World News: 14 February 2023

Crisis profiteers, scammers turn Turkey-Syria earthquake to a money-swindling opportunity
While most scammers use phishing links or separate domains to make the ploy work in ordinary circumstances, the current batch is using legit links to trustworthy payment platforms to make their trick look convincing.
Other scams include getting donations in crypto wallets which may never reach the ground. On TikTok, the content creators are receiving digital gifts by live streaming the recordings of TV shows chronicling the destruction trail of the earthquake.

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UEFA responsible for chaos before Liverpool v Real Madrid at Stade de France
The investigation looked into interviews and testimonies of numerous witnesses and key stakeholders, including fans of the participating teams.
Football fans were tear gassed by police entering the stadium, and were penned in, with a “clear and immediate danger of a fatal crush”.

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Sara Khadem: Top Iran chess player exiled for refusing headscarf
Women in Iran are required to wear headscarves in public, even when abroad. But a few are choosing not to, in support of the women and girls spearheading the protests inside the country, following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September. One of them, the climber Elnaz Rekabi, was forced to recant and it is unclear what her situation is, now that she is back in Iran.

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New Zealand declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle wreaks havoc
As of Tuesday afternoon, around 2500 people have been displaced by the storm, although Hipkins said conditions are expected to ease overnight and on Wednesday.
Hipkins' address came after a national state of emergency was declared in New Zealand by Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty, just the third time a NZ government has declared a national state of emergency.

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David Guetta says the future of music is in AI
In a video he posted last week, Guetta said he created the Eminem-style vocal "as a joke" but "it worked so good, I could not believe it".
He told the BBC he posted it "because I just wanted to open the discussion and bring awareness".

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Climate targets 'may mean higher taxes'
The UK has made good progress towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 but getting there may need higher taxes.
The UK is also being urged to follow the US in stimulating green technology by a former boss of oil giant BP.
But the government said the UK is "leading the way" on climate change.

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