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February 10, 2026

By José Luis Granados Ceja

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to impose an oil blockade on Cuba, declaring the government led by Miguel Díaz-Canel an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security and announcing, on January 29, punishing tariffs on any country that provides oil to Cuba.

Washington’s effort to forcibly compel other countries to join its internationally condemned blockade threatens to further squeeze a population that is already experiencing enormous strain due to U.S. sanctions.

Cuban officials announced Friday a nationwide and far-reaching energy-saving plan that prioritizes fuel and electricity for essential and life-saving services. The measures also expand solar power deployment, sharply reduce transport services, and cut down operating hours for schools, universities, and workplaces. The aim is to protect health care, food and water supply, and social services amid an acute energy shortage caused by the U.S. blockade.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the CEO of the mega trade and logistics company DP World, has resigned from his position after he was named in documents of Jeffrey Epstein, who referred to the Dubai businessman as a “close personal friend.”

The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.

This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. These analyses have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.

Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. It is not found naturally in Russia.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43166102

Similar Student Protests Spread in Dozens of U.S. Cities on February 6

February 9, 2026

On Friday, February 6, 2026, students at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas, walked out as part of a coordinated regional effort involving several area schools, including Cypress Falls and Conroe High Schools, to protest operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid fears that its agents will be allowed onto school property to detain students and their families.

The Houston Chronicle article reproduced below on the Bellaire walkout conveys important developments in the fight to oppose deportations across the United States.

The widespread high-school student walkouts on January 30 are now being followed by new and similar grassroots initiatives at schools around the country.

Organized locally, these protests show that high school students are not waiting for others to prompt them into action. They’re taking initiatives that can help build a nationwide movement to oppose the anti-immigrant crackdown.

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In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, dating apps typically see a spike in new users and activity. More profiles are created, more messages sent, more swipes logged.

Dating platforms market themselves as modern technological solutions to loneliness, right at your fingertips. And yet, for many people, the day meant to celebrate romantic connection feels lonelier than ever.

This, rather than a personal failure or the reality of modern romance, is the outcome of how dating apps are designed and of the economic logic that governs them.

These digital tools aren’t simply interfaces that facilitate connection. The ease and expansiveness of online dating have commodified social bonds, eroded meaningful interactions and created a type of dating throw-away culture, encouraging a sense of disposability and distorting decision-making.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) said this week that not a single one of the 51 US university campuses it investigated since 2024 is "unhostile" to Muslim students, as well as those protesting or speaking out in favour of the Palestinian cause.

The 51 universities were chosen because civil rights concerns were raised about them, Cair said.

The organisation's dedicated website, which monitors anti-Muslim acts, includes a section where members of the public can report hostile acts by academic institutions.

Twelve of the 51 universities had embraced the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism, which conflates anti-Israeli criticism with antisemitism, Cair said.

They are Harvard University; Yale University; Columbia University; City University of New York; Northwestern University; New York University; George Mason University; Case Western Reserve University; Ohio State University; Colorado State University; Pomona College; and Wayne State University.

Initial operations at H-ACE Europe will focus on the local production of the K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer and K10 Ammunition Resupply Vehicle.

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In July 2019, Worden alleged that her estranged spouse, astronaut Anne McClain, had guessed her password and illegally accessed her bank account while deployed to the International Space Station.

The Department of Homeland Security is pushing Silicon Valley to strip anonymity from Americans who track or criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency has fired off hundreds of subpoenas demanding names, email addresses, and phone numbers tied to anti-ICE social media accounts, the New York Times reported Friday.

Unlike traditional warrants, administrative subpoenas do not require approval from a judge before they are issued. Instead of seeking court authorization first, DHS can sign and send the demands directly to tech companies—a power civil liberties advocates say is now being deployed far more aggressively.

Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord received subpoenas targeting anonymous accounts that posted about ICE activity, the Times reported.

Archive report: https://archive.is/QW78b#selection-723.0-731.17