Tens of thousands in Georgia on Sunday took part in a fourth straight day of protests against a government decision to shelve EU membership talks, as the prime minister rebuffed calls for new elections.The Black Sea nation has been rocked by turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in October 26 parliamentary polls …
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Romania’s ruling Social Democrats (PSD) were leading in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but the far right secured big gains, exit polling found, deepening uncertainty in a country rocked by political chaos.Shortly after the end of voting at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT), the PSD was credited with 26 percent of the vote, ahead of the other parties, …
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Thousands in Georgia took part in a fourth straight day of protests on Sunday against a government decision to shelve EU membership talks, as the prime minister rebuffed calls for new elections.The Black Sea nation has been rocked by turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in October 26 parliamentary polls that the …
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday denied his country had staged an attack on a strategic canal in neighbouring Kosovo that has reignited tensions between the two.Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has accused Serbia of masterminding what he called a “terrorist attack” Friday on the waterway near Zubin Potok, an area of Kosovo’s volatile north …
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Deeply divided negotiators failed on Sunday to reach a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution, missing a self-imposed deadline, and agreed to extend their talks.For a week, delegates from nearly 200 nations meeting in South Korea have wrestled with how to stop millions of tonnes of plastic waste entering the environment each year.Plastic pollution …
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Government forces lost control of Syria’s second city Aleppo on Sunday for the first time since the country’s civil conflict began, a war monitor said, after a lightning offensive dealt a severe blow to President Bashar al-Assad.An Islamist-dominated rebel alliance launched its assault on forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government on Wednesday, the same …
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Romanians flocked to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament with the far right tipped to gain ground, potentially heralding a shift in the foreign policy of the NATO country bordering Ukraine.The parliamentary vote comes at a time of political turmoil sparked when a top court ordered a recount of the first round …
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The White House is working on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza but is “not there yet,” the US National Security Advisor told NBC on Sunday, with fighting in the conflict raging on as regional leaders meet to discuss the crisis.”We are working actively to try to make it happen. We are engaged …
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Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from Monday over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said Sunday. “If need be, it will be the toughest collective bargaining battle Volkswagen has ever seen,” the union said.The crisis-wracked auto titan has been locked in bitter talks with unions since …
Baker Sergo Gornakashvili grew up near Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, haunted by echoes of the wars in nearby Chechnya, before trading his apron for a rifle and dying on Ukraine’s front line.His life and death aged 36 reflects Kyiv’s battle for survival and the thunder of the 1990s conflicts in the Caucasus — tremors of the …
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