Latest news bulletin | February 11th – Midday
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Day: February 11, 2023
US Sanctions 6 Chinese Tech Companies Over Balloon Program
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023. Randall Hill | Reuters CNBC: U.S. sanctions six Chinese tech companies for supporting spy balloon…
East Germany’s last communist leader dies aged 95
Hans Modrow took over the leadership of the former East Germany shortly after the Berlin Wall fell.
American journalist accuses US Navy of Nord Stream pipeline attack
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that US Navy divers laid the bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea last September, cutting Russian gas supplies to Europe. The Pentagon has denied the claim but Mosco…
Pakistan government approves new tax on power to meet IMF conditions
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Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 28,000
Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins
Wang, Del Rey atop leaderboard in Singapore Classic
Wang Jeung-hun and Alejandro del Rey both shot 6-under 66 to sit atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the Singapore Classic.
President Raisi: Enemies tried in vain to destabilize Iran after pressure policy failed
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the enemies resorted to an abortive plot to incite riots and unrest in Iran after they failed to bring the nation to its knees via a military action and a campaign of sanctions and “maximum pressure.”
‘Shocking scenes of violence’ during Merseyside protest over refugees
Videos shared on social media appear to show a police van on fire and officers carrying riot shields in the area.