Author: Zviad Vakhvakhishvili

The man’s captors told VICE World News that further attempts to rescue him could jeopardise his safety. Deep in the foggy wilds of the Papuan highlands, a platoon of Indonesian soldiers was combing the jungle, looking to rescue a New Zealand pilot who had been held by armed separatists for weeks and used as a pawn in a decadeslong conflict. Then the treeline came alive. The West Papua Liberation Army (TPNPB), an armed and fierce group of independence fighters, attacked the Indonesian soldiers’ military post in the northeastern corner of Papua’s Nduga regency on Saturday. At least six government soldiers…

Is there a risk of escalation of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict in view of the ear in Ukraine? Where is Georgia going – to Europe or to Russia? JAMnews reporters asked residents of Abkhazia. Context Thousands of anti-Russian rallies in Tbilisi in early March 2023 caused great resonance in Abkhazia. “A new government may come to Tbilisi, which will be ready to open a second front,” Abkhaz politicians and experts say. President Aslan Bzhaniya has also repeatedly mentioned the threat of attack from Georgia. These sentiments are, at least in part, fueled by statements from Moscow. High-ranking officials of the Russian government have made statements about expected provocations…

ATLANTA — The Georgia House is telling cities and counties that they must enforce existing bans on public camping or sleeping by homeless people while saying local governments and hospitals can’t dump homeless people in other counties without permission. The House voted 99-76 to pass Senate Bill 62 on Monday. Because a House committee amended the measure to add the ban on dumping, it goes back to the Senate for more debate. “We should not have cities that are looking away as people choose, or feel they must, find different places to put their head every night,” said Rep. Katie…

As many businesses are having issues filling open jobs, a new study has found that Georgia is No. 2 when it comes to states who are seeing the most resignations. “Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs each month, even in the face of high inflation. The incentives available from changing jobs, as well as a desire to get away from careers impacted most by COVID-19, are two big factors driving what’s been dubbed the ‘Great Resignation.’ As a result, new job applicants have a lot of leverage,” said WalletHub, who did the study. According to their research, Georgia came in…

A series of twisters touched down Sunday in Georgia — two described by the National Weather Service as “large and extremely dangerous” — as President Joe Biden approved disaster relief for storm-battered Mississippi, where at least 25 people were left dead in the wake of a powerful tornado outbreak. The NWS extended a tornado watch eastward across Mississippi until midnight Sunday. Residents of the Macon, Georgia, suburbs of Milledgeville, Linton, Beulah and Underwood were advised Sunday morning by the weather service to “take cover now.” A second tornado was confirmed to have touched down Sunday morning near LaGrange, Georgia, about 65 miles…

ATLANTA (AP) — America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders — especially politicians — too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable and convenient King” offering easy platitudes. “We love to quote King in and around the holiday. … But then we refuse to live King 365 days of the year,” she declared at the commemorative service…

Friday morning will see some of the coldest air in five years move into Georgia just in time for Christmas. The temperatures were already dropping on Tuesday as a light rain moved through Georgia. Some area in extreme north Georgia saw some patchy freezing drizzle in the higher elevations. Photos shared with FOX 5 from Sky Valley, Georgia, on the North Carolina line show exactly that. Do not discount the possibility of sleet, freezing rain, or a wintry mix overnight into Wednesday morning, but there should not be an accumulation. The remainder of the week will be cloudy and cool. Showers will switch…