The founder of Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, doubled down on Wednesday on a pledge to ban opposition parties should his party clinch victory in a crucial parliamentary election this weekend. make opposition parties "answer with the full rigour of the law for the war crimes committed against the population of Georgia," Ivanishvili told a large pro-government rally in Tbilisi's central square. Many thousands flooded down Tbilisi's main avenue and onto the central Freedom Square on Wednesday, although the crowd began to noticeably thin as Ivanishvili spoke.
US intelligence officials say they're concerned about more foreign smear campaigns, efforts to meddle and provoke violence after polls close Nov. 5.
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday blasted Donald Trump over reports that he has spoken positively about Hitler, and described the former president's recent behavior as "increasingly unhinged."
The proportion of women killed in conflict in 2023 doubled compared to the previous year, according to a UN report that denounced "oppressive patriarchal" structures and called out an increase in sexual violence in war zones.The number of cases of sexual violence against women in those conflict zones increased by 50 percent, the UN's data showed, with the number of girls affected by "grave violations" in active conflict areas increasing by 35 percent.
Five people were killed and 22 others wounded in an attack on a top Turkish defence firm near Ankara that the government said was "very likely" carried out by Kurdish militants.One of Turkey's top defence firms and a major arms producer, TAI employs 15,500 people and has a vast production site covering an area of five million square metres, its website says.
Sri Lanka increased security around a Jewish community center in Arugam Bay after the U.S. and Israel warned of potential threats to popular tourist locations.
Transgender candidates for state legislatures in Florida, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, California and Hawaii said their LGBTQ identities have been central to their politics.
The catch: figuring out how to extract that much lithium without wreaking havoc on the environment and the water table.
At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia and are training there, the United States said Wednesday, warning that they would become legitimate targets for Kyiv if they engage in combat in Ukraine."We do not yet know whether these soldiers will enter into combat alongside the Russian military," but "if these North Korean soldiers decide to join the fight against Ukraine, they will become legitimate military targets," he said.
World leaders called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine at the BRICS summit in Russia on Wednesday, as President Vladimir Putin told them he welcomed offers to mediate in the Ukraine conflict.In private bilateral talks, Putin welcomed offers by several BRICS leaders to mediate in Ukraine, even as he told them his forces were advancing on the battlefield, his spokesman said Wednesday.
The 300-plus-year-old glass onion bottles were discovered from the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwreck, located off the coast of Florida.
A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. Particularly vulnerable are young children, older people or those with weakened immune systems. About 50 people have fallen ill in the McDonald's outbreak, and one has died, with ages ranging from 13 to 88, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Atlantic said the headline is a fabrication that distorts a 2021 article titled "Kamala Harris Might Have to Stop the Steal."
Oil prices dropped as weekly US inventories came in unexpectedly high.
Uncertainty about the upcoming US elections had cooled economic activity across the country, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, noting that many businesses and consumers were pausing major decisions until after Election Day.Several contacts reported that they saw the pre-election uncertainty as normal, and that they expected business activity and consumer confidence to pick up again after November 5.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on China demanded answers on Wednesday from the Commerce Department and TSMC after a chip made by the Taiwanese company was found in a device made by China's Huawei. “Reports that cutting-edge TSMC-manufactured chips have contributed to Huawei’s AI development represent a catastrophic failure of U.S. export control policy," Representative John Moolenaar said in a statement. The Commerce Department and TSMC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A Department of Transportation camera captured a suspected drunken driver narrowly passing by Vice President Kamala Harris' motorcade on Monday.
More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program that the Justice Department and advocacy groups contend is illegal. The scope of the removals was revealed for the first time this week after a federal magistrate ordered the state to disclose the figure as part of a federal lawsuit. The Justice Department alleges in a lawsuit that Virginia is violating federal law by systematically removing alleged noncitizens from the voter rolls during a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of the November election.
The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope aims to create the largest 3D map of the universe in the next six years. The observatory just completed the first piece.
Former President Donald Trump and his team still have not taken critical steps toward preparing for a potential presidential transition if he wins the White House, with nonpartisan experts and Democrats raising alarms with just 13 days to go before Election Day.