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New Russian Regulations Halt Kazakhstan’s Black Sea Oil Exports
Times of Central Asia
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July 24, 2025
Kazakhstan has temporarily suspended oil exports via the Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk and Yuzhnaya Ozerovka due to newly enforced Russian regulations. The rules, which took effect on July 21, require foreign vessels entering Russian ports to...
NBG: China’s CIPS System Not a Replacement for SWIFT
Georgian Business Consulting
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July 18, 2025
Tbilisi (GBC) - The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has issued an official statement clarifying that its cooperation with China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) is not intended to replace the global SWIFT system, but rather to serve...
Cooperation with CIPS will simplify transfers between China and Georgi...
Georgian Business Consulting
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July 17, 2025
Tbilisi (GBC) - Natia Turnava, Governor of the National Bank of Georgia, met with Fu Huang, President of China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). The meeting was held as part of ongoing discussions stemming from a memorandum of...
LFG closes GEL 108 million capital reduction project
Georgian Business Consulting
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July 18, 2025
Tbilisi (GBC) - Lion Finance Group PLC (the "Company"- LSE: BGEO LN) announces that the Company has cancelled 47,950 treasury shares bought back under the GEL 107.7 million share buyback and cancellation programme (which was an extension of the...
Georgia’s Finance Minister engages with WB Practice Manager for Transp...
Georgian Business Consulting
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July 18, 2025
Tbilisi (GBC) - Georgia’s Finance Minister, Lasha Khutsishvili, held discussions with Shomik Mehndiratta, the World Bank’s Practice Manager for Transport in Europe and Central Asia, during his visit to Georgia The meeting focused on cooperation...
FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025: India Become First Country To Have Four Players in Quarter-Finals As Harika Dronavalli, Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy, R Vaishali Make Last Eight
Latestly
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July 18, 2025
Batumi (Georgia) July 18: Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, D Harika, R Vaishali and International Master Divya Deshmukh stormed into the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women's Chess Cup, scripting history as India became the first country to field four...
Headlines for Thursday, July 24, 2025
Kansas Public Radio
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July 24, 2025
Free-Speech Group: New KU Policy Poses “Grave” Concerns LAWRENCE, Kan. (LJW) — A national free-speech organization says the new University of Kansas policy prohibiting employees from including their gender pronouns in official communications poses...
Pregnant 'drug mule' Bella Culley reveals baby's gender as she pleads with court
Daily Star
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July 24, 2025
Simon Murphy Senior News Reporter, Dan Grennan Audience Writer and Maradia Tsaava in Georgia 12:32, 24 Jul 2025 Teenage "drug mule" Brit Bella Culley has urged authorities to consider her side of the story – as it's revealed she's expecting a baby...
Martha Patricia Lauderdale
Valley Times-News - Alabama
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July 21, 2025
Published 10:11 am Monday, July 21, 2025 Martha Patricia Lauderdale (Marty), 83, passed away on July 12, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born on May 7, 1942, in Langdale, Alabama, to Clarence and Rebecca Lauderdale. Marty was strong-willed,...
Former Boston teacher indicted, accused of engaging in online sex chats with minors
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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July 21, 2025
Crime By Madison Lucchesi July 21, 2025 | 12:16 PM 2 minutes to read Share Close Send this article to your social connections. Share Send this article to your social connections. Photos of John Magee Gavin that he allegedly sent to minors. – U.S....
Bella May Culley pleads with court and says 'understand through my eyes'
Birmingham Live
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July 24, 2025
12:31, 24 Jul 2025 Bella May Culley has issued a plea to the courts in Georgia, after she revealed the gender of her unborn child. The 19-year-old has asked officials to see her story 'through her eyes,' as it has been shared the teenager is...
Startup Droper Enters Georgian Market with Smart Travel Accessories
Caucasus Business Week
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“We only entered the market a few days ago, but we already have customers and have started accepting orders,” says Gigi Katamadze, founder of Droper.ge, a new Georgian travel-focused e-commerce platform. Katamadze shared details of the company’s...
Bella Culley: Drug mule suspect expecting baby boy as teen asks court to 'see story through my eyes'
TeessideLive
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July 24, 2025
Pregnant Teesside teen Bella Culley, accused of drug smuggling, has asked the court to understand her perspective, as it was disclosed she's expecting a son. The young woman is at risk of a life sentence in Georgia for allegedly smuggling cannabis...
First Alert Weather Day: Hot and humid Tuesday ahead with more thunderstorms
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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July 21, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Another hot and stormy afternoon is in store Tuesday with another First Alert Weather Day. Scattered, locally heavy showers and storms are moving across north and central Georgia. While most will stay below...
Employment and Labor Firm Adds Another Expert
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 24, 2025
Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC has added Kaha Kvachatadze as a principal in its White Plains office. He joins the firm from Pfizer, where he spent nearly two decades leading the company’s in-house immigration function. “Kaha’s...
Pregnant ‘drug mule’ Bella Culley pleads with court as baby's gender revealed
The Mirror
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July 24, 2025
11:00, 24 Jul 2025Updated 11:18, 24 Jul 2025 Pregnant Brit ‘drug mule’ Bella Culley has issued a plea to see her story “through my eyes” – as it emerged she is due to have a boy. The teenager is facing life behind bars in Georgia after allegedly...
Host nation revealed for expanded 2026 World Rugby U20 Championship
Ruck
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July 24, 2025
World Rugby has today confirmed that Georgia will host an expanded World Rugby U20 Championship in 2026 with 16 teams to contest the prestigious age-grade tournament. It will be the second time that Georgia hosts the World Rugby U20 Championship,...
Savannah Chamber supports local businesses with grand openings & celebrations
Savannah Standard - Georgia
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July 24, 2025
Please support fellow Chamber members by attending upcoming ribbon-cutting and grand opening events, and join in congratulating recent celebrations. The Chapel by the Sea, previously known as Tybee Island Wedding Chapel, celebrated its grand...
Pregnant North East 'drug mule' Bella Culley pleads with court as baby's gender revealed
Chronicle Live
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July 24, 2025
chroniclelive.co.uk, Maradia Tsaava in Georgia and Simon Murphy 11:23, 24 Jul 2025Updated 11:23, 24 Jul 2025 Expectant British 'drug mule' Bella Culley has made an emotional appeal to view her story "through my eyes" – as it was revealed she is...
Around Berkeley: Shark story time, cookbook club, death cafe
Berkeleyside - California
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July 24, 2025
Never miss local events! Sign up for Berkeleyside’s arts and culture newsletter, The Scene. And check out our roundup of affordable things to do anytime in Berkeley. Around Berkeley A customer browses the book and wine selection at Book Society....