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      3 February

      Nearly 1,000 migrant families still separated by Trump-era policy

      More than 3,800 children were removed from families between 2017 and 2021 as part of a crackdown on border crossings. An asylum-seeker from Haiti crosses the Rio Grande with her son to enter El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 [File: Paul Ratje/Reuters] Years after a widely criticised United States policy known as “family separation” forcibly took refugee and migrant children away from their families at the US southern border, nearly 1,000 have yet to be returned. Officials said on Thursday that a task force created under President Joe Biden has reunited about 689 children with their families. Another 2,176 children were reconnected with their relatives before the task force’s creation, due in part to legal action by groups such as the American Civil Liberties…

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    • 3 February

      Why Myanmar’s opposition is calling for a ban on jet fuel

      Myanmar military takes fight against coup opponents to the skies as it loses ground on the battlefield. Soldiers repel down from a helicopter during a parade to mark the 74th Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyidaw, Myanmar March 27, 2019 [File: Ann Wang/ Reuters] By Zaheena Rasheed Published On 3 Feb 2023 When the Myanmar military helicopters opened fire, first-graders Phone Tay Za and his cousin, Lin Lin, rushed to take cover behind a tamarind tree in their schoolyard, located on the grounds of a monastery, in Let Yat Kone village in the central Sagaing region. It was just after noon on September 16. The children had been squeezing in their last few minutes of play before class. The gunfire…

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    • 3 February

      Apple, Google profits squeezed on China, sluggish economies

      Apple reports first drop in quarterly revenue since early 2019, as China’s zero-COVID policy disrupted iPhone production. Apple said sales of its flagship iPhone were hit in the last three months of 2022 [File: Jim Watson/AFP] Tech giants Apple and Google have reported lower-than-expected revenue and profits for the last three months of 2022, as online retail behemoth Amazon warned of uncertainty in the months ahead. Apple, the world’s biggest company in terms of market value, blamed falling sales of its flagship iPhone on production disruptions in China. Apple’s revenue was $117.1bn for the three months that ended December, down 5.4 percent from a year ago. Profit after tax was $30bn, but both sales and profit were below analysts’ expectations. China…

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    • 3 February

      IBM, NASA join hands to research impact of climate change with AI

      Tech major IBM and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center have announced a collaboration to use IBM’s artificial intelligence technology Photo: IANS New Delhi: Tech major IBM and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center have announced a collaboration to use IBM’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology to discover new insights in NASA’s massive trove of Earth and geospatial science data. The goal of this joint work is to advance the scientific understanding and response to Earth and climate-related issues like natural disasters and warming temperatures, also the joint work will apply the new IBM AI foundation model technology to NASA’s Earth-observing satellite data for the first time. Foundation models are types of AI models that are trained on a broad set of unlabeled data, can be…

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    • 3 February

      Pakistan’s forex reserves barely enough to provide import cover for 18.5 days

      Due to foreign debt payments, the central bank said its reserves fell $592 million to $3,086.2 million during the week ended January 27 Due to foreign debt payments, the central bank said its reserves fell $592 million to $3,086.2 million during the week ended January 27 Islamabad: The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have plunged to precarious levels as the cash-strapped nation desperately seeks to revive the stalled bailout programme of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), local media reported. Due to foreign debt payments, the central bank said its reserves fell $592 million to $3,086.2 million during the week ended January 27, the lowest since February 2014, and are barely enough to provide import cover for 18.5…

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    • 3 February

      Michelle Bolsonaro denies that her husband is extending his stay in the U.S. for fear of reprisals

      Michelle Bolsonaro has denied that her husband, former president Jair Bolsonaro, has not returned to Brazil as she has for fear of possible measures against him for the coup attacks of January 8 and has assured that “he is not the one who has to be afraid of being arrested”. The former first lady of Brazil went to the Brazilian Congress on Wednesday to attend the inauguration of the deputies and senators who support Bolsonaro, of whom she said that she is in the United States “resting”, after learning that she has requested a six-month visa to remain in that country. Michelle returned alone to Brazil last week, while there was speculation about the return or not of a Bolsonaro…

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    • 3 February

      UK defends BBC independence, says ‘investing heavily’ in relationship with India

      The UK government has defended the BBC as a media outlet “independent in its output“ in the wake of widespread Indian diaspora protests against the controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing reporters at Downing Street on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s spokesperson echoed a statement issued by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Parliament earlier this week to add that the government continues to invest in its relationship with India. “The BBC is independent in its output and we would stress that we continue to regard India as an incredibly important international partner,” the spokesperson said in response to a question about India’s condemnation of the documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ questioning the then chief minister’s role in the…

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    • 3 February

      Overnight air strikes hit Gaza day after militants fired rockets south of Israel

      Israeli air strikes hit Gaza overnight on Thursday. Confirming the reports, the Israeli military said it struck Gaza as sirens warning of incoming rocket fire sounded again in Israeli areas around the strip. This comes after militants on Wednesday fired a rocket into Israel’s south setting off sirens and raising already heightened tensions under the country’s new ultranationalist government. The rocket from the Gaza Strip was intercepted, according to the military.  Israel usually responds to rocket fire with airstrikes, raising the possibility of further escalation. Local residents reported hearing explosions. Israel’s rescue service said it received no reports of injuries except for a 50-year-old woman who slipped and fell while running to a shelter. The action in Israel’s skies Wednesday…

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    • 3 February

      Lord Jo Johnson, brother of UK ex-PM, resigns as director of Adani-linked firm

      Lord Jo Johnson, younger brother of former British prime minister Boris Johnson, has resigned his non-executive directorship of a UK-based investment firm linked with the now-withdrawn Adani Enterprises Follow-on Public Offer (FPO). ‘The Financial Times’ newspaper referenced UK Companies House records to reveal that 51-year-old Lord Johnson had been appointed as a director of London-based Elara Capital Plc in June last year and resigned on Wednesday, the day when the Adani Group announced the withdrawal of the FPO Elara, which described itself as a capital markets business raising funds for Indian corporates, was among the bookrunners on the FPO. Johnson insisted he has been assured of the company’s “good standing” and has stepped down due to his own lack of “domain…

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    • 3 February

      BJP using money from LIC, nationalised banks to benefit cronies: Mamata

      West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP was using people’s money deposited with the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and nationalised banks to benefit cronies of the party. Speaking at a function in Purba Bardhaman district, the Trinamool Congress supremo lashed out at the BJP-led Centre over the Union budget, claiming that income tax concessions are nothing but a jugglery of words. “If this government stays for long, all banks will be closed. Life Insurance (Corporation) will be wound up. The way LIC shares are being sold… the way LIC’s and banks’ money – which belong to the people – are being used for the benefit of the party and some famous people close to the…

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