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Multiple Global Events Unfold as Tensions Rise
Several significant international events unfolded on February 6, 2026, spanning from diplomatic overtures to escalating conflicts and trade disputes, signaling a complex and tense global landscape.
Cuba expressed its willingness to engage in talks with the United States "without pressure," according to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, as reported by The Guardian. This comes after months of threats from the Trump administration amid a deepening economic crisis on the island.
Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settler violence and harassment displaced nearly 700 Palestinians in January, marking the highest number since the start of Israel's war in Gaza in October 2023, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Al Jazeera reported.
Adding to the economic pressures, Mexico's tariffs on India are creating a "double whammy" for Indian businesses already facing tariffs from the United States, Al Jazeera reported. Pankaj Chadha, who runs a steel manufacturing unit in Mumbai, told Al Jazeera that his company exports products mostly to the United States and Mexico.
Al Jazeera is also set to release an investigation into armed groups in Gaza accused of collaborating with the Israeli military against Palestinians. The investigation, part of the program "What is Hidden is Greater," includes audio and video material that the network says documents how individuals inside Gaza were recruited and operated.
In New Zealand, Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour faced criticism for claiming that colonization was positive for the country's Indigenous Maori population. According to Al Jazeera, dozens of people booed and shouted when Seymour stood to offer a prayer during a dawn service at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, where New Zealand's founding document was signed in 1840. Seymour rejected the criticism.
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