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Russian artist and girlfriend held over release of Paris politician's sex video
The Observer 16 Feb 2020
The girlfriend of a Russian performance artist and activist who released a video of a sexual nature that prompted a Paris mayoral candidate to stand down is being questioned by police over her role in the scandal. The woman was taken into custody along with the artist, Petr Pavlensky, on Saturday afternoon as they left a Paris hotel ... ....
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'There will be dad and mum': Putin rules out Russia legalizing gay marriage
NBC News 14 Feb 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin said same-sex marriage "will not happen" as long as he's in the Kremlin ... ....
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Israeli army says Hamas militants 'catfished' soldiers with photo-sharing app to hack phones
The Independent 16 Feb 2020
Hamas militants, posing as attractive young women, have infected the mobile phones of dozens of Israeli soldiers, with malware embedded in fake photo-sharing apps, the Israeli military has said. Lt ... ....
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Israeli Analyst: Space Exploration Could Bring New Deadly Viruses to Earth
The Algemeiner 16 Feb 2020
CTech – The modern interconnected world allows incredibly quick and uninhibited travel across the planet, as exemplified by this week’s fastest-ever subsonic flight between New York and London ... But this notion is not new, as deadly space contagions are a long-standing science fiction trope ... But it might not be ... February 16, 2020 2.21 pm. 0 ... ....
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Venezuelan armed forces stage nationwide drills amid tensions with US
Press TV 16 Feb 2020
Venezuela’s armed forces and civilian militia have staged nationwide military drills in a show of force by President Nicolas Maduro, as Washington ramps up pressure on the Latin American country ... The Venezuelan Defense Ministry said more than 2.3 million people, including soldiers and militia forces, joined the drills ordered by Maduro ... ....
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North Korea’s Kim Makes First Public Appearance in Weeks Amid Virus Outbreak
Hamodia 16 Feb 2020
Kim Jong Un paid tribute to the statue of former leader Kim at Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, his first public appearance since he attended Lunar New Year celebrations on Jan ... WhatsAppPrintEmailGmail. ....
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Costa Rican police find six tonnes of cocaine in biggest ever haul
The Independent 16 Feb 2020
Police in Costa Rica have found almost 6 tonnes of cocaine in a shipping container, leading to the country’s biggest ever drug seizure. The drugs, which weighed 5,800kg, were discovered on Friday evening in Limón in a container of flowers due to be sent to Rotterdam, Holland, according to the Costan Rican national newspaper La Nación ... Show all 50 ... AP....
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South Sudan rebels reject president’s peace compromise
Arab News 16 Feb 2020
JUBA. South Sudan rebels rejected on Sunday a peace offer by President Salva Kiir to return to a system of 10 states, paving the way for a unity government. The rejection by rebel chief Riek Machar dashes hopes of breaking a deadlock and ending a six-year conflict that has left at least 380,000 people dead and millions in dire poverty ... .......
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Turkey Moves to Reopen Varosha Ghost Town on Cyprus
The National Herald 16 Feb 2020
Ignoring demands to stop by the legitimate Cypriot government – a member of the European Union – Turkish and Turkish-Cypriots unlawfully occupying the northern third of the island are speeding ahead with plans to reopen the abandoned ghost town of Varosha ... “There is unfortunately an abandoned area here as well as rotting buildings....
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Remains of 80 or more South Korean soldiers to arrive from Hawaii: reports
Korea Times 16 Feb 2020
President Moon Jae-in puts war medals on the remains of 64 South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, after they arrived at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 1, 2018, from Hawaii ... and South Korea. Korea Times file. By Jung Da-min ... as a follow-up to the Singapore agreement between U.S ... The U.S ... ....
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Democratic rivals tell billionaire Bloomberg: Let's debate
Reuters 16 Feb 2020
Two U.S. Democratic presidential candidates said on Sunday they would welcome the chance to square off against billionaire Michael Bloomberg if he qualifies for the next debate in Nevada ... ....
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Ukraine's President Vows to End War, Invites Trump to Kyiv
Voa News 15 Feb 2020
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed Saturday to end the separatist conflict in the east of his country, where fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops has killed more than 14,000 people since 2014 ... “If in five years, we will end the war, bring our people back, then I did (became president) for a reason,” he said ... ....
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Scientist Rejects Conspiracy Theories Claiming Coronavirus Engineered in Lab
Sputnik 16 Feb 2020
In late January, Facebook pledged to remove content with false claims or numerous conspiracy theories alleging that the coronavirus was deliberately released from a secret lab located in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak ... ....
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French health minister to be picked by Macron's party to run for Paris mayor
The Star 16 Feb 2020photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
Iran's Zarif: We were close to war with US after Soleimani assassination
The Jerusalem Post 15 Feb 2020
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US and Iran "were very close to a war" in an interview with NBC on Friday on the sidelines of the 2020 Munich Security Conference ... "It worked the other way around," Zarif claimed ... This is "beneath any dignified way of dealing with this," he said ... ....
