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Day: February 8, 2025
An executive order from President Trump on Friday put the weight of U.S. influence behind a hotly disputed claim in South Africa that Afrikaners were the “victims of unjust racial discrimination.”
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Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Letitia James, and Alvin Bragg all included on list of Trump’s perceived enemies
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US News: A US judge issued an emergency order to prevent Elon Musk’s government reform team from accessing Americans’ financial data at the treasury department
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Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the actions of the Russian authorities reflect a reluctance to engage in negotiations and that they are “actively pushing for a prolonged war” in Ukraine. Furthermore, they suggest that Russia may be preparing conditions for a possible broader conflict with NATO.
Several islands and countries urged people near the coastline to move inland but authorities in some places later lifted their tsunami alerts.
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