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Mar
26
2024
By FELIX LIGHT
Georgia’s ruling party proposes new law cracking down on LGBT rights

Georgia’s ruling party proposes new law cracking down on LGBT rights

WORLD
GEORGIA'S ruling party introduced a bill curtailing LGBT rights, a move seen by opponents as an attempt to boost its popularity ahead of elections in the conservative South Caucasus country, a candidate for European Union membership. The draft law would ban sex changes and adoption by same-sex couples, as well as prohibiting "gatherings aimed at popularising same-sex family or intimate relationships", according to a summary published by the Georgian Dream party. Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the party's parliamentary caucus and a driving force behind the bill, said the law was necessary to protect "family values and our future generations" from…
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May
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Georgia fake-elector defendants accept immunity in Trump probe

Georgia fake-elector defendants accept immunity in Trump probe

WORLD
PROSECUTORS for Georgia's Fulton County have granted immunity to at least eight people under investigation for conspiring to overturn Georgia's vote in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to disclose this summer whether former President Donald Trump and others will be charged with crimes related to interfering with the 2020 election. Attorney Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow represented 10 of the 16 suspected fake electors who may have offered to cast electoral college votes for Trump even though Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia and the right to all of the state's 16 electoral…
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Nov
06
2022
By The African Mirror
From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin’s war

From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin’s war

WORLD
JAKE CORDELL AS war chokes Europe, a small nation wedged beneath Russia is enjoying an unexpected economic boom. Georgia is on course to become one of the world's fastest-growing economies this year following a dramatic influx of more than 100,000 Russians since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's mobilisation drive to drum up war recruits. As much of the globe teeters towards recession, this country of 3.7 million people bordering the Black Sea is expected to record a vigorous 10% growth in economic output for 2022 amid a consumption-led boom, according to international institutions. That would see the modest…
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Mar
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Tears and outrage in Georgia

Tears and outrage in Georgia

WORLD
RICH McKAY and ALEXANDRA ULMER CLUTCHING a bouquet of flowers, Jami Webb wept alongside her fiance Kevin Chen at a makeshift memorial set up in front of Young's Asian Massage for the victims of this week's shooting rampage at three Atlanta-area spas. Most of those who stopped and prayed in front of the flowers, burning candles and signs condemning racism and violence were strangers to the eight victims. But for Webb, 29, and her family, the visit was personal and deeply painful. Her father, Michael, is the former husband of the spa's owner, Xiaojie "Emily" Tan, one of the six…
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Dec
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Biden to stump in Georgia runoffs, top Senate Republican ends silence on U.S. election result

Biden to stump in Georgia runoffs, top Senate Republican ends silence on U.S. election result

WORLD
JOSEPH AX A day after the Electoral College confirmed President-elect Joe Biden's victory, he is set to travel to Georgia to campaign for two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates whose January 5 runoff elections could make or break his domestic policy agenda. Just ahead of Biden's trip, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in Congress, ended his silence on the November 3 election results by congratulating Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. McConnell acknowledged their win after six weeks of President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of election fraud. Trump has yet to concede to Biden, and many congressional…
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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Chances narrow of Trump overturning Biden’s win after Georgia recount

Chances narrow of Trump overturning Biden’s win after Georgia recount

WORLD
TREVOR HUNNICAUTT and JOSEPH AX PRESIDENT Donald Trump's quixotic bid to overturn the November 3 election results was dealt another blow when a recount confirmed he had lost Georgia, while the winner, President-elect Joe Biden, filled more jobs in his incoming U.S. administration. Biden, a Democrat, is preparing to take office on January 20, but Trump, a Republican, has refused to concede and is searching for a way to invalidate or overturn the results in a number of states, claiming widespread voter fraud. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger poured more cold water on the Trump campaign's effort when he…
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