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The cause of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines is being investigated
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, who was travelling to Russia’s St Petersburg, has returned to the country on hearing news of the plane crash that left 38 people dead, his press service said. The Deputy General Prosecutor of the country, as well as the vice president of Azerbaijan Airlines had been dispatched to Aktau to conduct…
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Deleting carbon from the atmosphere is controversial
The COP28, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) meeting that ended on Wednesday, called for a 60% drop in carbon emissions by 2035. The COP28 agreement states that “COVID-19 levels need to be reduced by at least 80% by mid-century”. The COP28 is the UN’s annual climate summit, which will be held…
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The warring sides agreed to halt hostilities in the disputed enclave
Azerbaijan said it has started a military mission to “disarm and remove” Armenian forces illegally operating inside the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said the mission aims to protect ethnic Azeris living in the region. The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which borders Azerbaijan, began in 1988 and has left at least 2,000 people dead,…
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The Internet can make it easier for women to leave.
Women in Azerbaijan have chosen not to socialise online because of the risk of real-world repercussions from social media harassment, according to a study. The study found that women chose to opt out of online socializing because of the risk of real-world repercussions from online harassment. They faced an impossible double standard, unable to control…