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      11 February

      Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah released from Iran prison

      Fariba Adelkhah has been released from notorious Evin prison but it is unknown under what conditions she was freed. Colleagues of the Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah hold placards depicting her as they gather in front of Science Po university in Paris in 2022 [File: Thomas Coex/ AFP] Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah has been released from Iran’s notorious Evin prison, the French government said but the conditions of her release remain unclear. Adelkhah has been in prison since Iranian authorities arrested her in 2019 during a visit to the country. She is one of seven French nationals detained in Iran, a factor that has worsened relations between Paris and Tehran in recent months. A foreign ministry statement on Friday said France “welcomed” the release,…

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    • 11 February

      US blacklists six Chinese entities over spy balloon programme

      The blacklisting will make it difficult for the companies and one research institute to obtain US technology exports. The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it said were linked to Beijing’s aerospace programmes as part of its retaliation over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed US airspace. The move is likely to further escalate the diplomatic row between the US and China that intensified due to the surveillance balloon, which the US eventually shot down last weekend. The US said the balloon was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals but Beijing has insisted it was a weather craft that had blown off course. On Friday, the US Bureau of Industry and Security said the six Chinese entities were being…

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    • 11 February

      NASA satellites are helping Turkey, Syria earthquake response

      These maps compare before and after radar images of a given event to see how the landscape has changed. Washington: After the massive earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6 and killed thousands, NASA on Saturday said it is working to share its aerial views and data from space to aid relief and recovery workers, as well as improve its ability to model and predict such events. Scenes collected before and after the earthquake were used by a team of scientists from the Earth Observatory of Singapore and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to create something called a damage proxy map for Turkey. These maps compare before and after radar images of a given event…

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    • 11 February

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      Turkey-Syria live news: Earthquake death toll crosses 24,000 Syrians made homeless by the earthquake gather at a shelter in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, on February 10, 2023. The shelter, operated by Molham, a team of Syrian volunteers, was set up soon after the earthquake struck [Hussein Malla/AP Photo] By Kevin Doyle and Usaid Siddiqui Welcome to our live coverage of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. These are the latest updates: 36m ago (06:45 GMT)Death toll passes 24,000The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake reached 24,000 as rescuers continued to work around the clock to find survivors.In Turkey, the number of fatalities has risen to 20,665, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has said.It said that nearly 93,000 victims have been evacuated from the quake zone…

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    • 11 February

      All legacy Blue badges will be removed soon: Elon Musk

      Musk has time and again said that the company will remove all Blue checks, as it gets busy monetising its platform by charging users. ui New Delhi: After rolling out Twitter Blue with verification service in India that starts from Rs 650 a month, Elon Musk has reiterated that all legacy Blue badges will be removed soon. Musk has time and again said that the company will remove all Blue checks, as it gets busy monetising its platform by charging users. “Legacy blue checks will be removed soon. Those are the ones that are truly corrupt,” he reiterated in a tweet. Earlier this month, the Twitter CEO had said that all legacy verified accounts will soon lose their Blue badges as…

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    • 11 February

      US shoots down unidentified high-altitude aerial object in Alaska 

      According to Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the object, whose origin is not known so far, was first detected inside American airspace on Thursday. Washington: A US fighter jet Friday shot down an object, the size of a small car, flying with payloads at a height of about 40,000 feet off the northern coast of Alaska on the direction of President Joe Biden, officials said. According to Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the object, whose origin is not known so far, was first detected inside American airspace on Thursday. It posed a “reasonable threat to civilian air traffic”, he said. “US Northern Command is beginning recovery operations now,” Ryder said, adding the F-22 fighter jet deployed an…

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    • 11 February

      Court order against 5 Indians for ‘exploiting’ students in UK

      Investigators from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) were granted a Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order (STRO) indefinitely against the defendants at Mold Magistrates’ Court last week. London: A UK government investigative agency for labour exploitation has said that it has succeeded in getting a court order against five people from Kerala for suspected labour abuse of more than 50 Indian students. Investigators from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) were granted a Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order (STRO) indefinitely against the defendants at Mold Magistrates’ Court last week. The GLAA said in a release that its probe identified “more than 50 Indian students as being potential victims of modern slavery and labour abuse over the last 14 months”…

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    • 11 February

      Merkel awarded UNESCO peace prize for opening Germany to refugees

      A prestigious UN award was awarded to Germany’s former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday for allowing refugees into the country when she was in office.  Merkel received appreciation for allowing entry of more than 1.2 million asylum seekers and refugees to Germany in 2015 and 2016 and was awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in Yamoussoukro, the capital of the Ivory Coast. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s director-general Audrey Azoulay said, “The jury wanted to honour the courageous decision taken in 2015 to welcome more than a million refugees… when at the same time so many voices were calling for the closure of Europe. You were, at that time, the vision of courage in politics.” The…

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    • 11 February

      Man who lost nine relatives in quake helps organise UK aid – as community groups flooded with donations

      A man helping sort aid for the Turkey earthquake says nine of his relatives died in the disaster but has praised the community response – as UK groups urgently drive collections for survivors. Some volunteers have also spoken about people in tears after receiving messages about loved ones dying as they pack up gear to send to the disaster zone. In Leicester, Sefa Demirci is among those who have been helping load supplies outside a Turkish community centre – it’s had hundreds of donations from around the city and across the Midlands. He told Sky News on Friday that he had just found out a ninth family member had died in the quake. “One of my cousins I heard bad…

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    • 11 February

      UK government defends possible talks with Xinjiang governor Erkin Tuniyaz amid outrage from MPs

      Amid the outrage from lawmakers in the UK, who highlighted the abuse of the rights against Uyghyr Muslims in the Xinjiang region, the United Kingdom defended the possibility that its officials will hold talks with Erkin Tuniyaz, the governor of the Chinese region. The lawmakers have been demanding the government block the Chinese official’s trip, Reuters reported.  Leo Docherty, the Junior foreign office minister said that Tuniyaz might visit the UK next week and that he had not been invited by London and would not be ‘dignified’ with any ministerial meeting.  Docherty told the lawmakers, “China’s actions in Xinjiang are of course abhorrent and we will not legitimise them in any way.” “However, robust engagement to challenge human rights violations…

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