Georgia’s president slams her successor’s appointment as ‘a mockery of democracy’
Zourabichvili has vowed to stay on as president after her six-year term ends on Monday, describing parliament as illegitimate and having no authority to select her successor.
Georgia’s outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili has attended an opposition rally in Tbilisi and slammed the decision by the electoral college to name former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as her successor “a parody”.
53-year-old Kavelashvili was the only candidate on the ballot and was chosen as Georgia’s new president by all but one of the 225 electors who showed up for the vote.
Georgia’s president slams her successor’s appointment as ‘a mockery of democracy’
Suspected ShinyHunters hacker detained in Jordan and cooperating with FBI
Jordanian authorities have detained Saif al-Din Khader, a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which recently claimed responsibility for defacing the FBI’s website. U.S.
Lab worker’s death prompts concerns over pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia
A laboratory assistant’s reported death from pneumonic plague in Irkutsk has led to the lockdown of five hospitals as authorities manage the outbreak response.