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Georgia’s pro-Western opposition parties called on Thursday for fresh protests after officials said a partial recount confirmed the ruling party won contested parliamentary elections, with Washington and Brussels demanding an investigation.The opposition said Saturday’s parliamentary vote was “stolen” by the ruling Georgian Dream party and refused to recognise the results, plunging the Caucasus country into …

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Kamala Harris clapped back Thursday at Donald Trump over what she called his “very offensive” remarks about women, returning reproductive rights to the fore as the rivals took their knife-edge White House race to western battleground states.As each candidate seeks even the slightest of advantages, they have also homed in on immigration and are aiming …

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The United States and South Korea held high-level talks Thursday after North Korea test-fired one of its newest and most powerful missiles, demonstrating its threat to the US mainland days ahead of elections.The weapons test was the first since North Korea was accused of sending troops to Russia to support the invasion of Ukraine, triggering …

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Kamala Harris clapped back Thursday at Donald Trump over what she called his “very offensive” remarks about women, returning reproductive rights to the fore as the rivals take their knife-edge White House race to western battleground states.As each candidate seeks even the slightest of advantages, they have also homed in on immigration and are aiming …

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Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by eight percent in 2023 — among the biggest drops in decades — new data showed Thursday, though the bloc remains in a race against time to meet its ambitious climate goals.The European Environment Agency (EEA) attributed the year-on-year decline to a surge in renewable energy use in …

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Billionaire Elon Musk dodged a Philadelphia court hearing on Thursday after asking to move a lawsuit seeking to halt his $1 million giveaways to registered US voters from state to federal court.The Tesla and SpaceX CEO had been ordered by a Pennsylvania state judge to attend the hearing, but his lawyers filed a motion late …

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump take their knife-edge White House race west on Thursday, seeking the advantage on immigration and aiming to woo crucial Latino voters days ahead of the US election.Pop icon Jennifer Lopez will bring her star power to the stage for Harris in Las Vegas, as the candidates chase one another through …

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Two children were among three killed in a Russian bombardment of an apartment building in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, with dozens more injured, the local governor said Thursday.  A guided aerial bomb — a powerful weapon widely used by Russia — hit the building in the northeastern city on Wednesday evening, according to Ukrainian …

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Billionaire Elon Musk was expected in court in Philadelphia on Thursday, after a judge ordered him to attend a hearing in a lawsuit seeking to halt his $1 million giveaways to registered US voters in swing states.Philadelphia’s chief prosecutor Larry Krasner lodged the suit on Monday, calling Musk’s project “an illegal lottery scheme”, with the …

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Spanish authorities on Thursday told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster that has left at least 95 dead.Spain began three days of mourning as rescuers with drones scoured towns devastated by the floods that hit the region around the eastern city of Valencia …

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