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The UK Health and Security Agency has found that cases of the disease, which has been present in the UK for centuries, have ...

The excavation, launched in July under the initiative of Rustavi City Hall, focuses on exploring the remains of a medieval palace dating back to the 9th-12th centuries within the fortress complex, ...

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