A selection of news stories that happened overnight, March 9, 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Thousands of people staged a second straight day of protests in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Wednesday, rallying against a “foreign agents” law which critics say signals an authoritarian shift and harms Georgia’s chances of closer ties with Europe.
In violent clashes on Tuesday evening, protesters threw petrol bombs and stones at police, who used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds. The interior ministry said 66 people had been detained.The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said on Wednesday his fighters had captured all of the eastern part of Bakhmut, and Nato’s secretary-general said the rest of the Ukrainian city could fall to the invading army in the next few days.
Prosecutors alleged that Sergey Roldugin, a close friend of the Russian president, deposited millions of francs in Swiss bank accounts between 2014 and 2016.
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Jisoo last member of Blackpink to make solo debut, on March 31SEOUL – Jisoo of K-pop girl group Blackpink is set to make her solo debut on March 31, the last member of the four-piece outfit to go solo. On Monday, YG Entertainment, the agency behind Blackpink, dropped a poster announcing the 28-year-old’s debut as an individual...
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New Alien movie begins production in March, cast and synopsis revealed20th Century Studios has revealed new details about the upcoming Alien movie. For starters, the movie will start production in Budapest on 9 March. The premise is still kept under wraps, but the studio did reveal that the film will follow “a group of young people on a distant world, who find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying...
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South Korean lawmakers say North Korea could test new ICBM in March or AprilSEOUL: South Korean lawmakers, citing intelligence officials, said on Tuesday (Mar 7) that North Korea could hold large-scale military drills and test its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in March or April. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's first child is believed to be a son, and the leader a
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