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The presence of the virus was confirmed on Feb. 24 in samples of dead skua seabirds. A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region’s huge penguin colonies. “This discovery demonstrates for the first time that the…
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Newly elected Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok looks on as people applaud, during the spring session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on February 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hungary’s Parliament on February 26 elected a political novice as President following the resignation of his predecessor, who caused outrage by pardoning a man convicted in a…
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The incident took place in Khan Younis. As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, a new video of Israel’s elite Egoz commando unit killing a group of Hamas operatives using drones and grenades in southern Gaza has surfaced online, as per a report in the New York Post. The 28-second short clip shows the aftermath of a…
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He was initially transported to hospital with “critical life-threatening injuries. Washington: An active member of the US Air Force has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington over the weekend in protest of the war in Gaza, the Pentagon said Monday. Emergency responders on Sunday had rushed to the scene…
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People stand next to the rubble at the site of an Israeli air strike in the vicinity of Baalbek city in the central Bekaa plain on February 26, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. Israel struck Hezbollah targets near the city of Baalbek on February 26,…
A woman holds candles and a portrait of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died unexpectedly in prison. Reuters | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, Maria Pevchikh, a Navalny ally, said on February 26, repeating her…
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Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on February- 26, became the first-ever woman Chief Minister of a province in Pakistan when she was elected to head the Punjab province, describing it as an ‘honour’ for every woman in the country. Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice president of…
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A woman in the United States has been arrested after her girl child died while in bed with her. According to New York Post, this is the second time in four years that 21-year-old Aaliyah Lykins’ newborn baby died in the same bed. The incident took place in October last year, in Muncie, Indiana, the…
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Vietnam has more than 30,000 drug addicts undergoing compulsory treatment (representation) Hanoi, Vietnam: Authorities in Vietnam are searching for nearly 100 drug users who escaped from an overcrowded state-owned rehabilitation centre in the Mekong Delta, state media said Monday. Vietnam has more than 30,000 drug addicts undergoing compulsory treatment at government facilities, some forced by…
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority. President Mahmoud Abbas must still decide whether he accepts Mr. Shtayyeh’s and his government’s resignation, tendered on February 26. But the…