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Tornado in China's Guangzhou kills five and injures 33 (www.reuters.com)

Columbia leadership rebuked by faculty panel for police crackdown on protesters (www.reuters.com)

Columbia University’s embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a campus oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at the Ivy League school....

Report: Staffer of Germany's AfD arrested over China espionage suspicions (www.reuters.com)

German police have arrested an employee of an Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician in the eastern German city of Dresden on suspicion of espionage for China, broadcasters ARD, RBB and SWR reported on Tuesday....

Exclusive: China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show (www.reuters.com)

Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence chips through resellers, despite the U.S. widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology to China....

US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar technology, sources say (www.reuters.com)

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Chinese rocket maker Space Epoch is working with Alibaba's online shopping platform Taobao to make reusable rockets for express deliveries that could arrive globally in an hour. (www.reuters.com)

China's top coal province Shanxi to cut output for first time in seven years (www.reuters.com)

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Malaysia mini-mart outlets attacked after 'Allah socks' outcry (www.reuters.com)

High Court orders temporary suspension of Telegram's services in Spain (www.reuters.com)

Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to list of extremist and terrorist organisations (www.reuters.com)

'I forced her to go to school', Nigerian mother cries after mass school abduction (www.reuters.com)

More Chinese women choosing singledom as economy stutters (www.reuters.com)

China drops 'peaceful reunification' reference to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)

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With Labour in his sights, left-winger Galloway wins in English town (www.reuters.com)

Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway won a vote to become the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side for the opposition Labour Party before a national election it is tipped to win....

More than half the world faces high measles risk, WHO says (www.reuters.com)

More than half the world’s countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday....

US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war, blocks ceasefire call (www.reuters.com)

Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, dies in Arctic jail (www.reuters.com)

Israel frees two hostages, Gaza officials say airstrikes kill 67 (www.reuters.com)

DOHA/JERUSALEM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Israel freed two Israeli-Argentinian hostages in Rafah on Monday under the cover of airstrikes which local health officials said killed 67 Palestinians and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city that is the last refuge of about a million displaced civilians.

Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuit (www.reuters.com)

Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuit::Tesla has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 25 California counties earlier this week accusing the electric vehicle maker of mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities across the state.

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