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February 7, 2019
(
2019-02-07
)
(Thursday)
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Business and economy
Amazon
CEO
Jeff Bezos
publishes an online essay accusing
American Media, Inc.
owner
David Pecker
of "extortion and blackmail."
(
The New York Times
)
Disasters and accidents
Six people are killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in
Middelburg
,
South Africa
.
(BBC News)
2019 Piper PA-46 Malibu crash
The lone body found in the Piper PA-46 Malibu that disappeared two weeks ago is confirmed to be that of missing footballer
Emiliano Sala
. The pilot remains missing, presumed dead.
(
Mirror
)
Politics and elections
France–Italy relations
France
withdraws its ambassador to
Italy
, for the first time since the
Second World War
, amid an ongoing verbal row and
Deputy Prime Minister
Luigi Di Maio
’s decision to meet with members of the French
yellow vest movement
.
(Reuters)
Me Too movement
/
2019 Virginia political crisis
Californian professor Vanessa Tyson accuses
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Justin Fairfax
of having sexually assaulted her in 2004.
(CNBC)
Science and research
NASA
scientists report the
MarCO
satellites, two
CubeSats
in
deep space
, have lost contact with Planet Earth.
(CNN)
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