By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government over a halt to the country’s European Union accession talks last month. The ruling Georgian Dream party’s move to freeze the…
52 mins ago The death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, has thrown his native Ilobu Community into deep mourning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspodent, who was in the town on Wednesday, reports that the whole area looked unusually calm. At the Palace of the Olobu of Ilobi Land,…
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at least 20 into the Atlantic waters off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia. U.S. Coast Guard ships were searching on Saturday night for missing people. The accident, which also caused multiple injuries, happened…
Retail giant Walmart and MISTR, a telemedicine provider offering free online STI testing, PrEP, DoxyPEP and long-term HIV care, have launched a pilot program offering free at-home HIV testing kits to customers from seven Walmart stores in Georgia. The tests require a finger prick. Step-by-step instructions and an instructional video are included in each kit…
By Collin Rugg Three innocent bystanders have been shot during a gas station shootout in Atlanta, Georgia. According to police, two “groups” of people started shooting at each other in the parking lot. None of the people who were shot had any connection to the two groups. One witness called the shooting “like an old,…
