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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to try and secure further US support against Russia. The visit came as Kyiv and Moscow had both ramped up long-range strikes and diplomatic efforts launched by Washington stalled more than four years after Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Lebanon on Tuesday became the first Middle East country to formally abolish the death penalty. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004.
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“There is no reality in which anyone could imagine Georgia existing without Abkhazia and Samachablo. Coming to terms with this idea is out of the question, and the whole world must understand this,” Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili said while honoring the memory of fallen heroes at the Mukhatgverdi Brothers’ Cemetery together with the Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament, Mayor of Tbilisi, and representatives of the executive and legislative branches, marking the 18th anniversary of the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
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“The United States remains deeply concerned about Russia’s continued occupation of Georgian territory and condemns the killings, abductions and other forms of violence taking place under Russia’s ongoing occupation,” the US Embassy in Georgia said in a statement published on social media.
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Dredging works are beginning at the Anaklia Deep-Sea Port, with the first dredger, Tristao Da Cunha, entering the maritime area of the future port. After completing the procedures required by law, the vessel will begin work on the construction of the breakwater channel.
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