Thousands of people took to the streets in Georgia on Monday for the 12th consecutive day of protests against the government’s decision to shelve European Union accession talks after disputed elections.Demanding a fresh vote and a return to European integration, protesters gathered outside parliament in the capital, Tbilisi, as the political crisis that roiled the …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday asked for more support from Germany against Russia while meeting with opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who is leading opinion polls ahead of German elections in February.The meeting came a week after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Kyiv and as US President-elect Donald Trump has called for negotiations with …
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A man was being questioned Monday in connection with last week’s killing of a top health insurance executive on a New York street, US media reported, as a nationwide hunt for the suspect continued.He was quizzed by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after being found with a distinctive weapon like that used in the brazen shooting …
A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement.Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting the star of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” in the early 2000s when she was between 12 and …
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This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Japan’s atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday urged Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats in a bid to prevail in its war in Ukraine.”President Putin, I don’t think he truly understands what nuclear weapons are for human beings,” said Terumi Tanaka, the 92-year-old co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo …
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A drone claimed by Yemen’s Huthi rebels exploded on the top floor of a residential building in the central Israeli city of Yavne on Monday, causing no injuries, the Israeli military and emergency services said.The Iran-backed Huthis have launched several attacks against Israel during Israel’s war with militant group Hamas that began more than a …
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When Georgian protester Irakli Pipia started praying with a feeble voice, the policeman beating him drew closer to grasp what he was saying. “When he understood I was praying, he got angrier and started to beat me up aggressively and shouting, ‘Is it helping? Is your prayer helping you now?’” Pipia told AFP.Days later, the bearded …
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Syrian rescuers searched a jail synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s rule, as people in the capital flocked to a central square Monday to celebrate their country’s freedom.Assad fled Syria as Islamist-led rebels swept into the capital, bringing to a spectacular end on Sunday five decades of brutal rule by his …
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European leaders have hailed the end of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal rule in Syria as a moment of hope -– but they also view his sudden toppling as fraught with dangers.As the war-torn country charts a new course, Europe is anxious to avoid fresh turmoil that could send migrants and jihadists once again heading to the …
A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement.Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting the star of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” for three years in the early 2000s, when she was …
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