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    No mask requirement on S'pore public transport from 13 Feb

    • Reporter abandons live broadcast to rescue girl

      Yuksel Akalan, a journalist from the Turkish media outlet A News, was reporting on rescue efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake.

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      Toyota keeps profit forecasts despite supply chain headwinds

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      Asian stocks draw massive foreign inflows on softer dollar, growth optimism

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      MSCI review puts India's Adani shares back in the red

      Global stock index compiler MSCI said it was reviewing the status of equities in India's Adani Group on Thursday, ending a brief rally for the troubled conglomerate, as it fends off allegations of market manipulation.US-based MSCI said in a statement, published early Thursday India time, that the review was triggered by investor concerns about the "eligibility and free float determination of specific securities" associated with Adani Group.

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      Disney Will Cut 7,000 Jobs In Effort To Save $5.5 Billion In Costs

      “While this is necessary to address the challenges we’re facing today, I do not make this decision lightly,” CEO Bob Iger said.

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      Zelensky to attend EU summit to press for weapons, fighter jets

      Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to attend an EU summit in Brussels Thursday as the guest of honour where he will press allies to deliver fighter jets "as soon as possible" in the war against Russia.His attendance at the EU summit in Brussels will be "a signal of European solidarity," said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who met with Zelensky Wednesday in France. 

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      What we know about the Turkey and Syria earthquake

      A strong earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria in the early hours of Monday, devastating cities and killing and injuring thousands.The quakes devastated entire sections of major cities in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria.

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      'I shouted their names': the hole left by Nigeria's disappeared

      It was only when she scrambled to the top of the mountain after fleeing the army attack on her village that Hafsatu Usman realised she had lost three of her children. "It's very hard," admitted Hafsatu Usman, tears pouring down her cheeks as little Yusuf pulled at her hijab. 

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      Philippines' Marcos in Tokyo to sign defence, infrastructure deals

      Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos will meet Japan's prime minister Thursday seeking to deepen ties, including with defence deals, in response to growing Chinese military pressure in the region.He and Kishida are expected to sign seven agreements covering those areas on a trip that will also see Marcos meet Japan's emperor on Thursday afternoon.

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      'Operation Exodus': Brazil miners flee Yanomami land

      Wearing broken flip-flops held together by a frayed cord, Joao Batista, an illegal gold miner in the Brazilian Amazon, has been walking for days to escape the jungle, fleeing a looming security-force crackdown.- 'Real criminals' - The crackdown is stoking tension in the region, where an entire economy has developed around the illegal gold industry.

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      Deadly quake puts Erdogan under pressure in May polls

      The stakes could hardly be higher for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Twenty years later, we are in no better place," she told AFP. "Erdogan has not only weakened state institutions but he also weakened Turkish civil society."

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      Biden says US not seeking conflict with China, despite balloon flap

      President Joe Biden said Wednesday the United States is not looking for conflict with China despite heightened tensions over last week's downing of a Chinese balloon that US officials say was part of a spy fleet spanning five continents.But he also stressed that the United States did not want conflict with China.

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      Turkish quake survivors face big freeze in cars, tents

      Temperatures in the quake-stricken Turkish city of Gaziantep plunged to minus five degrees Celsius early Thursday but thousands of families spent the night in cars and makeshift tents -- too scared or banned from returning to their homes.Restaurant manager Burhan Cagdas said he had been sleeping in a car since Monday's quake because of his family's "psychological" opposition to returning home.

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      Mars rover finds rippled rocks caused by waves: NASA

      NASA's Curiosity rover has found wave-rippled rocks -- evidence of an ancient lake -- in an area of the planet expected to be drier, the US space agency said Wednesday.Curiosity had previously found evidence that lakes once covered parts of Mars in the salty minerals left behind when they dried up.

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      Twitter Explodes Over Lauren Boebert's Clueless State Of The Union Tweet

      The Colorado Republican appeared to forget who was president in 2020.

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      Reuters

      Twitter access restored in Turkey after talks

      Access to Twitter was restricted on Wednesday, sparking protested by political opposition figures, academics and activists, two days after the quake hit the country and northern Syria, claiming thousands of lives. "Metrics confirm access to Twitter is being restored in Turkey following hours of filtering," NetBlocks said on its Twitter account.

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      SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink internet for drones -company president

      SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's war with Russia, SpaceX's president said Wednesday. SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C.

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      Sustainalytics downgrades three Adani companies' governance scores

      Sustainalytics downgraded corporate governance-related scores for three of India's Adani Group companies on ethics concerns, the sustainability ratings company said on Wednesday, citing questions a short-seller raised last month. The lowered scores, including for Adani Green Energy and Adani Transmission, come after a Jan. 24 report from short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged accounting fraud and stock manipulation at the sprawling Indian conglomerate, hammering the shares of its listed companies and the wealth of founder Gautam Adani. Representatives for Sustainalytics, a unit of Morningstar Inc, said its clients received research this month elaborating on the downgrades.

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      Two children killed in 'deliberate' bus crash into Quebec day care

      A bus driver rammed his vehicle into a day care center near Montreal Wednesday, killing two four-year-old children in what police believe was a deliberate act."We think that this is deliberate, but we don't know the motive," local police chief Pierre Brochet told AFP. The 51-year-old suspect, named as Pierre Ny St-Amand, seemed agitated as he appeared via video link in court later Wednesday.

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