Presidential election in breakaway Abkhazia will go to second round
Tbilisi, Georgia Reuters A presidential election held on Sunday in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia produced no clear winner, setting up a second round between the top two candidates, state news agency Apsnypress said. Citing Abkhazia’s electoral commission, the agency reported that acting President Badra Gunba had taken 46 per cent of the vote, […]
Eastern Europe’s media in the crosshairs after USAID funding freeze
Budapest, Hungary/Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Reuters At a 10th February editorial meeting of Hungarian investigative outlet Atlatszo, journalists discussed how they might raise money after their grants from USAID intermediaries were halted amid US President Donald Trump’s drive to shutter the agency. “Without these funds it would be very hard to maintain independent media here […]
Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
Los Angeles, US AP Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. A general view of atmosphere is seen during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, 2nd February, 2025, in Los Angeles. PICTURE: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, died […]
At state funeral in Washington, Jimmy Carter’s life celebrated as a “miracle”
Washington DC, US RNS A prestigious group of mourners, including a slate of current, former and future presidents and vice presidents, assembled in the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday for the state funeral of President Jimmy Carter, celebrating the life and legacy of the peanut farmer-turned-politician from Plains, Georgia. Carter’s casket, which had been lying […]
Admirers of Jimmy Carter travel to view his casket lying in state at Capitol
Washington DC, US AP Admirers of President Jimmy Carter from around the country visited Washington on Wednesday to view his casket as he lies in state as part of state funeral rites. The Georgia Democrat and 39th President died on 29th December at the age of 100. The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in […]
In pictures: Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas
AP Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday, 6th January, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo. Christian Orthodox believers burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in front of St Luke Church in Belgrade, Serbia, on […]
Jimmy Carter eulogised by Kamala Harris, Congressional leaders at US Capitol
Updated: 10:25am (AEDT) Washington DC, US AP Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th President returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus Tuesday morning, accompanied […]
Presidential lessons: Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter – what it was like
PAUL NEWBERRY, of Associated Press, attended a score of President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School classes including his final lesson…
Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th President’s state funeral begins
Plains, Georgia, US AP Jimmy Carter ‘s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th US President’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood farmhouse on its way to Atlanta, where he climbed the political ladder and based his decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House. The former […]
Explainer – Jimmy Carter’s state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know
Atlanta, US AP Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on 29th December at the age of 100. The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the global stage as a humanitarian and advocate for democracy. […]