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Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili (centre) leaves a polling station during parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, Georgia on Saturday. - REUTERS PIC
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili (centre) leaves a polling station during parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, Georgia on Saturday. – REUTERS PIC

Georgian president calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election

TBILISI, (Reuters) – Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili called today for people to take to the streets to protest the results of Saturday’s disputed parliamentary election, which the electoral commission said the ruling party had won.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a media conference at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) headquarters on October 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Takashi Aoyama/ Pool via REUTERS
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a media conference at the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) headquarters on October 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Takashi Aoyama/ Pool via REUTERS

Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority, election outcome in balance

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at today’s national election, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the next government and the outlook for the world’s fourth-largest economy.

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Trump unbound as US presidential race nears its end

GREENSBORO, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – With his third straight U.S. presidential campaign coming down to the wire, Donald Trump mused at a rally about hydrogen-powered cars exploding, lamented how difficult it is to get spray paint off limestone and marveled at how billionaire backer Elon Musk’s rocket had returned to Earth in one piece.

APNU and AFC condemn withdrawal of Police Complaints Authority Report

APNU and the AFC have condemned what they called the withdrawal from them of the 2023 report of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) In a joint statement, they said that the Order Paper for the 10th October sitting of the National Assembly sent out on the 3rd October to members clearly indicated that the PCA 2023 Report was to be circulated to members on the 20th October.

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