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BBC editor received payment to help Somali criminals, including a gang rapist, to fight deportation from the UK: Report

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2024

The African Editor of BBC World Service, Mary Harper was hired as an expert witness to help Somalian criminals.

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Pakistan gears up for its next general elections even as the main opposition leader Imran Khan rots in jail

Paurush Gupta - 6 February, 2024

While the election outcome is considered pre-determined in favour of the Army’s pick, the 71-year-old PTI leader Imran Khan has been campaigning from behind the bars by using chatbots, AI, and social media

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US President Joe Biden says he recently met French President Mitterrand who has been dead since 1996, raises further questions on Biden’s mental health

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2024

It appears as if Joe Biden confused incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron, whom he met during the G7 summit of 2021, with deceased President Francois Mitterrand.

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Pakistan: 10 policemen killed, 6 injured after police station attacked in Dera Ismail Khan

ANI - 5 February, 2024

The police retaliated but the terrorists escaped in the darkness of the night, the law enforcement agency added.

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Hong Kong: Multinational company loses $25 million after finance worker gets scammed with deep fake video call featuring CFO and staff

ANI - 5 February, 2024

However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like his colleagues, Chan said.

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Death toll in Chile wildfires rises to 99, emergency declared

ANI - 5 February, 2024

Valeria Melipillan, the mayor of Quilpue, said that the fire was "probably the largest ever" in the area and that around 1,400 homes had been damaged

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Pakistan: Probe launched against former PM Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan over alleged “anti-state” speech

ANI - 4 February, 2024

Aleema Khan, sister of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, has been summoned by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on charges of “anti-state” speech

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Amid strained India-Canada diplomatic ties, Canadian intelligence report claims India is a ‘foreign interference threat’

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2024

The report mainly highlighted China's role in interfering with Canada's general elections and has around three pages on India. The report was published in February 2023 and has been declassified recently.

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