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FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER DIES AT AGE 100 – He served as President from January 1977 to January 1981 Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday(December 29) , the Carter Center said. He was 100. A Democrat, he served as president from January 1977 to January 1981 after defeating Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 U.S. election.…

FONSECA SACKED AS AC MILAN COACH – Local media reports say former Porto boss Sergio Conceicao was set to take over Serie A side AC Milan sacked coach Paulo Fonseca after only six months in the job after an inconsistent run of form left the club eighth in Italy’s top football league. Milan, who drew 1-1 at home against struggling AS Roma on Sunday (December 29), have won only two of their last seven league games. The 19-time Italian champions sit eight points off the top four with a game in hand, and 14 points behind leaders Atalanta. Local media…

CIVIL SERVANTS TO STRIKE OVER DEMANDS TO WORK FROM OFFICE – Government officials at the Land Registry to strike over new rules  Civil servants are set to strike next month, criticizing new rules requiring them to work from the office three days a week as “Victorian” management practices. Thousands of staff at the Land Registry, represented by the PCS Union, voted for the walkout, arguing the office attendance targets do not improve productivity and are widely unpopular among employees. PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote urged ministers to reconsider, stating, “To foster a motivated workforce, ministers should trust employees to have…

VALENCIA RESIDENTS DEMAND RESIGNATION OF LEADER MAZON  – They call for his resignation over his handling of floods which killed over 220  Thousands of protesters and dozens of tractors made their way through the streets of Valencia, calling for the resignation of regional leader Carlos Mazon over the handling of deadly floods which killed more than 220 people. Holding banners with Mazon’s image and slogans, the protesters gathered two months after the disaster to demand their leader to resign. Local residents have been critical of what they see as lacklustre alerts from authorities when the floods hit, and the late…

NEW GEORGIAN PRESIDENT KAVELASHVILI SWORN IN – The government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests. Outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili, a pro-EU critic of the ruling party, said in a defiant speech to supporters outside the presidential palace that she was leaving the residence but remained the legitimate officeholder. Zourabichvili says that Kavelashvili was not duly picked, as the lawmakers who…

King Charles will deliver his traditional Christmas Day message from a former hospital chapel, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, in a break from tradition and a nod to the British monarch’s ongoing treatment for cancer. In February, the palace revealed the 76-year-old, who became king in 2022, had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer detected in tests after a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate. Last week, a palace source said his treatment was moving in a positive direction and would continue into next year. For his annual pre-recorded Christmas Day broadcast to be aired on Wednesday, Charles has selected…

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early on Tuesday to protest against the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria, Agence France-Presse journalists witnessed. “We demand the rights of Christians,” protesters chanted as they marched through the Syrian capital towards the headquarters of the Orthodox patriarchate in the Bab Sharqi neighbourhood. The protests come a little more than two weeks after an armed coalition led by Islamists toppled the government of Bashar al-Assad, who had cast himself as a protector of minorities in the Sunni-majority country. A demonstrator who gave his name as…

UK ECONOMY SHOWS ZERO GROWTH IN Q3 – Q2 also revised down, Q4 has been given a 0% forecast Britain’s gross domestic product (GDP) registered no growth in the third quarter of 2024, revised down from the first estimate increase of 0.1%, according to official data released. According to Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), from July to September, the services sector output saw no growth, while a 0.7-percent increase in construction was offset by a 0.4%  fall in production. For the GDP growth in the second quarter, the ONS also revised it to 0.5%, down from its first estimate…

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEETS SLOVAK PM – Ukraine Gas Transit Contract Runs Out The situation with European countries that buy Russian gas is very complicated and requires increased attention, the Kremlin said on Monday (December 23) after talks the previous day between President Vladimir Putin and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he could not provide more details about the talks, which also touched on bilateral relations and the Ukraine war. Fico said on Sunday that Putin had confirmed Russian willingness to continue to supply gas to Slovakia, even though the Slovak leader said this was “practically…

FURY CLAIMS JUDGES WERE MISTAKEN IN GIVING USYK UNANIMOUS DECISION WIN – Tyson Fury claims he should have won. Tyson Fury said the judges made a mistake in awarding a unanimous decision win to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine in their clash for the WBA (Super), WBO and WBC titles at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday (December 21) night, claiming he should have won. Fury fell to the second defeat of his professional career, both of which have come against Usyk, as he missed the chance to win the belts despite a much better performance in a rematch of their May…