Georgia’s pro-Western opposition called for protests Monday after disputed elections that it denounced as “stolen”, while the country’s president alleged in an interview with AFP that the vote was rigged using “sophisticated” methods with Russian help.The Caucasus country — rocked by mass protests earlier this year — has plunged into political uncertainty since Saturday’s vote, …
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More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published Monday.The warning came in the Global Tree Assessment, contained in an update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.Issued to coincide …
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An attack by jihadist group Boko Haram killed around 40 Chadian troops overnight near the Nigerian border, prompting an army operation to hunt down the militants, the government and local sources said on Monday.Members of Boko Haram targeted a garrison housing more than 200 Chadian soldiers late Sunday in the Lake Chad region, an area …
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The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu on sexual assault charges opened on Monday in the absence of the celebrity, who had declared himself to be ill.His lawyer, Jeremie Assous, had said earlier that Depardieu, 75, was “extremely affected” by ill health, and that he had asked for proceedings to be delayed until he could …
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Israeli forces launched deadly strikes on Lebanon and Gaza on Monday, pressing their offensive against militants after Egypt’s president proposed a two-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war.There was no comment from either Israel or Hamas on the plan unveiled Sunday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, but Israeli media said spy chief David Barnea was …
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party’s ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first time since 2009.Ishiba called Sunday’s election days after taking office on October 1, but voters angry at a slush fund scandal punished his Liberal …
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Actor Gerard Depardieu on Monday asked for a delay to the start of his trial on sexual assault charges, saying his health prevented him from attending the proceedings, with numerous other complaints and a possible second court case already lying in wait.The actor is the highest-profile figure to face accusations in French cinema’s version of …
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Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu’s house in central Nigeria.It is always the same story — the Niger River bursts its banks and the waters claim his home for weeks on end, until he can return and take stock of the damage.The house then needs cleaning, …
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Actor Gerard Depardieu’s Paris trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot begins Monday, with numerous further complaints and a possible second court case already lying in wait.Depardieu, 75, is expected to appear at the criminal court hearing starting at 1:30 pm (1230 GMT), his lawyer Jeremie Assous said.The actor is the …
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and limited hostage exchange aimed at securing “a complete ceasefire” after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.The proposal made on Sunday includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and would be followed …
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