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The officers used water and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. This action was against the law for the media Georgian Special Investigation Service The investigation began This Monday (May 13, 2024) about the excessive use of force by the police during protests in the capital, Tbilisi. The demonstrations come against the Foreign Influence Law, which stipulates the registration of media outlets and non-commercial organizations “Under foreign influence” If they obtain more than 20% of their financing from abroad. The text was called “Russian Law” in reference to similar legislation in Moscow. During the protests, demonstrators faced water cannons and…

For the first time in a decade, independents lost their majority in a Socialist-led election Thomas Cokes/AFPDemonstrators carry signs declaring “(Prime Minister) Pedro Sánchez is a traitor” during a protest called by the right-wing opposition against an amnesty project for people involved in Catalonia's failed independence bid in 2017, in Puerta del Sol squarea Catalonia On Sunday (12), regional elections were held with national repercussions. For the first time in a decade, independents lost their majority in a Socialist-led election from the Prime Minister's government. Pedro Sanchez. With 98% of the votes counted, the three separatist formations that until then…

An Israeli tank monitors Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2024. – Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters Israeli tanks monitor Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2024. – Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters The Israeli government announced that it opened a new border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Sunday (12) for humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian territories. The passage has been opened yet Pressure from the United StatesWhat It will coordinate border operations in cooperation with Israeli forcesaccording to the Israeli government. This post has been run as An alternative route for humanitarian aid to enter…

An offer of a free bottle of wine has finally been claimed after being 'hidden' for three months in the privacy policy of the website of a British think tank dedicated to tax issues. Tax Policy Associates added a clause with the offer in February as a “trial” to see if anyone would actually read all the terms. The nonprofit's president, Dan Needle, shared the story in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), explaining that the first person to discover the item will receive a “bottle of fine wine.” Needle – a tax lawyer who has worked on…

1 of 1 US President Joe Biden – Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque US President Joe Biden – Photography: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque “Israel said it was up to Hamas if it wanted to do that [liberação dos reféns]We can close tomorrow. Biden announced at a fundraising event at the home of a former Microsoft executive on the outskirts of Seattle that the ceasefire would begin tomorrow, after avoiding the issue on three other similar occasions on Friday (10). The president raised the issue after he warned Israel on Wednesday (8) that it would stop supplying it with artillery shells and other weapons if…

picture – Mike Burdette Brasilia may soon receive another presidential plane, but only this time from a country invaded by Russia: Ukraine. Last week, the federal capital received the visit of two Boeing 777 planes from Japan, carrying the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, who then continued to visit Paraguay and returned to Brazil via Guarulhos in São Paulo. Now the visit should be from the Airbus ACJ319, the VIP version of the A319 commercial airliner, from Ukraine. The plane was already in Brasilia in December last year, during a technical refueling stop, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held…

One of the two Palestinians who left the city of Rafah on their way to Khan Yunis, on May 6, 2024 – Photography: Ramadan Abed/Reuters Palestinians leave the city of Rafah on their way to Khan Yunis, May 6, 2024 – Photography: Ramadan Abed/Reuters Israel says it intends to move to an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has reorganized its ranks. The fighting has escalated in recent days, with violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian forces on the outskirts of Rafah. The conflicts have made important humanitarian crossings inaccessible, and have already forced more than 110,000 people to…

Police disarmed camps and arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania on Friday morning, in the latest crackdown on protests on American college campuses. The student newspaper reported that Philadelphia police officers wearing riot gear removed journalists from the University of Pennsylvania camp before tearing down tents and throwing students' belongings in a trash can. The university's Public Security Department said that about 33 people were arrested. A similar scene occurred simultaneously at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, near Boston, where student journalists reported that riot police arrested at least 10…

Peru's interim president, Dina Boluarte, is embroiled in a new controversy. Following the issue of undisclosed Rolex watches and jewelry in April, the Peruvian magazine Hildebrandt in his trilogy It is revealed that the Head of State was absent for nearly two weeks between June and July 2023 to undergo plastic surgery, leaving the presidency without an alternative. Dina Boluarte, who took over Peru's interim government after Pedro Castillo's dismissal, was reportedly absent for 12 days during which she underwent rhinoplasty and anti-aging treatments. The problem is that the president did not formally delegate her powers during her absence. Opposition…

Photo: Getty Images Executive Zhou Jing He left his position as Vice President and Head of Communications at BaiduIt is a Chinese technology company similar to the Google search engine Googleafter he praised the company's toxic work culture in four videos shared on a Chinese social network. “I'm not your mother”said the CEO when she explained that she was not responsible for the well-being of employees. In the first video, she also criticized employees who refused to go on long business trips, saying she had “no obligation to know if employees cry” and had no obligation “to look at the…