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Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tbilisi ahead of the bill's final reading

Riot police face off against demonstrators in Georgia

TBLISI — Overnight protests in Georgia have continued into the morning in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passing of a controversial law.After a standoff with protesters outside parliament in Tbilisi, security forces pulled out from the main square on Monday morning.The protesters oppose a controversial foreign influence bill, described by critics as the "Russia law".The final voting on the bill is scheduled for Tuesday.On Monday morning, governing Georgian Dream party lawmakers rushed it through a committee vote, approving it in just 67 seconds.The bill, now due to go for its third and final reading, targets civil society organizations and independent media that receive foreign funding.Protesters are concerned that the law would be used by the government to clamp down on...

May 13, 2024

Riot police face off against demonstrators in Georgia

Jerry Seinfeld has been a vocal supporter of Israel since 7 October

Students walk out ahead of Jerry Seinfeld speech at US university

WASHINGTON — Dozens of pro-Palestinian students at a US university commencement ceremony staged a walk out ahead of veteran comedian's Jerry Seinfeld guest speech.Footage on social media showed some robed graduates at Duke University, North Carolina, chanting and waving Palestinian flags in protest as the actor received an honorary degree on Sunday.Seinfeld has been a vocal supporter of Israel since the 7 October Hamas attacks and throughout the course of the war in Gaza.Many of the students at the ceremony stayed to listen to his speech, with several chanting words of support.The incident happened as the 70-year-old was introduced on stage at the university's football stadium by the institution's president, Vincent Price.Loud booing and chants of "Free Palestine"...

May 13, 2024

Students walk out ahead of Jerry Seinfeld speech at US university

The plane made a successful wheels-up emergency landing in Newcastle, Australia after circling airport for hours, on May 13

Plane makes successful wheels-up emergency landing in Australia after circling airport for hours

SYDNEY — Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing gear following a mechanical failure at Newcastle Airport in Australia’s New South Wales.The plane, a Beach B-200 Super King, circled the airport for hours burning fuel before making a “textbook” wheels-up emergency landing, CNN affiliate Nine News reported.Footage shows the plane approaching the runway without its landing gear activated before touching down and skidding along the tarmac until coming to a stop.Emergency response vehicles were on standby and could be seen in the video racing to the aid of the plane.Superintendent Wayne Humphrey from NSW police praised the 53-year-old pilot for executing a successful landing, saying that nobody was injured and the...

May 13, 2024

Plane makes successful wheels-up emergency landing in Australia after circling airport for hours

Residents in Lima Kaum village, one of the worst hit areas

'Cold lava' sweeps Sumatra villages near volcano, killing 41

JAKARTA — At least 41 people were killed after flash floods and "cold lava" flowing from a volcano hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra.Hours of heavy rain on Saturday swept torrents of ash and rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano in Sumatra.The mudslides inundated two districts, swept people to their deaths and damaged more than 100 homes, mosques and public facilities.Seventeen people are still missing.Survivors recounted how they fled as the "cold lava" - a mixture of volcanic material and pebbles that flow down a volcano's slopes in the rain - flowed towards their homes."I heard the thunder and the sound similar to boiling water. It was the sound of big rocks falling from Mount Marapi,” Rina Devina, a 43-year-old housewife from the...

May 13, 2024

'Cold lava' sweeps Sumatra villages near volcano, killing 41

Biden faces bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill over Israel ultimatum

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden is facing backlash from lawmakers in both parties over his ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons.Biden’s decision to go public with the ultimatum in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett last week was greeted with pointed criticism across the GOP spectrum on Sunday, and vocal concern among Democrats.“On the one hand, they’re saying too many Palestinian civilians have been killed. With the other hand, they’re depriving us of the precision guided weapons that actually cut down on civilian casualties,” Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” though Biden specifically mentioned withholding bombs and artillery shells deemed by the...

May 13, 2024

Biden faces bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill over Israel ultimatum

The Westminster court

UK charges three for aiding Hong Kong intelligence service

LONDON — Three men have been charged under the National Security Act with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference.All three will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court later.The Metropolitan Police said the Hong Kong investigation was not related to a separate case involving Russia.As part of the investigation, a total of 11 people were detained under section 27 of the National Security Act.The three men charged are: Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 38, of Staines-upon-Thames; Matthew Trickett, 37, of Maidenhead; and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, of Hackney.Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "I want to reassure the public that we do not believe there to be any wider threat to them. This investigation remains...

May 13, 2024

UK charges three for aiding Hong Kong intelligence service

Emma Lovell was stabbed alongside her husband when intruders broke into their home

Australian teen jailed for 14 years over UK woman's murder

BRISBANE — A teenager who stabbed a British mother to death after breaking into her home in Australia has been jailed for 14 years.Emma Lovell, 41, was killed when confronting two intruders in Brisbane on Boxing Day in 2022.She had emigrated from Suffolk in 2011 with her daughters and her husband Lee, who was also injured in the attack.The offender, who cannot legally be named as he was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty to her murder earlier this year.He also admitted to three other burglary and assault charges.In the Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday, Justice Tom Sullivan said the man - now aged 19 - had committed a "particularly heinous" crime against the Lovells, who he described as a "loving family" building a life for themselves in a new country."They were...

May 13, 2024

Australian teen jailed for 14 years over UK woman's murder

Salvador Illa's Socialists emerged as the biggest party in the Catalan parliament

Spain Socialists win Catalan vote as separatists lose ground

MADRID — The Socialists of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have won Catalonia's regional election as pro-independence parties lost ground.The Catalan Socialist Party (PSC), under former Spanish health minister Salvador Illa, made substantial gains to emerge as the clear winner.With 99% of votes counted, it has secured 42 seats.Support for independence has dropped to 42%, from 49% in 2017, says the Catalan government's statistics institute.In the campaign ahead of this election, the issue of Catalonia's relationship with the rest of Spain was pushed into the background by other challenges, such as the region's drought and housing crisis.The hardline Together for Catalonia (JxCat) party of the former regional president Carles Puigdemont was second, with 35 seats,...

May 13, 2024

Spain Socialists win Catalan vote as separatists lose ground

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Sergei Shoigu

Putin removes Sergei Shoigu from Russian defense ministry

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has removed his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister, the Kremlin has announced.The 68-year-old has been in the role since 2012 and is to be appointed secretary of Russia's Security Council.Papers published by the upper chamber of the Russian parliament said Shoigu will be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.The Kremlin said the defense ministry needed to stay "innovative".Russian government papers show Putin wants Shoigu to take over from Nikolai Patrushev on the powerful security council. It is not yet clear what Patrushev's new post will be.Shoigu has close links with President Putin, often taking him on fishing trips in his native Siberia.He was given the defense portfolio despite having no...

May 13, 2024

Putin removes Sergei Shoigu from Russian defense ministry

Egypt joins genocide case against Israel at ICJ

CAIRO — Egypt announced on Sunday its decision to join a genocide lawsuit initiated by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), relating to the ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip.The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, in a statement, cited the "escalating severity and scope of the Israeli assaults against Palestinian civilians in Gaza," including the systematic targeting of civilians and infrastructure, as key reasons for its involvement.The ministry emphasized that these actions represent "a flagrant violation of international law, humanitarian law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949," which outlines the protection of civilians during wartime.Egypt has called for Israel to adhere to its obligations under international law and...

May 12, 2024

Egypt joins genocide case against Israel at ICJ

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