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Protesters gather outside the parliament building in Tbilisi.
Georgians protest government's renewed attempt to pass 'Russian law'
TBLISI — Thousands of Georgians have protested in their country's capital over government efforts to pass a law that imitates repressive policy enacted by the Kremlin.Georgian Dream, the governing party, sent parliament a new draft of the legislation, which was previously withdrawn after a public outcry.The law calls for media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad.It is identical to a proposal Georgian Dream was pressured to withdraw a year ago following large street protests.The only change is the recasting of the phrase “agents of foreign influence” as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power”.Opponents of the measure denounce it as “the Russian law” because it is similar...
April 10, 2024

Georgians protest government's renewed attempt to pass 'Russian law'

The crucial vote on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum will take place in the Brussels seat of the European Parliament
EU migration reform faces tight vote as party divisions in Parliament deepen
BRUSSELS — The European Union's make-or-break attempt to reform its migration and asylum policy faces a tight vote in the Parliament, as party divisions deepen.The vote is scheduled to take place on Wednesday afternoon in a plenary session that will see MEPs go through a list of complex, interlinked pieces of legislation.All eyes will be on the five laws that make up the so-called New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the comprehensive overhaul that seeks to turn the page on almost 10 years of go-it-alone reactions and instead establish common and predictable rules to manage the reception and relocation of asylum seekers.First presented in September 2020, the New Pact has gone through many ups and downs, including periods of impasse that made it seem the legislation would never reach the...
April 10, 2024

EU migration reform faces tight vote as party divisions in Parliament deepen

The hydroelectric power plant on Lake Suviana seen in a video shared by the Italian fire and rescue service. — courtesy Vigili del Fuoco
Four dead after blast at Italian power plant
ROME — The hydroelectric power plant on Lake Suviana seen in a video shared by the Italian fire and rescue serviceFour people have died and several are missing following an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy.The blast occurred underwater at the plant on Lake Suviana, 70km (43 miles) from the city of Bologna.The affected area is located 30m (100ft) below the surface of the lake.The mayor of the nearby town of Camugnano told Ansa news agency that a fire was believed to have broken out during maintenance work.Marco Masinara said rescuers had trouble gaining access and that the accident had been "serious".The prefect of Bologna, Attilio Visconti, said a fire broke out when a turbine exploded on the eighth floor below the surface, causing the floor below to...
April 09, 2024

Four dead after blast at Italian power plant

A young boy carries water cans in the Gaza Strip. — courtesy UNRWA
UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza
GENEVA — UN-coordinated food convoys are three times more likely to be denied access to north Gaza than other aid convoys, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Tuesday.Israeli authorities have not given a clear reason why, said OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, speaking during the regular briefing by UN humanitarian agencies in Geneva.“They very often deny and that is it, and it ends there. We do not get an explanation,” he said.In a widely reported telephone call last Thursday between United States President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel committed to reopen the Erez border crossing into northern Gaza as well as facilitate aid delivery via the nearby port of Ashdod.The White House said it would be watching closely but no date has been...
April 09, 2024

UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza

Preventing hepatitis B infection through immunization in infancy substantially reduces chronic infections and cases of liver cancer and cirrhosis in adulthood. — courtesy WHO/Sri Lanka
Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report
GENEVA — The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis, another top infectious killer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 Global Hepatitis Report.“This report paints a troubling picture,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Despite progress globally in preventing hepatitis infections, deaths are rising because far too few people with hepatitis are being diagnosed and treated.”Swift course correctionEven though better tools for diagnosis and treatment are available...
April 09, 2024

Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report

Emirates Stadium. — courtesy PA Media
Security raised for Champions League ties after threat
LONDON — Security will be increased at Champions League games this week after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues.A pro-IS media channel has published multiple posters calling for attacks at stadiums hosting quarterfinal ties on Tuesday and Wednesday.UEFA said it was aware of the threats but said games in Madrid, Paris and London would go ahead as planned.Ministers in both France and Spain have confirmed enhanced security measures.French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said there would be “considerably reinforced” security measures in place when PSG play Barcelona in Paris on Wednesday.Darmanin continued: “I will remind you that only 10 days ago, IS shared a picture of the Munich stadium and said action should be taken against...
April 09, 2024

Security raised for Champions League ties after threat


Simon Harris has been elected the new Taoiseach. — courtesy EPA
Simon Harris elected as new taoiseach
DUBLIN — Simon Harris has been elected as taoiseach (Irish prime minister) by members of the Dáil (Irish parliament).Harris will now travel to meet President Michael D Higgins where he will be officially installed.Aged 37, the new Fine Gael leader is the youngest person to ever lead the Republic of Ireland.His appointment follows Leo Varadkar’s official resignation on Monday.Harris, who has represented the Wicklow constituency for two decades, was the only candidate to seek the party leadership after Varadkar said he was stepping down in March.Harris described his election as taoiseach as a “very special day”.He promised to lead the coalition government in a spirit of “unity collaboration and mutual respect”.His party is in a coalition government with Fianna Fáil and the...
April 09, 2024

Simon Harris elected as new taoiseach

King Charles is shown the first of the new bank notes by the governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey and chief cashier Sarah John
King Charles comes face to face with new banknotes
LONDON — King Charles came face to face with his own face on the new banknotes which will go into circulation in June.At Buckingham Palace, the King was presented with the first of the new £5, £10, £20 and £50 banknotes which will show his portrait.It follows the tradition of the monarch receiving the first issues of new banknotes.The existing banknotes, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, will continue to be used alongside the new notes.King Charles has not been taking part in big public engagements since his cancer diagnosis, but has continued with private events such as this meeting, where he was shown the banknotes by Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England.Bailey told the King that this was the first time that the Bank of England had had to change the monarch on the...
April 09, 2024

King Charles comes face to face with new banknotes

Anne Mahrer and Rosmarie Wyder-Walti, of the Senior Women for Climate Protection, after their victory at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France on April 9, 2024
European court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women
STRASBOURG — An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark climate judgment that could have a ripple effect across the globe.The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France delivered its ruling in a case brought by more than 2,000 Swiss women, the majority of whom are in their 70s, against Switzerland’s government. They argued that climate change-fueled heat waves undermined their health and quality of life, and put them at risk of dying.The court ruled that the Swiss government had violated some of the women’s human rights due to “critical gaps” in its national legislation to reduce planet-heating emissions, as well as a failure to meet past climate...
April 09, 2024

European court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “Without aid from US, Ukraine will lose the war.”
Ukraine ‘will lose the war’ if US fails to approve aid, says Zelensky
KYIV — Ukraine “will lose the war” if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.“It’s important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn’t help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said Sunday during a video meeting of the Ukrainian fund-raising group UNITED24.“If Ukraine loses this war, other countries will be attacked. This is a fact,” he said.Zelensky’s warning, among his starkest since the war began more than two years ago, comes as Congress has for months refused to pass a package of aid for Ukraine, leaving Kyiv to battle manpower and ammunition shortages while an emboldened Russia pounds Ukraine’s cities with missiles and tests for weak spots...
April 08, 2024

Ukraine ‘will lose the war’ if US fails to approve aid, says Zelensky

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