Tag: Georgia
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SAD! Eight killed in Georgia shootings
Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against…
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Georgia’s common-sense Woman President, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa The world this Monday marked the 2021 International Women’s Day with the traditional elite emphasis on women getting more leadership positions and not necessarily what they do in power or with power. A case which deserves attention is Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili who transformed from being the French Ambassador in Georgia…
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VIDEO: Georgia Senator-Elect, Jon Ossoff thanks Nigerians for pushing him to victory
Newly elected Democrat Senator, Jon Ossoff has thanked Nigerian-Americans for pushing him to victory in the just concluded elections. Ossoff, a 33-year-old documentary film executive faced incumbent Republican senator David Perdue, whose Senate term ended on Sunday. In November, Perdue fell just short of the majority he would have needed to avoid a runoff, winning…
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Democrats ask FBI to probe Trump over Georgia phone call
Two Democratic members of the U.S. House on Monday asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to open a probe into outgoing President Donald Trump’s leaked phone call that asked an official of Georgia State to find votes for himself. “As members of Congress and former prosecutors, we believe Donald Trump engaged in solicitation of,…
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Biden wins in Georgia after recount, calls Trump ‘most irresponsible president in American history’
The recount of ballots in the US state of Georgia offered no electoral redemption for President Donald Trump. President elect Joe Biden has won again and Trump has lost. In a much expected announcement, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said a hand audit of ballots in the state had confirmed Joe Biden as the…
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US Poll: Georgia to recount election ballots by hand
The U.S. state of Georgia is to conduct a full manual recount of the Nov. 3 presidential election ballots in each county (local government area). Announcing this at a news briefing on Wednesday, Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, said the recount was necessitated by the close margin between the two major contenders. U.S. President-elect…
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Georgia captain gets UEFA award for wearing rainbow armband
When Guram Kashia, then vice-captain of Georgia’s national side, wore a rainbow armband while playing for Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse last October, anti-LGBT protestors in his homeland reacted with riots, smoke bombs and flares. A rainbow flag was burned outside the headquarters of the Georgian Football Federation, while the defender faced threats and abuse, with…
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‘Tallinn Manual 2.0’ – the rulebook for cyberwar
With ransomware like “WannaCry” sowing chaos worldwide and global powers accusing rivals of using cyberattacks to interfere in domestic politics, the latest edition of the world’s only book laying down the law in cyberspace could not be more timely. The Tallinn Manual 2.0 is a unique collection of law on cyber-conflict, says Professor Michael Schmitt…