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The people of 26 February
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Hannah Spencer
British politician (born 1991)
Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer wins the constituency of Gorton and Denton in Greater Manchester, England, in the party's first by-election win.
Politics · 26 Feb
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013
Albanian prime minister Edi Rama dismisses deputy prime minister and infrastructure minister Belinda Balluku after anti-corruption prosecutors indicted her on suspicion of interfering in the award of two public construction contracts worth more than €200 million.
Politics · 26 Feb · with Belinda Balluku
Tal Dilian
Israeli IDF officer and businessman
A Greek court sentences four individuals, including Intellexa's Israel-based founder Tal Dilian, to eight years in prison for breaching data and violating privacy laws after they deployed the Predator spyware, targeting the mobile phones of more than 90 politicians, journalists, businesspeople, and military officials in 2022.
Crime & Justice · 26 Feb
Mette Frederiksen
Prime Minister of Denmark since 2019
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen calls a snap election for March 24 amid the Greenland crisis.
Politics · 26 Feb
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