Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, this week to protest a proposed law that would designate organizations that receive a certain amount of funding from abroad as “foreign agents.” Riot police used water cannons and tear gas to break up the crowds. Critics of the legislation in Georgia argue that the law is modeled after a similar one in Russia that has made it harder for human rights organizations…
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Truss sacked Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is facing calls to resign from within her own Conservative Party just six weeks after entering Downing Street. Truss and her former Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced a fiscal package – a so-called “mini-budget” – on Sept. 23. The measures triggered…
"UK PM Truss faces serious pressure to resign after failed budget"
A currency expert has issued a dire warning to Putin that he has put himself in a “point of no return” following his invasion of Ukraine as the Russian ruble faces a ticking time bomb before it collapses. Co-founder of financial consultancy the Adamis Principle Patrick Reid told Express.co.uk that there is a 99percent chance of the Russian economy being utterly “decimated” by the end of the year if Putin remains in the Kremlin. He…
"Russian economy faces destruction if President stays"