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“Erdoğan responsible for this,” says opposition leader, as the President faces burgeoning criticism over earthquake response

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2023

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's first visit to the affected area came as the outrage intensified because of the tight election that will take place in three months.

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‘US Navy divers blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea’: Pulitzer winner investigative journalist says in explosive story

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2023

Hersh, now 85 years old, had won the Pulitzer Prize, considered the highest award in investigative journalism, for exposing the US military's brutal Mai Lai massacre in Vietnam.

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Censoring Covid opinions, suppressing Hunter Biden story, allowing child porn: Ex Twitter execs including Yoel Roth, Vijaya Gadde grilled by US Committee

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2023

Twitter Former deputy counsel James Baker, former Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth and former chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde were grilled

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“Please send relief staff only”: Massive insult for Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif as earthquake-hit Turkey refuses to host him

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2023

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif postponed his planned Turkey visit as the earthquake-hit country refuses to host him amid countrywide relief operations

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Chinese spy balloons have targeted India and other countries as well: WaPo report

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2023

This comes after the US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet on Saturday, February 4 ,shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon.

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Joe Biden’s wife kisses Kamala Harris’ husband on the lips ahead of State of the Union address, image viral

ANI - 8 February, 2023

On Tuesday night at the national Capitol, President Biden delivered his second State of the Union address, the first after he lost the majority in the US House of Representatives.

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Author Salman Rushdie shares his picture after recovering from a brutal stabbing attack in New York by an Islamist Jihadi

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2023

Salman Rushdie had suffered severe knife injuries during the attack in New York last year. He has lost one eye and has taken months to recover from multiple nerve and muscle injuries.

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