous right-wing, populist and far-rights parties of different EU countries, gathered in Madrid on Friday to discuss “Make Europe Great Again.” The summit will be hosted by the leader of the Spanish far-right party, Vox, Santiago Abascal, who was elected as the leader of the […]

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JUSTIN TRUDEAU WARNS TRUMP’S TALK OF MAKING CANADA 51ST STATE IS ‘REAL’: REPORT

Fri 07 February 2025: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that US President Donald Trump’s talk annexing Canada is not just rhetoric but a serious matter tied to American interest in country’s vast natural resources, a report said Friday. According to Toronto Star, Trudeau argued during a closed-door meeting with business and union leaders that Trump’s […]

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U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNS ORDER SANCTIONING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Fri 07 February 2025: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza. In his order, Trump accused the international court of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close […]

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USAID FUNDED 6,200 JOURNALISTS, SUPPORTED 707 MEDIA OUTLETS GLOBALLY: REPORT

Fri 07 February 2025: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed that USAID funded 6,200 journalists, 707 non-state media outlets, and 279 media-focused NGOs in more than 30 countries in 2023. The 2025 US foreign aid budget allocated $268.4 million to support “independent media and the free flow of information,” the organization reported citing a now-removed fact […]

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PANAMA DENIES US GOVT SHIPS CAN USE CANAL FOR FREE

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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NISSAN AND HONDA ABANDON MERGER DISCUSSIONS: REPORT

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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TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TO BAR TRANS WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM FEMALE SPORTS

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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