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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154248" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russo-Ukrainian war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The deputy head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_%28Russian_Federation%29" target="_blank">Russian military intelligence</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_general" target="_blank">lieutenant general</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Alekseyev_%28general%29" target="_blank">Vladimir Alekseyev</a>, is shot and critically injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" target="_blank">Moscow</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3686nzexp3o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamabad_suicide_bombing" target="_blank">2026 Islamabad suicide bombing</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 31 people are killed and over 100 others are wounded in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing" target="_blank">suicide bombing</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia" target="_blank">Shia</a> mosque in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad" target="_blank">Islamabad</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/explosion-rocks-mosque-in-pakistans-islamabad" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrike</a> hits a building in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City" target="_blank">Gaza City</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/webtv/media/2026/02/06/israeli-airstrike-hits-gaza-city-building" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya English)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_%282017%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Iraqi insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force" target="_blank">Iraqi Air Force</a> carries out strikes on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State" target="_blank">ISIS</a> hideouts near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatra" target="_blank">Hatra</a> in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh_Governorate" target="_blank">Nineveh Governorate</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" target="_blank">Iraq</a>, using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" target="_blank">F-16</a> fighter jets, killing four militants. <a href="https://shafaq.com/en/Security/Iraq-s-JOC-strikes-ISIS-hideouts-in-Nineveh" target="_blank">(Shafaqna)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The wreckage of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_110_Bandeirante" target="_blank">Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante</a> operating a cargo flight for Agape Flights that went missing yesterday is found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie" target="_blank">Jérémie</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%27Anse_%28department%29" target="_blank">Grand'Anse</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a>. Both pilots were killed. <a href="https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-embraer-emb-110p1-bandeirante-near-jeremie-2-killed" target="_blank">(BAAA-ACRO)</a> <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article314600539.html" target="_blank">(Miami Herald)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis" target="_blank">Greenland crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Denmark_relations" target="_blank">Canada–Denmark relations</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93France_relations" target="_blank">Denmark–France relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The governments of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a> announce they will open new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consulate" target="_blank">consulates</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuuk" target="_blank">Nuuk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland" target="_blank">Greenland</a>, to reinforce support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" target="_blank">Denmark</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>'s threats to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation" target="_blank">annex</a> the territory. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/greenland-canada-france-open-consulates-nuuk/a-75848127" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Iran–United States relations</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_against_Iran" target="_blank">International sanctions against Iran</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Department_of_State" target="_blank">Department of State</a> issues sanctions on 14 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker" target="_blank">oil tankers</a> that are used to transport <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil" target="_blank">oil</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>. <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/us-announces-new-iran-oil-sanctions-moments-after-talks" target="_blank">(The New Arab)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_North_Korea" target="_blank">Capital punishment in North Korea</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International" target="_blank">Amnesty International</a> reveals that people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" target="_blank">North Korea</a>, including schoolchildren, are being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment" target="_blank">executed</a> for watching <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korean</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix" target="_blank">Netflix</a> series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game" target="_blank">Squid Game</a> and listening to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop" target="_blank">K-pop</a>. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/north-korea-executes-schoolchildren-for-watching-squid-game-13504047" target="_blank">(Sky News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_North_Macedonia" target="_blank">Cannabis in North Macedonia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Macedonia" target="_blank">North Macedonian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_of_North_Macedonia" target="_blank">police</a> seize 28 tonnes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29" target="_blank">cannabis</a>, the largest such haul in the country, from former industrial sites in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje" target="_blank">Skopje</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strumica" target="_blank">Strumica</a>, link the operation to a recent five-tonne seizure in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia" target="_blank">Serbia</a>, and state that the material originated from licensed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis" target="_blank">medicinal-growing</a> facilities but was diverted for unauthorized use. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/north-macedonia-police-make-biggest-ever-cannabis-seizure-mrt-tv-reports-2026-02-06/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_and_Baby_Home%23Deaths_and_misconduct_in_homes_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" target="_blank">Deaths and misconduct in Mother and Baby homes in the Republic of Ireland</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A further 22 sets of infant remains have been recovered from the former site of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home" target="_blank">Tuam Mother and Baby home</a>, bringing the total to 33 sets of remains. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0206/1557100-tuam-excavation/" target="_blank">(RTÉ)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime_in_France" target="_blank">Organized crime in France</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least six people, including a child, are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade" target="_blank">grenade</a> attack at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_salon" target="_blank">beauty salon</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble" target="_blank">Grenoble</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" target="_blank">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a>. <a href="https://english.news.cn/europe/20260206/f15c23be0fbd4a8b8f5afcc9d1ea76b0/c.html" target="_blank">(Xinhua News Agency)</a> <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/isere-une-explosion-apres-un-jet-dobjet-dans-un-institut-de-beaute-fait-plusieurs-blesses-a-grenoble-06-02-2026-6O4LQ3L5RVDBFPVD45WSI76LVU.php" target="_blank">(Le Parisien in French)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_serial_murders" target="_blank">Ipswich serial murders</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank">English</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer" target="_blank">serial killer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wright_%28serial_killer%29" target="_blank">Steven Wright</a>, who killed five women in 2006, receives another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_sentence" target="_blank">life sentence</a> after he admitted to murdering a 17-year-old girl in 1999. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/british-serial-killer-suffolk-strangler-gets-another-life-sentence-for-1999-murder/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schellenberg_smuggling_incident" target="_blank">Schellenberg smuggling incident</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a> overturns the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment" target="_blank">death sentence</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canadian</a> citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was detained on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug" target="_blank">drug</a> charges in 2014. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/china-overturns-death-sentence-for-canadian-in-drug-case/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok%23Controversies" target="_blank">TikTok controversies</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission" target="_blank">European Commission</a>, in a preliminary statement regarding their ongoing investigation into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, finds evidence of &quot;addictive design&quot; in its app, which could affect children and vulnerable adults, in possible violation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act" target="_blank">Digital Services Act</a>. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0206/1557089-tiktok-addictiveness/" target="_blank">(RTÉ)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_China" target="_blank">Corruption in China</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former vice president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_China" target="_blank">Bank of China</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Jingzhen" target="_blank">Lin Jingzhen</a> is expelled from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" target="_blank">Chinese Communist Party</a> following an investigation by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection" target="_blank">Central Commission for Discipline Inspection</a> that found &quot;serious violations of discipline and laws&quot;. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/former-bank-china-vice-president-lin-jingzhen-expelled-communist-party-xinhua-2026-02-06/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics" target="_blank">2026 Winter Olympics</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony" target="_blank">opening ceremony</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympics" target="_blank">Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" target="_blank">Milan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a> is held. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/live-blog/winter-olympics-2026-opening-ceremony-milan-live-updates-rcna257178" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_February_6" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154248, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russo-Ukrainian war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The deputy head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_%28Russian_Federation%29']Russian military intelligence[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_general']lieutenant general[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Alekseyev_%28general%29']Vladimir Alekseyev[/URL], is shot and critically injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow']Moscow[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3686nzexp3o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamabad_suicide_bombing']2026 Islamabad suicide bombing[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 31 people are killed and over 100 others are wounded in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing']suicide bombing[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia']Shia[/URL] mosque in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad']Islamabad[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/explosion-rocks-mosque-in-pakistans-islamabad'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*]An [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrike[/URL] hits a building in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City']Gaza City[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine']Palestine[/URL]. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/webtv/media/2026/02/06/israeli-airstrike-hits-gaza-city-building'](Al Arabiya English)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_%282017%E2%80%93present%29']Iraqi insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force']Iraqi Air Force[/URL] carries out strikes on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State']ISIS[/URL] hideouts near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatra']Hatra[/URL] in northern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh_Governorate']Nineveh Governorate[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq']Iraq[/URL], using [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon']F-16[/URL] fighter jets, killing four militants. [URL='https://shafaq.com/en/Security/Iraq-s-JOC-strikes-ISIS-hideouts-in-Nineveh'](Shafaqna)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]The wreckage of an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_110_Bandeirante']Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante[/URL] operating a cargo flight for Agape Flights that went missing yesterday is found in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie']Jérémie[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%27Anse_%28department%29']Grand'Anse[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti']Haiti[/URL]. Both pilots were killed. [URL='https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-embraer-emb-110p1-bandeirante-near-jeremie-2-killed'](BAAA-ACRO)[/URL] [URL='https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article314600539.html']([I]Miami Herald[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis']Greenland crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Denmark_relations']Canada–Denmark relations[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93France_relations']Denmark–France relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The governments of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canada[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL] announce they will open new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consulate']consulates[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuuk']Nuuk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland']Greenland[/URL], to reinforce support for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark']Denmark[/URL] against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL]'s threats to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation']annex[/URL] the territory. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/greenland-canada-france-open-consulates-nuuk/a-75848127'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Iran–United States relations[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_against_Iran']International sanctions against Iran[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Department_of_State']Department of State[/URL] issues sanctions on 14 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker']oil tankers[/URL] that are used to transport [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil']oil[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL]. [URL='https://www.newarab.com/news/us-announces-new-iran-oil-sanctions-moments-after-talks']([I]The New Arab[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_North_Korea']Capital punishment in North Korea[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International']Amnesty International[/URL] reveals that people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea']North Korea[/URL], including schoolchildren, are being [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment']executed[/URL] for watching [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korean[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix']Netflix[/URL] series [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game']Squid Game[/URL] and listening to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop']K-pop[/URL]. [URL='https://news.sky.com/story/north-korea-executes-schoolchildren-for-watching-squid-game-13504047'](Sky News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_North_Macedonia']Cannabis in North Macedonia[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Macedonia']North Macedonian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_of_North_Macedonia']police[/URL] seize 28 tonnes of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29']cannabis[/URL], the largest such haul in the country, from former industrial sites in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje']Skopje[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strumica']Strumica[/URL], link the operation to a recent five-tonne seizure in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia']Serbia[/URL], and state that the material originated from licensed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis']medicinal-growing[/URL] facilities but was diverted for unauthorized use. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/north-macedonia-police-make-biggest-ever-cannabis-seizure-mrt-tv-reports-2026-02-06/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_and_Baby_Home%23Deaths_and_misconduct_in_homes_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland']Deaths and misconduct in Mother and Baby homes in the Republic of Ireland[/URL] [LIST] [*]A further 22 sets of infant remains have been recovered from the former site of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home']Tuam Mother and Baby home[/URL], bringing the total to 33 sets of remains. [URL='https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0206/1557100-tuam-excavation/'](RTÉ)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime_in_France']Organized crime in France[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least six people, including a child, are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade']grenade[/URL] attack at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_salon']beauty salon[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble']Grenoble[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes']Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL]. [URL='https://english.news.cn/europe/20260206/f15c23be0fbd4a8b8f5afcc9d1ea76b0/c.html'](Xinhua News Agency)[/URL] [URL='https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/isere-une-explosion-apres-un-jet-dobjet-dans-un-institut-de-beaute-fait-plusieurs-blesses-a-grenoble-06-02-2026-6O4LQ3L5RVDBFPVD45WSI76LVU.php']([I]Le Parisien[/I] in French)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_serial_murders']Ipswich serial murders[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England']English[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer']serial killer[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wright_%28serial_killer%29']Steven Wright[/URL], who killed five women in 2006, receives another [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_sentence']life sentence[/URL] after he admitted to murdering a 17-year-old girl in 1999. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/british-serial-killer-suffolk-strangler-gets-another-life-sentence-for-1999-murder/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schellenberg_smuggling_incident']Schellenberg smuggling incident[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL] overturns the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment']death sentence[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canadian[/URL] citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was detained on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug']drug[/URL] charges in 2014. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/china-overturns-death-sentence-for-canadian-in-drug-case/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok%23Controversies']TikTok controversies[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission']European Commission[/URL], in a preliminary statement regarding their ongoing investigation into [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok']TikTok[/URL], finds evidence of "addictive design" in its app, which could affect children and vulnerable adults, in possible violation of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act']Digital Services Act[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0206/1557089-tiktok-addictiveness/'](RTÉ)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_China']Corruption in China[/URL] [LIST] [*]Former vice president of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_China']Bank of China[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Jingzhen']Lin Jingzhen[/URL] is expelled from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party']Chinese Communist Party[/URL] following an investigation by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection']Central Commission for Discipline Inspection[/URL] that found "serious violations of discipline and laws". [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/china/former-bank-china-vice-president-lin-jingzhen-expelled-communist-party-xinhua-2026-02-06/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics']2026 Winter Olympics[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony']opening ceremony[/URL] for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympics']Winter Olympics[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan']Milan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL] is held. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/live-blog/winter-olympics-2026-opening-ceremony-milan-live-updates-rcna257178'](NBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_February_6"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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