New blasts rocked Kyiv tonight after Russia was slammed as ‘barbaric’ for bombing a TV tower near the Babyn Yar holocaust memorial in Kyiv on the site of one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Holocaust

New blasts rocked Kyiv tonight after Russia was slammed as ‘barbaric’ for bombing a TV tower near the Babyn Yar holocaust memorial in Kyiv on the site of one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Holocaust.  Several of the city’s neighbourhoods are currently under attack, according to local reports.The Kyiv Independent reported…

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Istanbul mayor's 'insult' trial resumes ahead of elections

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu defeated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ally in a controversial 2019 vote Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor faced new hearings Wednesday in a politically-charged trial that could bar him from seeking office months before next year’s general election. Prosecutors want to sentence Ekrem Imamoglu to between 15 months and four years in jail…

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Bill Gates wins approval to buy huge swath of North Dakota farmland

has secured legal approval for the controversial purchase of thousands of acres of prime farmland, after the deal drew fury from the state’s residents.  The state’s Attorney General Drew Wrigley had inquired into the land sale, and on Wednesday issued a letter saying the transaction complied with an archaic anti-corporate farming law.  The Depression-era law prohibits…

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Thousands protest in Turkey over Istanbul mayor's conviction

By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) — Thousands of people rallied in Turkey on Thursday to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Lawyer Turkey Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans criticising President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party before elections next year. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Imamoglu, a popular rival…

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