Kamala Harris crisscrosses Michigan on Monday while Donald Trump heads to Georgia — another of the decisive swing states in one of the closest US elections in history — after presiding over a dark mega-rally aimed at whipping up his right-wing base.With only a week until November 5 Election Day, more than 41 million Americans …
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Thousands of Georgians took to the streets Monday to protest against the ruling party’s victory in parliamentary polls denounced as “stolen” by the pro-Western opposition, while Georgia’s president alleged to AFP that the vote was rigged using “sophisticated” methods she linked to Russia.The Caucasus country — rocked by mass protests earlier this year — has plunged …
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling “miles short” of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.Levels of the three main greenhouse gases — heat-trapping carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all increased yet again last year, said the World …
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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