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Bill Clinton denies wrongdoing astatine grilling connected Epstein ties
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton denied wrongdoing connected Friday (February 27, 2026) to a legislature panel probing his links to Jeffrey Epstein, arsenic Democrats question to displacement absorption onto U.S. President Donald Trump’s ain ties to the notorious enactment offender. Mr. Clinton features prominently passim the Epstein files, but helium insists that helium broke ties good earlier the disgraced billionaire’s 2008 condemnation for enactment offences. “I saw nothing, and I did thing wrong,” Mr. Clinton said successful his opening statement, shared connected societal media.
U.S. says it supports Pakistan’s ‘right to support itself’ against Afghan Taliban
The United States said connected Friday (February 27, 2026) it supported Pakistan’s “right to support itself” against attacks from Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers aft Islamabad said earlier in the time that the neighbouring countries were successful “open war.” Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers had said connected Friday they were consenting to negociate aft Pakistan bombed their forces successful large cities. “The United States supports Pakistan’s close to support itself against attacks from the Taliban, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group,” a State Department spokesperson said successful an emailed statement.
Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran atomic talks but awaits further rounds
U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (February 27, 2026) he’s “not happy” with Iran talks truthful far, but that he’ll hold to spot what happens successful further rounds of negotiations with the West Asian state implicit its atomic program. “I’m not blessed with the information that they’re not consenting to springiness america what we person to have. I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll spot what happens. We’re talking later,” Mr. Trump told reporters arsenic helium near the White House connected Friday. “We’re not precisely blessed with the mode they’re negotiating. They cannot person atomic weapons,” Mr. Trump said.
PM Modi to motorboat nationwide HPV vaccination thrust connected February 28
Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition motorboat a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on Saturday (February 28, 2026) from Ajmer. The run aims to support 14-year-old girls crossed the state from cervical cancer, a illness that remains a important wellness interest successful India. All States and Union Territories volition virtually articulation the programme that volition commencement astatine 11.30 a.m., the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
Never claimed I was sick portion resigning, says erstwhile V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar
Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said helium had ne'er claimed that helium was sick portion resigning from his post. “I lone said I was giving precedence to my health, which everyone should do,” helium said astatine Sadulpur successful Rajasthan’s Churu territory connected Thursday (February 26, 2026). Mr. Dhankhar made the remarks astatine a tiny gathering astatine the residence of Congress MP Rahul Kaswan. He had visited the municipality to enquire astir the wellness of Mr. Kaswan’s begetter and erstwhile Churu MP Ram Singh Kaswan.
Return Social Science textbook, delete online posts, NCERT tells public
A time aft the Supreme Court banned a Social Science textbook implicit a conception connected “corruption” successful the judiciary, the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) connected Friday (February 27, 2026) asked radical to instrumentality the publication and instrumentality down related societal media posts. The NCERT reiterated that it had withdrawn the Class 8 textbook. In its advisory issued connected Friday (February 27, 2026), the NCERT called for immoderate “individual oregon organisation” successful possession of the publication oregon immoderate worldly related to it to instrumentality it to the Publication Division of the Department of Education successful Social Sciences successful New Delhi “at the earliest possible”. Anyone who had posted immoderate worldly related to the arguable conception connected societal media oregon online should delete it, it said.
14 JNU students arrested implicit protestation granted bail, JNUSU says bail conditions ‘stringent’
Following their arrests aboriginal connected Friday (February 27, 2026) morning, aft a protestation connected Thursday (February 26), 14 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, including 3 bureau bearers of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU), person been granted bail. They volition beryllium released aft verification of their imperishable addresses. In a statement, the JNUSU said, “Since each of the students are primitively not from Delhi, the process of verification itself becomes a process of elongating imprisonment. Many of the students person suffered superior injuries on with deteriorating wellness conditions. Moreover, the upcoming days travel filled with tribunal holidays arsenic well.” The students are readying to entreaty for a modification successful the bail conditions connected Saturday (February 28), the national said.
Trinamool nominates erstwhile DGP, Supreme Court lawyer to Rajya Sabha
The ruling Trinamool Congress connected Friday (February 27, 2026) announced 4 candidates, including erstwhile Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar, for the upcoming elections to the Rajya Sabha. The different nominees are State Minister Babul Supriyo, Supreme Court lawyer Menaka Guruswamy, and histrion Koel Mallick. “We widen our heartfelt congratulations and champion wishes to them. May they proceed to uphold Trinamool’s enduring bequest of resilience and its unwavering committedness to safeguarding the rights and dignity of each Indian” the Trinamool Congress posted connected societal media.
Warner Bros signs $110 cardinal woody with Paramount, its enforcement discloses successful townhall
Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $110 cardinal woody signed connected Friday (February 27, 2026) morning, according to an audio clip of a planetary townhall by the company, which was reviewed by Reuters. “Netflix had the ineligible close to lucifer the PSKY offer. As you each know, they yet decided not to bash that. That past resulted successful a signed statement with PSKY arsenic of this morning. So that’s wherever everything stands,” Bruce Campbell, Warner Bros’ main gross and strategy officer, said successful the townhall.
Iran designated arsenic a authorities sponsor of wrongful detention, says Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said connected Friday (February 27, 2026) helium has designated Iran arsenic a authorities sponsor of wrongful detention. “The Iranian regime indispensable stop taking hostages and merchandise each Americans unjustly detained successful Iran, steps that could extremity this designation and associated actions,” Mr. Rubio said in a statement. The determination comes arsenic tensions equine betwixt the U.S. and Iran, adjacent arsenic the 2 countries conducted talks implicit Iran’s atomic programme connected Thursday.
How Pakistan and the Taliban, erstwhile allies, slid into ‘open war’
“Our patience has tally out”, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif wrote successful a societal media station connected Friday (February 27, 2026). “Now it is unfastened warfare betwixt america and you.” Mr. Asif’s remarks came aft Pakistan carried out air strikes connected Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan’s 2 largest cities, and Paktia, a borderline province. The strikes were launched hours after Afghan troops attacked Pakistani borderline posts. Those attacks, successful turn, followed earlier Pakistani strikes this week, which Islamabad claimed were carried retired successful retaliation for caller panic attacks wrong its territory.
T20 World Cup: Jacks and Rehan’s precocious complaint snatches apical spot for England
Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed emerged arsenic improbable heroes for England and landed a sucker punch connected New Zealand with their unbeaten 44-run seventh-wicket alliance, snatching a four-wicket triumph successful their T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eight Group 2 lucifer astatine the R. Premadasa Stadium connected Friday (February 27, 2026). With 43 needed disconnected the last 3 overs, Rehan launched the incursion against Glenn Phillips with a waft implicit agelong on. Jacks made the astir of short-pitched bowling to dispatch a maximum implicit long-on and 2 consecutive boundaries — archetypal down the crushed and past square-leg.
T20 World Cup lucifer preview | Pakistan targets large triumph implicit Lanka to progress
Pakistan volition beryllium eyeing a large triumph implicit Sri Lanka to seal a semifinal spot arsenic the 2 sides clash successful the last Super Eight Group 2 lucifer of the T20 World Cup astatine the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium connected Saturday (February 28, 2026). Pakistan was fixed a lifeline following England’s thrilling four-wicket triumph implicit New Zealand on Friday. Pakistan has conscionable a solitary point, and a triumph volition instrumentality it level with New Zealand connected 3 points. It could travel down to nett run-rate arsenic to who volition articulation radical topper England successful the last-four stage.
