Month: May 2024

Energy and climate ministers from the G7 group of industrialised nations have agreed to phase out by 2035 the use of coal power where the emissions have not been captured, a UK minister said, giving the group a timeline for meeting the deal struck at last year’s UN climate summit in Dubai.

Three people were killed and three others were injured as a result of the Russian Armed Forces shelling the Ukrainian city of Odesa, Oleh Kiper, the chairman of the Odesa regional military administration, announced in a telegram, Report informs.

The military operation of the Israeli army in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip will cause a humanitarian catastrophe, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on his X social media account, Report inform

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told House lawmakers Tuesday that US forces helping to construct a floating humanitarian pier along the Gaza Strip’s coast may return fire if attacked from the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave — causing an uproar among both Dem

– Head of Turkish intelligence discusses joint counter-terrorism efforts with President of Somalia

“We believe that peace is possible in this region and we will continue to work in this direction,” Deputy Press Secretary of the US State Department Vedant Patel said while answering a question about Secretary of State Antony Blicken’s call to the leaders

Protests are set to resume against the second plenary reading of the foreign agent law, after police used tear gas, stun grenades, and water cannons to violently disperse protesters. 

Read more:

• Editorial | Georgia’s ruling oligarch unhinged
• Ivanishvili touts conspiracy theories at massive pro-government rally in Tbilisi
• Georgian Dream eliminates taxes on offshore assets brought to Georgia 
• Georgian foreign agent bill passes first reading in parliament amidst massive protests 
• Explainer | Why is Georgian Dream reviving the foreign agent law?

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