Day: December 15, 2023

Baku/15.12.23/Turan: On December 15, the Board of the “Musavat” party discussed the socio-political situation in the country and decided to refuse to participate in the early presidential elections. According to the press service of the party, the issue of arrest of Tofig Yagublu, a member of “Musavat” and the coordination…

Baku/15.12.23/Turan: The Norwegian Foundation for Human Rights Houses is concerned about the current wave of repression against independent media and critical voices in Azerbaijan. “Over the past 25 days, at least 11 journalists and human rights defenders have been arrested on dubious and unfounded charges for legitimately expressing their opinions….

A rush hour collision between two subway trains in Beijing has left 102 people with broken bones, Chinese state media reported, the BBC reports.

More than 500 people were sent to hospital after the incident, which occurred at about 19:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Thursday.

The trains collided during heavy snowfall while going downhill on the Changping subway line.

As of Friday morning, 423 people have been discharged from hospital.

While such accidents are not common on the Chinese capital’s transport network, snowstorms reportedly led to slippery tracks.

This then caused a “signal degradation” which led the first train to brake suddenly, China Daily reported, citing Beijing transport authorities.

The following train was unable to brake in time while coming down the icy tracks, causing it to slam into the rear of the first train.

The impact caused the last two carriages of one of the trains to detach. It is unclear which train was decoupled.

Azerbaijan: Opposition activist swept up in arrests wave ahead of presidential election  Eurasianet

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan discuss military cooperation – Aze.Media  Aze Media

Russia and China have agreed to cooperate in high technologies, including hydrogen production technologies

Azerbaijan is determined to advance the normalization and peace process with Armenia, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told the 47th Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), Report informs.

This year, the engineer-sapper units of the Azerbaijani army cleared more than 6,800 hectares of land from mines, the Chief of the Engineering Troops of the Azerbaijani Army, Major General Anar Karimov, told Report.

NPR News: 12-15-2023 8AM EST