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Georgia — Target the Judges
CEPA
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August 19, 2025
After a deeply questionable 2024 parliamentary election and the ruling Georgian Dream’s decision to suspend its efforts to join the European Union (EU), daily protests erupted across the country. The authorities underlined their authoritarian turn...
65 citizens returned to Ukraine from buffer zone on Russian-Georgian border
Ukrinform
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August 22, 2025
The return of 65 citizens from the buffer zone on the Russian-Georgian border was organized upon President Zelensky's directive. Among them are 10 women, 8 severely ill. According to Ukrinform, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii...
65 citizens who were forcibly taken to border with Georgia by Russia return to Ukraine
Hromadske
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Return of Ukrainians who were held at the border between Russia and GeorgiaFacebook / Andrij SybihaUkrainian authorities successfully repatriated 65 citizens who were held at the Dariali checkpoint in the buffer zone on the Russia-Georgia border,...
Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War
War on the Rocks
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August 22, 2025
“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out “Nevsky” for “Wolves,” “Saint George,” or any of three dozen similar formations and a pattern...
Shocking Moment Illegal Russian Uber Driver Knocks Out CEO with Service Dog Leaving Him with Brain Injury
International Business Times Singapore
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August 22, 2025
A Russian Uber driver working illegally in the U.S. was filmed head-butting a South Carolina CEO who was holding his service dog, knocking him unconscious with a brain injury, according to the victim and a recently filed lawsuit. Charleston-based...
South Georgia Strength and Fitness Expo returns to Tifton Saturday
Tifton Gazette - Georgia
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August 21, 2025
Published 6:44 pm Thursday, August 21, 2025 TIFTON — The South Georgia Strength and Fitness Expo will be returning to the UGA Conference Center Saturday. The expo is to feature the Night of the Gladiators bodybuilding competition; Immortal...
Georgia expands state program for rare disease treatment
Georgia Today
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August 21, 2025
The Georgian Ministry of Health has announced a new addition to its state program for rare diseases, specifically for those living with cystic fibrosis. Under the new changes, the government will begin funding inhalation therapies, antibiotics,...
Special reportDoes Trump's Armenia-Azerbaijan trade corridor deal pave the way to peace?
The National News
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At the end of a media briefing in New York last month, senior US official Tom Barrack slid in a reference to Washington controlling one of the most fraught pieces of land in the South Caucasus. “They’re arguing over 32km of road, but this is no...
The Georgian Paradigm of Peace
Georgia Today
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August 21, 2025
Few people – whether in Georgia (Sakartvelo) or abroad – are aware of a remarkable book already translated into twelve languages: The Georgian Paradigm of Peace by Professor Zurab Khonelidze, president of the Georgian Academy of Education. This...
Georgia police issue statewide alert for missing 14-year-old boy
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 18, 2025
Georgia police issue statewide alert for missing 14-year-old boy Jeremiah McCleod has been diagnosed with ODD, ADHD, ADD and Bipolar disorder. THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS KEEP IT HERE. TODAY AT SIX -- A HIGH PROFILE MURDER CASE RETURNS TO THE...
Overview: Russia's strategic influence activity in Estonia 2020–2025
ERR
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August 21, 2025
Relations between Russia and Western countries began moving toward confrontation with Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" and Georgia's "Rose Revolution" in 2003–2004, which Russia interpreted as the penetration of Western liberal values into its sphere...
'Deeply concerned': Georgia Gov. Kemp issues statement following International Paper closure news
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 21, 2025
FLAGS ARE FLYING -- URGING SWIMMERS TO BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.//// COMMUNITIES ARE ROCKED -- AFTER LEARNING INTERNATIONAL PAPER FACILITIES IN SAVANNAH AND RICEBORO -- WILL SOON SHUTDOWN - *PERMANENTLY. AS WJCL 22 NEWS' GRACE...
Despite years of serious safety violations, Holly Hill Hospital looks to treat more patients
NC Health News - North Carolina
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August 21, 2025
By Taylor Knopf A for-profit psychiatric hospital in Raleigh — regularly sanctioned by regulators and visited by police due to fights, patient escapes and reports of alleged sexual assault — is expanding to serve more people. Last year, Holly Hill...
30 years later: Remembering Flight 529 and the lives lost in Georgia plane crash
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 21, 2025
7 RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22. THATS A LOOK AT SPORTS A VIRAL VIDEO -- SHOWS SAVANNAH POLICE HOLDING A GUN -- TO AN 18-YEAR-OLD'S HEAD. WHAT THEY SAY HAPPENED -- BEFORE THE CAMERAS STARTED ROLLING. FEDERAL TROOPS STILL PATROLLING D.C.- SAVANNAH'S MAYOR...
Nutritional Wealth: The Coastal Georgia Health Crisis: Why our best leaders are burning out
Bryan County News - Georgia
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August 21, 2025
Mike Thompson Local Columnist Drive through any business district in coastal Georgia at lunchtime, and you’ll witness a peculiar form of corporate theater. Many of our most successful leaders—the ones running our growing businesses, managing our...
International Paper: On heels of Georgia layoffs, a look at the more than 100-year-old company
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 21, 2025
7 RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22. THATS A LOOK AT SPORTS A VIRAL VIDEO -- SHOWS SAVANNAH POLICE HOLDING A GUN -- TO AN 18-YEAR-OLD'S HEAD. WHAT THEY SAY HAPPENED -- BEFORE THE CAMERAS STARTED ROLLING. FEDERAL TROOPS STILL PATROLLING D.C.- SAVANNAH'S MAYOR...
Hattie Georgia Hanzlicek Kadlubar
The American Press - Louisiana
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August 21, 2025
Published 7:54 am Thursday, August 21, 2025 Hattie Georgia Hanzlicek Kadlubar, 84, of Lake Charles passed away at 6:26 PM on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025 surrounded by family. Mrs. Kadlubar was born on Feb. 6, 1941 in West, Texas. She was raised in...
Georgian Dream now nothing but a nightmare
The Interpreter
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August 17, 2025
In the trendy Sololaki neighbourhood of Tbilisi, Georgia, faded mansions line the avenues and the cafes and wine bars are bustling. Notably for this chic area, graffiti is everywhere – and not just the tags of bored teens (although there are...
BSU medical students to intern in Germany
Georgia Online
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August 20, 2025
Georgia: Some students of the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University will be interning at the Freiburg University Clinic in Germany. These students are studying at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care in BSU and will receive...
SGMC Health Foundation launches $25 million capital campaign
Valdosta Daily Times - Georgia
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August 20, 2025
Published 1:48 pm Wednesday, August 20, 2025 VALDOSTA _ The SGMC Health Foundation officially launched Groundbreaking Growth, a $25 million capital campaign dedicated to shaping the future of healthcare in South Georgia. According to Vice...