US revokes Georgian PM’s Invitation to Biden’s UN reception amid strained ties – Times of India

[ad_1] Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and US President Joe Biden (Photo: Agencies) Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was reportedly disinvited from a reception hosted by US President Joe Biden during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday. Kobakhidze was scheduled to address the UNGA on Thursday and had originally been invited to the…

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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill?

[ad_1] Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and aspiring college student, walked the grassy grounds of…

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Chick-Fil-A Backtracks From Its No-Antibiotics-In-Chicken Pledge, Blames Projected Supply Shortages

[ad_1] ATLANTA (AP) — The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the rampant use of the drugs in livestock production. Instead, the company said in a statement that it will embrace a standard known as “no antibiotics important to human medicine,”…

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Florida Attorney General Set to Ask State Supreme Court to Keep Abortion Protections off the Ballot

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida‘s attorney general is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to keep an abortion-rights measure off November’s ballot on Wednesday, saying it misleads voters and could be used to expand abortion rights in the future. Proponents of the proposed amendment say the language is clear and concise and that…

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