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Georgia’s central election commission said it will partially recount ballots Tuesday, after opposition parties denounced the weekend parliamentary election as “stolen”. US President Joe Biden added his voice to Western critics of the election, saying he was “deeply alarmed” by democratic “backsliding” in the Caucasus country and that the vote was marred by “voter intimidation and coercion”.Earlier, …

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The Catholic Church must make it easier to remove priests who have abused minors while giving victims “access to the truth”, a papal commission at the Vatican said Tuesday in its inaugural report on protecting children.The detailed global report from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors was the first since the body was …

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Kamala Harris will urge Americans to turn the page on Donald Trump when she delivers her closing election argument Tuesday on the spot where her rival rallied supporters before the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.With polls in a dead heat exactly one week before Election Day, the Democratic vice president’s campaign said she chose …

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Moscow said Tuesday it had seized the mining hub of Selydove in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv announced a fresh mobilisation drive and sounded the alarm over North Korea’s expanding military cooperation with Russia.The Kremlin’s forces have been advancing rapidly across the sprawling eastern front where exhausted and outgunned Ukrainian troops are having to cede ground, appealing for …

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A Belgian court jailed scores of people Tuesday in one of the country’s biggest ever drug trials, with ringleaders sentenced to up to 17 years behind bars.More than 120 defendants from Belgium, Albania, Colombia and North Africa were accused of having participated in a multinational cocaine and cannabis trafficking enterprise after investigators cracked encrypted messaging apps.Judges …

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Spanish media said Tuesday that Real Madrid had cheapened themselves by boycotting the Ballon d’Or ceremony, with even the normally loyal Marca weighing in while Spain’s national coach admitted it was “not good for football”.European champions Real announced their decision to skip Monday night’s gala ceremony in Paris just hours before it took place after …

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The Catholic Church must make it easier to remove priests who have abused minors, a Vatican commission said Tuesday in its first report on protecting children.The head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, set up by Pope Francis in 2014, said the Church was coming out of a “dark period” in which …

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Rape is widespread in Sudan’s civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a “staggering” scale.Children are not spared the abuse, with women and girls being abducted for sexual slavery, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in a new report.”There is no safe place …

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A Belgian court jailed dozens of people Tuesday in one of the country’s biggest ever drug trials, with ringleaders sentenced to up to 17 years behind bars.More than 120 defendants from Belgium, Albania, Colombia and North Africa were accused of having participated in a multinational cocaine and cannabis trafficking enterprise after investigators cracked encrypted messaging apps.Judges …

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Moscow said Tuesday it had seized the war-battered mining town of Selydove in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv’s forces are buckling and as concern grows in Kyiv and abroad over North Korea’s expanding military ties with Russia.The Kremlin’s forces have been advancing rapidly across the sprawling eastern front where exhausted and outgunned Ukrainian troops are having to …

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