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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154249" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" target="_blank">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a><ul>
<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"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aircraft" target="_blank">military aircraft</a> destroy a residential building outside the areas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">controlled by Israel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaytun_Quarter" target="_blank">Zaytun Quarter</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/2/7/live-irans-top-diplomat-set-to-address-al-jazeera-forum-in-doha?update=4295858" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence" target="_blank">Israeli settler violence</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are injured when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement" target="_blank">Israeli settlers</a> attack residents in the northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley" target="_blank">Jordan Valley</a>. <a href="https://aje.news/mtuer0?update=4295466" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<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/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure" target="_blank">Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_energy_crisis" target="_blank">Ukrainian energy crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> schedules emergency <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outages" target="_blank">power outages</a> across the country citing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> attacks on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_power_stations" target="_blank">thermal power stations</a>. <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/mass-attack-ukraine-emergency-power-outages/" target="_blank">(The Kyiv Independent)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordofan_Campaign_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kordofan Campaign</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone strike</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> on a vehicle carrying displaced families near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Er_Rahad" target="_blank">Er Rahad</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Kordofan" target="_blank">North Kordofan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/drone-attack-by-paramilitary-group-in-sudan-kills-24-including-8-children-doctors-group-says/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_bandit_conflict" target="_blank">Nigerian bandit conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Armed men kill three people and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_in_Nigeria" target="_blank">kidnap</a> eleven others, including a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" target="_blank">Catholic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" target="_blank">priest</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaduna_State" target="_blank">Kaduna State</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-kaduna-catholic-priest-attack-2c4459cfad4adc5b29985e0550925321" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fifteen people are killed after a bus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badakhshan_province" target="_blank">Badakhshan province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>. <a href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2591267/minibus-crash-kills-15-in-afghanistans-badakhshan-province" target="_blank">(The Express Tribune)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna_Expressway" target="_blank">Yamuna Expressway</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" target="_blank">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh/yamuna-expressway-accident-mathura-truck-bus-collision-death-toll/article70602957.ece" target="_blank">(The Hindu)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people are killed in an explosion at a factory in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanyin_County" target="_blank">Shanyin County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanxi" target="_blank">Shanxi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>. <a href="https://english.news.cn/20260207/6ace8fb57445415d9917d3658863a4d7/c.html" target="_blank">(Xinhua News Agency)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed, eight others are seriously injured, and nearly 15 are trapped, including students, when a three-story <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant" target="_blank">restaurant</a> collapses in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota%2C_Rajasthan" target="_blank">Kota</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan" target="_blank">Rajasthan</a>, India. <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/1-killed-nearly-15-feared-trapped-as-three-storey-building-collapses-in-rajasthans-kota-101770487950937.html" target="_blank">(Hindustan Times)</a> <a href="https://www.news18.com/india/at-least-2-injured-20-feared-trapped-as-restaurant-building-collapses-in-kota-ws-kl-9887462.html" target="_blank">(CNN-News18)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiing" target="_blank">skiers</a> are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche" target="_blank">avalanches</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino-Alto_Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol" target="_blank">Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardy" target="_blank">Lombardy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/avalanches-italy-kill-three-off-piste-skiers-winter-olympics-regions-2026-02-07/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<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"><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> signs an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Donald_Trump" target="_blank">executive order</a> threatening 25% <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration" target="_blank">tariffs</a> on countries doing business with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>, but does not apply them yet. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-06/trump-sets-process-for-iran-tariffs-but-does-not-apply-them" target="_blank">(Bloomberg)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing" target="_blank">mass stabbing</a> at Bashkir State Medical University in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa" target="_blank">Ufa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkortostan" target="_blank">Bashkortostan</a>, Russia. <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/several-stabbed-indian-origin-student-russia-updates/article70604838.ece" target="_blank">(The Hindu)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Police" target="_blank">Police</a> arrest a woman and seize over 10,500 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelignite" target="_blank">blasting gelatin</a> sticks, wires, and detonators are seized from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorry" target="_blank">lorry</a> carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion" target="_blank">onions</a> parked at a bricks manufacturing unit in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmad" target="_blank">Chemmad</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" target="_blank">Kerala</a>, India. <a href="https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/explosives-seized-from-onion-laden-lorry-in-kerala/3353389" target="_blank">(PTI)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Haitian crisis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_conflict" target="_blank">Haitian conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Presidential_Council" target="_blank">Transitional Presidential Council</a>'s mandate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a> expires, transferring the powers of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Haiti" target="_blank">presidency</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Haiti" target="_blank">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix_Didier_Fils-Aim%C3%A9" target="_blank">Alix Didier Fils-Aimé</a>, who had recently survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago. <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260206-violence-ridden-haiti-in-limbo-as-transitional-council-wraps-up" target="_blank">(AFP via RFI)</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/americas/haiti-crisis-leadership-gangs.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_February_7" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154249, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict']Israeli–Palestinian conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aircraft']military aircraft[/URL] destroy a residential building outside the areas [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza_Strip']controlled by Israel[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaytun_Quarter']Zaytun Quarter[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/2/7/live-irans-top-diplomat-set-to-address-al-jazeera-forum-in-doha?update=4295858'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence']Israeli settler violence[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] are injured when [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement']Israeli settlers[/URL] attack residents in the northern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley']Jordan Valley[/URL]. [URL='https://aje.news/mtuer0?update=4295466'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/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/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure']Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_energy_crisis']Ukrainian energy crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] schedules emergency [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outages']power outages[/URL] across the country citing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] attacks on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_power_stations']thermal power stations[/URL]. [URL='https://kyivindependent.com/mass-attack-ukraine-emergency-power-outages/']([I]The Kyiv Independent[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordofan_Campaign_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Kordofan Campaign[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone strike[/URL] by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] on a vehicle carrying displaced families near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Er_Rahad']Er Rahad[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Kordofan']North Kordofan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/drone-attack-by-paramilitary-group-in-sudan-kills-24-including-8-children-doctors-group-says/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_bandit_conflict']Nigerian bandit conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]Armed men kill three people and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_in_Nigeria']kidnap[/URL] eleven others, including a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church']Catholic[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church']priest[/URL], in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaduna_State']Kaduna State[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria']Nigeria[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-kaduna-catholic-priest-attack-2c4459cfad4adc5b29985e0550925321'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Fifteen people are killed after a bus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badakhshan_province']Badakhshan province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL]. [URL='https://tribune.com.pk/story/2591267/minibus-crash-kills-15-in-afghanistans-badakhshan-province']([I]The Express Tribune[/I])[/URL] [*]Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna_Expressway']Yamuna Expressway[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh']Uttar Pradesh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh/yamuna-expressway-accident-mathura-truck-bus-collision-death-toll/article70602957.ece']([I]The Hindu[/I])[/URL] [*]Five people are killed in an explosion at a factory in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanyin_County']Shanyin County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanxi']Shanxi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL]. [URL='https://english.news.cn/20260207/6ace8fb57445415d9917d3658863a4d7/c.html'](Xinhua News Agency)[/URL] [*]One person is killed, eight others are seriously injured, and nearly 15 are trapped, including students, when a three-story [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant']restaurant[/URL] collapses in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota%2C_Rajasthan']Kota[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan']Rajasthan[/URL], India. [URL='https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/1-killed-nearly-15-feared-trapped-as-three-storey-building-collapses-in-rajasthans-kota-101770487950937.html']([I]Hindustan Times[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.news18.com/india/at-least-2-injured-20-feared-trapped-as-restaurant-building-collapses-in-kota-ws-kl-9887462.html'](CNN-News18)[/URL] [*]Three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiing']skiers[/URL] are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche']avalanches[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino-Alto_Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol']Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardy']Lombardy[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/avalanches-italy-kill-three-off-piste-skiers-winter-olympics-regions-2026-02-07/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [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] [*][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] signs an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Donald_Trump']executive order[/URL] threatening 25% [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration']tariffs[/URL] on countries doing business with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL], but does not apply them yet. [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-06/trump-sets-process-for-iran-tariffs-but-does-not-apply-them']([I]Bloomberg[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing']mass stabbing[/URL] at Bashkir State Medical University in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa']Ufa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkortostan']Bashkortostan[/URL], Russia. [URL='https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/several-stabbed-indian-origin-student-russia-updates/article70604838.ece']([I]The Hindu[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Police']Police[/URL] arrest a woman and seize over 10,500 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelignite']blasting gelatin[/URL] sticks, wires, and detonators are seized from a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorry']lorry[/URL] carrying [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion']onions[/URL] parked at a bricks manufacturing unit in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmad']Chemmad[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala']Kerala[/URL], India. [URL='https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/explosives-seized-from-onion-laden-lorry-in-kerala/3353389'](PTI)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018%E2%80%93present%29']Haitian crisis[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_conflict']Haitian conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Presidential_Council']Transitional Presidential Council[/URL]'s mandate in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti']Haiti[/URL] expires, transferring the powers of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Haiti']presidency[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Haiti']Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix_Didier_Fils-Aim%C3%A9']Alix Didier Fils-Aimé[/URL], who had recently survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago. [URL='https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260206-violence-ridden-haiti-in-limbo-as-transitional-council-wraps-up'](AFP via RFI)[/URL] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/americas/haiti-crisis-leadership-gangs.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_February_7"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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