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TBILISI, GEORGIA — Georgia's parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill on "foreign agents" that the European Union said risked blocking the country's path to membership and triggered protests for a third straight night. The fate of the bill is widely seen as a test of whether Georgia, 33 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, intends to pursue a path of integration with the West or move closer toward Russia. Critics compare the bill to a law that Russia has used extensively to crack down on dissent. Читать дальше...

Proudly posing behind the counter of a mini-supermarket selling goods from eastern Europe, Galina Nikolova looks every inch the proud shopkeeper.

Since FY20, the top 1,000 companies had to disclose their ESG performance under the business responsibility report. From FY23, this report turned into the more comprehensive Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) that requires disclosure of nearly 1,600 data points across different aspects of ESG.

Coquitlam RCMP say they found multiple vehicles in the Fraser River, including a school bus, after someone reported seeing a car submerged with its lights on.

UNITED NATIONS — The head of the embattled U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that as famine is taking hold across Gaza, the agency is facing an Israeli campaign to push it out of the occupied Palestinian territories and prevent it from carrying out its humanitarian mission. "In Gaza, the government of Israel seeks to end UNRWA's activities," Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told the U.N. Security Council. "The agency's requests to deliver aid to the north are repeatedly denied. Читать дальше...

The gaming app market is booming, particularly in Apac, where 48 per cent of all gaming app installations occurred last year.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and his school board have sought to clarify this spring that the changing priorities don’t mean selective-enrollment schools will face massive cuts or closure, and the intent instead is to provide neighborhood schools with some of the same programs available at selective-enrollment schools.

A Biden administration official claimed in 2023 that China had operated a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío rejected those claims in an exclusive interview with CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez.

Gold edged higher in early Asian trade, climbing back toward its all-time high at $2,431/oz

Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions

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An Indianapolis Star sports columnist has apologized for his “clumsy and awkward” comment to Caitlin Clark, the former Iowa Hawkeye basketball star who was drafted first overall by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, during her introductory press conference Wednesday.

Eloise Head looks like any other millennial social media starlet. But behind the scenes, she has been on a mental and physical journey that's taken the best part of a decade to recover from.

Chael Sonnen makes a case for Alex Pereira becoming the greatest of all time if he can capture the UFC heavyweight title.

Wednesday's incident marked the third day in a row that Hezbollah strikes wounded people in Israel, with regional tensions high after Iran launched a direct attack on Israel over the weekend in retaliation for a deadly strike on Tehran's Damascus consulate.

Devin Haney’s dad, Bill, is talking crazy again, throwing around “kill’ comments about what he ... read more

Recent comments by the commander of the Arakan Army have prompted a heated debate about history, language, and ethnic identity.

Australian cricketer Meg Lanning is an all-time great of the sport who achieved just about everything the game has to offer - but she was hiding a problem that cost her dearly.

Consolidated revenue from operations jumped 28.15% to 1,357.2 crore from the December quarter. Net profit in January-March was up 27.3% and revenue from operations was up 64.3% from last year

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- Cornell University police on Tuesday had to forcibly remove a professor after she repeatedly disrupted Ann Coulter’s guest talk at the Ivy League institution, video and pictures obtained by The College Fix show. Monica Cornejo, an assistant professor of interpersonal communication, is told to get up and leave the venue by…

BILOXI, MS - With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Noah Campbell fought off four straight pitches at over 100 MPH fro... - SL Biloxi Shuckers

Brian Cox is giving his take on Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and pondering on leaving the U.S. if Donald Trump wins the presidential election. In a new interview, Cox blasted Phoenix for his interpretation of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, calling it a “terrible performance.” “Terrible. It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance […]

La Salle University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation is adding four varsity sports—women’s rugby, women’s acrobatics and tumbling, and women’s triathlon, and will reinstate baseball — for the 2025-26…