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Police cracked down in Myanmar in a bid to prevent opponents after U.N. envoy urged the United Nations for help

Source country TheFrontierPost-en Saturday, February 27, 2021 1:33:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Moe Tun[3]; Min Aung Hlaing[1]; Tom Andrews[1]; Aung San Suu Kyi[6]; Kyaw Moe[3]; Mya Mya[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Communicable Disease; Coronavirus Infection;

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Tom Andrews said: “It’s time for the world to answer that courageous call with action,”

Monitoring Desk. (Reuters) – Police cracked down in Myanmar on Saturday in a bid to prevent opponents of military rule gathering, detaining dozens after the country’s U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a Feb. 1 coup....

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Scottish Labour: Anas Sarwar becomes new leader - 10 weeks before Holyrood elections

Scottish Labour elects Anas Sarwar as new leader

Source country themalaymailonline Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:02:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Boris Johnson[1]; Nicola Sturgeon[1]; Alex Salmond[1]; Anas Sarwar[3]; Richard Leonard[1];

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Anas Sarwar said: “I want to say directly to the people of Scotland - I know Labour has a lot of work to do to win back your trust because if we’re brutally honest you haven’t had the Scottish Labour party you deserve,”

Anas Sarwar, the new leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, arriving at Scotland’s Parliament in Edinburgh, Britain, September 5, 2017. — Reuters pic. Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. LONDON, Feb 27 — Scottish Labour named Anas Sarwar as their new.......

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Captain Sir Tom Moore’s spirit lives on, family tells funeral service

Queen pays tribute to Captain Tom as hero given flypast in spectacular send-off

Source country dailystar Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:00:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Walk Alone[1]; Captain Tom[1]; David Pearson[1]; Ben Wallace[1]; Sir Tom[11]; Michael Buble[1]; Tom Moore[2]; Hannah Ingram-Moore[1]; Michael Ball[1]; Lucy Teixeira[2];

Other categories: Communicable Disease; Coronavirus Infection;

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Ben Wallace said: "In national emergencies ordinary people do extraordinary things and inspire us all to pull together to overcome adversity. "

The Queen has paid tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore as the NHS hero was laid to rest today. The deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, David Pearson, laid a wreath in Keighley - Sir Tom's birthplace - on behalf of the monarch. It featured 200 white roses, the symbol of Yorkshire, around a picture.......

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School children abducted in Nigeria's Niger state released, governor says

Kidnappers release Nigerian schoolboys as search for 300 abducted girls continue

Source country themalaymailonline Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:02:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Abubakar Sani Bello[1]; Muhammadu Buhari[1];

Other categories: Coronavirus Infection; Workgroup in Gazzada; Terrorist Attack;

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Abubakar Sani Bello said: “The Abducted Students, Staff and Relatives of Government Science Collage Kagara have regained their freedom and have been received by the Niger State Government,”

A classroom furniture is seen arranged inside the hall at the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger state, Nigeria February 18, 2021. — Reuters pic. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 27 — Gunmen in Nigeria today released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern.......

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'Won't shut up': LeBron James rejects Zlatan Ibrahimovic's criticism of activist athletes

LeBron James responds to Zlatan Ibrahimovic on politics

Source country newsnow-co-uk Saturday, February 27, 2021 1:36:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Laura Ingraham[1]; Lebron James[4]; Zlatan Ibrahimović[2];

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Zlatan Ibrahimović said (about Lebron James) : "I like him [James] a lot. He's phenomenal at what he's doing. But, I don't like when people with some kind of status, they go and do politics at the same time,"

Lebron James said: "I believe in 2018 he was the same guy who said when he was back in Sweden, he was talking about the same things because his last name wasn't a certain last name, he felt like there was racism going on when he was out on the pitch,"

ANKARA American basketball superstar LeBron James slammed Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic for criticizing him over his political activism. "I like him [James] a lot. He's phenomenal at what he's doing. But, I don't like when people with some kind of status, they go and do politics at the.......

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Lady Gaga recovers her stolen bulldogs – Voice of America

Photos Lady Gaga’s dogs are safe after kidnapping and dogwalker shooting Showbizz Daily

Source country msn-uk Saturday, February 27, 2021 1:42:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Lada Gaga[4]; Michael Polansky[1]; Ryan Fischer[1];

Other categories: Coronavirus Infection;

Lady Gaga’s dogs have returned safely from the violent kidnapping they endured on Wednesday evening. CNN reports that the entertainer’s French bulldogs were brought unharmed to a downtown Los Angeles police station. This is the end of a story of which we have images of the abduction and a host of eye-catching details....

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House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote

House passes $ 1.9 billion pandemic bill in vote near party line – Fox 59

Source country oltnews Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:01:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Ron Wyden[1]; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[1]; Richard Neal[1]; Jared Golden[1]; Bernie Sanders[1]; Kevin McCarthy[1]; Maxine Waters[1]; Elizabeth MacDonough[1]; Nancy Pelosi[1]; Joe Biden[1]; Kurt Schrader[1]; Charles Schumer[1];

Other categories: Competition (general); Communicable Disease; Coronavirus Infection; Public Health (general);

WASHINGTON (AP) – The House approved a $ 1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early on Saturday in a victory for President Joe Biden, even as Main Democrats tried to assure restless progressives that ‘they would revive their derailed desire to raise the minimum wage....

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Auckland to return to lockdown after new local Covid-19 case

New Zealand’s largest city Auckland back to lockdown after Covid-19 case

Source country themalaymailonline Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:02:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Jacinda Ardern[1];

Other categories: Communicable Disease; Coronavirus Infection; Public Health (general);

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Jacinda Ardern said: “Based on this, we are in the unfortunate but necessary position to protect Aucklanders again,”

WELLINGTON, Feb 27 — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today that the country’s biggest city, Auckland, will go into a seven-day lockdown from early morning tomorrow after a new local case of the coronavirus of unknown origin emerged. This comes two weeks after Auckland’s nearly 2.......

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Official: 42 abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed

Official: 42 abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed

Source country thehimalayantimes Saturday, February 27, 2021 11:37:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Muhammadu Buhari[1]; Mary Noel Berje[1];

Other categories: Workgroup in Gazzada; Terrorist Attack;

The chief press secretary for the Niger state governor, Mary Noel-Berje, told The Associated Press on Saturday that those released have arrived in the state capital, Minna. "We have received them," she said. The students, teachers and family members were abducted by gunmen from the Government Science College Kagara....

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