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• Jeff Zucker’s abrupt resignation ends reign of a media titan — at least for now

  02-02-2022 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jeff Zucker was one of the most powerful and influential executives in American television. But he was occasionally dogged by criticism.
  
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• Havana Syndrome could be caused by pulsed energy devices – US expert report

  02-02-2022 23:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Concealable devices with ‘modest energy requirements’ which could emit pulsed electromagnetic energy and ultrasound existA US intelligence report by a panel of expert scientists has named pulsed electromagnetic energy and ultrasound as plausible causes for the mystery Havana Syndrome symptoms suffered by US diplomats and spies in recent years.The report found that a group of cases could not be explained by health or environmental factors or by psychosomatic illness. It also said that
  
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• New Zealand border will open in stages from end of February, Jacinda Ardern announces

  02-02-2022 23:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Fully vaccinated New Zealanders and other eligible travellers from Australia will be the first people able to enter the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has announced it will reopen its border to visitors in stages, starting at the end of February, after its earlier plans to do so were derailed by Omicron. It will be the first time the country has opened up since prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced its snap closure in the first month of the
  
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• Putin breaks his silence on Ukraine, but leaves world guessing about Russia's next move

  02-02-2022 23:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his monthlong public silence on the standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine — but still left the world guessing.
  
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• Australia live news updates: Jacqui Lambie dismisses Liberals’ ‘playground’ stoush; 72 Covid deaths in Victoria and NSW

  02-02-2022 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Victoria records 34 Covid deaths and 12,157 new cases; NSW records 38 deaths and 12,632 cases; Anthony Albanese can’t name the price of a box of tampons; PM and his people should focus on running country, not ‘playground’ arguments, Jacqui Lambie says; teenagers can now have third vaccine dose three months after their second, Atagi recommends. Follow all the day’s news‘Absolutely a crisis’: almost a quarter of Australia’s aged care shifts unfilled each w
  
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• Jacinda Ardern announces New Zealand border will open in stages from end of February

  02-02-2022 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Fully vaccinated New Zealanders and other eligible travellers from Australia will be the first people able to enter the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has announced it will reopen its border to visitors in stages, starting at the end of February, after its earlier plans to do so were derailed by Omicron. It will be the first time the country has opened up since prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced its snap closure in the first month of the
  
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• Biden says ‘ending cancer as we know it a White House priority. Period’ – live

  02-02-2022 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  President’s proposal aims to cut cancer death rates in half‘There is only one aggressor here. That is Russia’ – White HouseSenator Joe Manchin calls Biden’s spending package ‘dead’Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki is briefing right now. She’s talking further about planned US troop deployments to NATO’s eastern flank to bolster Ukraine’s preparedness in facing massed R
  
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• Satellite images show further Russian military buildup around Ukraine

  02-02-2022 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  • White House no longer calling potential invasion 'imminent'
  
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• Ottawa police considering military intervention to end ‘unlawful’ blockade

  02-02-2022 22:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities also warned brining in the military carried a ‘massive risk’ as they believed the protesters are armedPolice in Ottawa warned they may have to call in the military to disband “unlawful” protests in the nation’s capital and a town near the US border, amid mounting tensions between protesters opposing Covid restrictions and local residents.The Ottawa police chief, Peter Sloly, warned on Wednesday that the officers did not have the resources to remove a fle
  
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• Meta shares plummet 20% after posting rare profit decline

  02-02-2022 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  After years of Facebook's business experiencing seemingly unstoppable growth fueled by the strength of its advertising business, the company posted a rare profit decline Wednesday.
  
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• CNN boss quits over relationship with key lieutenant

  02-02-2022 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said Wednesday that he is resigning, effective immediately.
  
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• How Hulu's new Pamela Anderson sex tape drama exploits her all over again

  02-02-2022 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new Hulu series presents the release of Pamela Anderson's sex tape with Tommy Lee as a cruel violation. It also participates in that violation.
  
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• Congolese man beaten to death in Brazil over unpaid wages, family say

  02-02-2022 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Brazilian authorities have shut down a beachside kiosk in Rio de Janeiro after a 23-year-old Congolese migrant was beaten to death, Rio de Janeiro's Civil Police said Wednesday.
  
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• 'Havana syndrome' could be caused by external energy source: Intel community experts

  02-02-2022 22:41
  
  'Havana syndrome' could be caused by an an external energy source, a panel of experts consulted by the intelligence community said in a report out Wednesday.
  
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• Northern Ireland minister orders halt to Brexit agri-food checks

  02-02-2022 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  DUP’s Edwin Poots says he has ordered top civil servant to stop port checks, but not clear whether he will complyNorthern Ireland’s agriculture minister has ordered all Brexit checks on food and farm products to be stopped from midnight in a unilateral move that will set him on a collision course with Brussels.The former leader of the Democratic Unionist party Edwin Poots threatened the move last week after he failed to get the backing of other parties in Stormont to intervene in the
  
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• Chechen politician threatens to ‘rip heads off’ family of activist

  02-02-2022 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Death threat follow arrest in Russia of mother of exiled anti-torture lawyer Abubakar YangulbayevA Chechen politician has threatened to “rip the heads off” the family of an anti-torture activist whose mother was arrested and forcibly returned to the tightly controlled republic.Zarema Musayeva, the mother of Abubakar Yangulbayev, an exiled former lawyer for the Committee Against Torture, was detained by Chechen forces in mid-January in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. Continue rea
  
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• USA Swimming announces new policy for elite transgender athletes

  02-02-2022 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  USA Swimming released a new policy Tuesday for transgender female athletes.
  
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• Rotterdam to partly dismantle historic bridge for Jeff Bezos’s superyacht

  02-02-2022 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Central section of Koningshaven Bridge to be removed to make way for Amazon founder’s $485m superyachtA historic steel bridge in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is to be partly dismantled to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass, local authorities have announced. Bezos’s gigantic, 430-million-euro ($485m) yacht is too big for the iconic Koningshaven Bridge, which dates from 1878 and was rebuilt after being bombed by the Nazis in 1940 during the second world
  
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• 5 persons of interest in HBCU bomb threat investigation: Source

  02-02-2022 22:05
  
  5 persons of interest in HBCU bomb threat investigation: source
  
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• Four arrested in connection to overdose death of 'The Wire' star Michael K. Williams

  02-02-2022 22:00 via cnn.com
  
  Four men have been arrested for allegedly being part of a drug trafficking organization that sold deadly fentanyl-laced heroin to actor and producer Michael K. Williams, according to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York.
  
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• Florida man took his grandson magnet fishing. Police are now investigating what they reeled in

  02-02-2022 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  A Florida man and his grandson couldn't believe their eyes when they reeled in more than just some scrap metal and bottle caps during a magnet fishing weekend trip.
  
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• US intel report gives more insight into possible cause of Havana Syndrome

  02-02-2022 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  An intelligence panel investigating the cause of a spate of mysterious incidents that have struck dozens of US officials across the globe has said that some of the episodes could "plausibly" have been caused by "pulsed electromagnetic energy" emitted by an external source, according to an executive summary of the panel's findings released Wednesday.
  
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• Ethiopia drought impacts millions, UNICEF appeals for additional aid to minimize child deaths

  02-02-2022 21:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Three failed rainy seasons have left the region depleted of clean water, leading to rising malnutrition as food security is shattered.
  
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• Two patients' leukemia in 'sustained' remission after treatment described as possible cure

  02-02-2022 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Two people with leukemia achieved remission over a decade after being infused with CAR-T cells, immune cells that had been modified in a lab, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this approach could be a long-term therapy for leukemia -- and some researchers describe it as a possible cure.
  
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• Two patients' leukemia in 'sustained' remission after groundbreaking treatment

  02-02-2022 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Two people with leukemia achieved remission over a decade after being infused with CAR-T cells, immune cells that had been modified in a lab, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this approach could be a long-term therapy for leukemia -- and some researchers describe it as a possible cure.
  
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• T-cell therapy called possible cure for leukemia after 10-year remission in two patients

  02-02-2022 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Two people with leukemia achieved remission over a decade after being infused with CAR-T cells, immune cells that had been modified in a lab, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this approach could be a long-term therapy for leukemia -- and some researchers describe it as a possible cure.
  
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• Met officer was promoted despite misconduct over sexist and racist messages

  02-02-2022 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: London mayor puts police chief on notice to reform or lose his confidence after seeing ‘return to the bad days of the 1970s’A Metropolitan police officer disciplined after an inquiry into misogynistic and racist messages has since been promoted, the Guardian has learned, as Cressida Dick was warned she could lose the confidence of the mayor of London.Misconduct was proven against the unnamed officer after a watchdog inquiry into messages about hitting and raping women, whi
  
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• NI Protocol: Irish Sea border checks ordered to end at midnight

  02-02-2022 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NI Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots says he has taken the decision after receiving legal advice.
  
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• Michael K Williams: four men charged in overdose death of Wire actor

  02-02-2022 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Quartet charged with involvement in distribution of fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in death of Williams, 54, in SeptemberFour men have been charged in the overdose death of actor Michael K Williams, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.US attorney Damian Williams and the New York City police commissioner, Keechant Sewell, said the four were charged in criminal complaints unsealed on Tuesday and Wednesday in Manhattan federal court in a narcotics conspiracy alleging their involvement in th
  
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• Johnson under pressure as more Tory MPs call for him to go

  02-02-2022 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Gary Streeter Tobias Ellwood and Anthony Mangnall all make moves on Wednesday in sign of rising angerA fresh wave of Conservative MPs have submitted letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson, breaking cover to criticise the prime minister as the fallout from Downing Street parties scandal continued to imperil his premiership.In a sign that Johnson’s position is still under threat despite No 10’s desperate attempts to move on from the crisis, three more MPs publicly called on the prim
  
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• Giles stands down as England managing director after 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia

  02-02-2022 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ashley Giles stands down as England managing director following the 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia.
  
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• David Letterman appears on 'Late Night' 40 years after he launched it

  02-02-2022 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  On the 40th anniversary of the show, the comedian reflected on his time on "Late Night" and reminisced about how his mom became a character.
  
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• Ukraine tensions: US boosts troops in Europe

  02-02-2022 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president is to send troops to Poland and Romania amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Ukraine crisis: Biden to deploy more US troops to eastern Europe

  02-02-2022 20:35 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 3,000 troops headed to Germany, Poland and Romania after talks between Washington and Moscow fail to ease tensionsJoe Biden will deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland and Romania, as Russia continues to build up its forces around Ukraine, and after talks between Washington and Moscow failed to ease tensions.The US is sending 1,700 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to Poland, a headquarters unit of about 300 from the 18th Airborne Corps will move to Germany and a 1,00
  
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• Why this Valentine's Day will be a 'perfect storm' for flower arrangements

  02-02-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  Valentine's Day will be on a Monday this year. That's not good news for business. Farmgirl Flowers Founder & CEO Christina Stembel explains why romantics this year will see higher flower prices and shipping delays.
  
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• Teen's Tesla hack shows how vulnerable third-party apps may make cars

  02-02-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  A German teenager says he found a vulnerability in an app installed in some Teslas, which allowed him the ability to unlock doors, flash headlights and blast music. The hack highlights the relative lack of oversight in apps that some drivers can download to their cars.
  
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• WATCH: Duchess Kate practices with England’s Rugby Team

  02-02-2022 20:20
  
  The Duchess will become the patron of the Rugby Football League and Rugby Football Union.
  
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• UK PM facing new calls to resign over parties row

  02-02-2022 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three more MPs, including an ex-minister, say they have submitted no-confidence letters in the PM.
  
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• 'Not permanent moves': Pentagon discusses European troop deployment

  02-02-2022 20:12 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has formally approved additional US military deployments to Eastern Europe, with US troops deploying soon to Poland, Germany and Romania.
  
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• CNN's Jeff Zucker resigns over undisclosed relationship

  02-02-2022 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The network president told staff he was "wrong" to not report the consensual relationship.
  
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• Canada Conservatives oust leader Erin O’Toole

  02-02-2022 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Erin O-Toole, who only became leader in 2020, lost a secret ballot of MPS 73-45 amid accusations of ‘flip-flopping’ on Tory issuesCanada’s Conservatives have ousted their leader amid accusations of “flip-flopping” on key Tory issues, and a broader debate over whether the party should appeal to a more rightwing voting base.In a secret ballot held on Wednesday, 73 Conservative parliamentarians voted to remove Erin O’Toole as leader. Forty-five voted for him to k
  
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• Shush! Britain’s top spy decries Wordle braggers

  02-02-2022 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  MI6 chief bemoans lack of secrecy among players of trending word game, but GCHQ breaks coverCrossword clues have long been one way of disguising secret messages, so an aptitude for word puzzles could be seen as a welcome skill in any aspiring spy.Alas, those proclaiming their prowess online for the latest word-game craze, Wordle, seem not to have impressed UK’s top spymaster, Richard Moore, putting him at humorous odds with the country’s other spy agency, GCHQ. Continue reading...
  
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• FBI identifies 6 juveniles as persons of interest in bomb threats at Black colleges

  02-02-2022 19:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Six juveniles from around the country have been identified as persons of interest by the FBI in threats made to historically Black Colleges, a source says.
  
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• Don’t panic: why Ukraine doesn’t like western talk of imminent attack

  02-02-2022 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: While Putin’s intentions remain unclear, Kyiv would rather it didn’t get classed as the next KabulUkraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has again insisted that Russia does not currently have enough troops in place to mount a further invasion of Ukraine, a day after Boris Johnson travelled to Kyiv and said there was a “clear and present danger” of an imminent military campaign.Even taken together, the troops currently massed on Ukraine’s border w
  
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• Maelys de Araujo: former French soldier tells court girl’s death was ‘a mistake’

  02-02-2022 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Nordahl Lelandais has admitted abducting and killed eight-year-old from wedding reception in 2017A former French soldier who admitted kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old girl he abducted from a wedding reception has insisted her death was “a mistake” but still refuses to give details of how she died.At his long-awaited trial Nordahl Lelandais, 38, apologised to the family of Maelys De Araujo, who disappeared near Chambery in the French Alps in August 2017 sparking a six-month po
  
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• Earth has a newly discovered rare asteroid companion

  02-02-2022 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  Our planet has a celestial sentry leading the way around the sun, and it's only the second Earth Trojan asteroid ever discovered.
  
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• CNN's Brian Stelter reads out Zucker's statement of resignation

  02-02-2022 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  President of CNN Worldwide Jeff Zucker has resigned Wednesday for not disclosing a personal relationship with another CNN employee. CNN's Brian Stelter reports.
  
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• White House no longer calling potential invasion 'imminent'

  02-02-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  The White House says it's no longer describing a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as "imminent," suggesting the word sent an unintended message.
  
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• 'Perfect match' joining Lampard's Everton - Alli

  02-02-2022 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dele Alli says the opportunity to play under new manager Frank Lampard makes joining Everton the "perfect match".
  
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• 12 people found frozen to death near Turkey’s border with Greece

  02-02-2022 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Turkish minister claims Greek border guards pushed back people whose bodies were ‘stripped of shoes and clothes’The bodies of 12 refugees believed to have frozen to death have been found in an area straddling Turkey’s frontier with Greece, igniting a war of words between the two countries.After the bodies were found on Wednesday, Ankara’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, accused Greek guards of deliberately pushing the refugees back across the border. Several repor
  
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