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Latest news ± Caloundra through to next round of 2026 Australia Cup preliminaries Poets gather for reading at Ray's Pizza in New York City Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago exhibition opens in Berlin, Germany "Media and Tenkil" exhibit opens in Hanau, Germany White House deletes Truth Social post portraying Obamas as apes Bruce Gallanter interviews Elliott Sharp, Joe Fonda at Downtown Music Gallery event Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father Grateful Dead bassist Bob Weir dies, aged 78 Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record Homeland Security says Minneapolis woman shot by ICE officer dies "I came to be the manager ... not the coach": Manchester United fire head coach Ruben Amorim Kyiv street to be named for former Ukrainian parliament chairman Andriy Parubiy, killed in Lviv United States capture Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro Residents shelter in place for hours after gas leak outside of Los Angeles Keyboardist-guitarist of English rock band The Cure dies aged 65 Opposition leader Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years Knife and chemical attack at a factory in Japan United States, Florida: A man fatally stabs a Barnes & Noble bookstore shopper, claims 'no cause' to police Mexican Navy medical plane with children transported for Michou and Mau Foundation crashes off Texas coast Protests erupt in New Delhi, envoy summoned following lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh United States, Maryland: Baltimore Police Department detective hospitalized Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center House fire triggers explosion in Salisbury, North Carolina Resident doctors in England begin five-day strike during flu surge NBI seeks Interpol Red Notice for former lawmaker Zaldy Co » Older news Poets gather for reading at Ray's Pizza in New York City On Sunday, February 1, at 6 PM, in New York City, poets gathered for a poetry reading at Ray’s Pizza and Bagels, at an event hosted by Other Rooms Press. The event also featured an open mic. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more... Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago exhibition opens in Berlin, Germany On February 6, 2026, the "Gebaute Gemeinschaft - Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and Life 12,000 Years Ago" exhibition opened at Berlin's James-Simon-Galerie. Scheduled to be running until July 19, 2026, the show featured 93 archaeological artifacts brought from Turkey from Göbeklitepe and the Taş Tepeler region. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more... "Media and Tenkil" exhibit opens in Hanau, Germany On February 7, 2026, the Tenkil Museum—a German civil society initiative documenting post-2016 human rights abuses in Turkey—opened its latest traveling exhibition "The Tenkil Catastrophe: Confronting and Healing" in Hanau, Germany, attracting thousands of visitors. Held at Schloßplatz 1, the event introduced the "Media & Tenkil" section for the first time, spotlighting media's role in the systematic oppression known as "tenkil" (exclusion, expulsion, and eradication). [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more... White House deletes Truth Social post portraying Obamas as apes The White House has deleted a post on Donald Trump's social media account containing a video portraying former United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama as apes. The video triggered a backlash from American politicians, including from Trump's own Republican Party. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more... Africa • Asia • South / Central / North America • Europe • Middle East • Oceania • Antarctica Crime and law • Culture and entertainment • Disasters and accidents • Economy and business • Education • EnvironmentHealth • Obituaries • Politics and conflicts • Science and technology • Sports • Wackynews • Weather Write an article!± Wikinews needs you! 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