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Georgia’s ruling party to try to impeach president over EU visits – Interpress

1 Sep 2023

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s ruling party said on Friday that it would begin impeachment proceedings against the president due to her visits to the European Union which were made against the will of the government, Georgian news agency Interpress reported. Interpress cited Georgian Dream party leader Irakli Kobakhidze as saying that President Salome Zourabichvili had …

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Moscow stages local elections in occupied parts of Ukraine

31 Aug 2023

By Felix Light and Felix Hoske (Reuters) – Russian-installed authorities began holding regional elections on Thursday in parts of Ukraine Russia claimed as its own last year, seeking to cement Moscow’s authority in what it calls its “new territories” despite the ongoing conflict. Russia does not fully control any of the four regions where the …

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Russian, Belarus ambassadors invited again to Nobel banquet

31 Aug 2023

OSLO (Reuters) – Ambassadors from Russia and Belarus have been invited again to Stockholm’s Nobel Prize banquet this year after being left out last year because of the Ukraine invasion, the Nobel Foundation said on Thursday. The foundation also invited the leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats to the event for the first time. It …

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Pope keen to ‘move on’ after criticism of US Catholic Church

31 Aug 2023

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis acknowledged on Thursday that his recent remarks calling out the U.S. Catholic Church as “reactionary” have ruffled feathers, and added that he wanted to “move on” from the controversy. “They got angry, but let’s move on, move on,” Francis told a journalist on the plane taking him …

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Spain soccer kiss: Society cannot allow abuse of power, Bonmati says

31 Aug 2023

By Pietro Lombardi MADRID (Reuters) – Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati said on Thursday that abuse of power in a work relationship cannot be allowed, as she addressed the turmoil surrounding the Spanish football federation. “This is not a good moment in Spanish football,” Bonmati said after winning the UEFA women’s player of the year award. …

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France, US compromise to renew UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

31 Aug 2023

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to extend a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for another year after a compromise was reached between France and the United States on language about the freedom of movement of U.N. troops. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) – established …

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As the Olympics loom, Paris’s transport grid worries wheelchair users

31 Aug 2023

By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) – With just under a year to go before the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, campaigners are worried would-be spectators using wheelchairs could feel left out of the Games as only a small number of metro stations are accessible without using stairs. With Paris streets often clogged by traffic, travelling …

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