Day: February 20, 2024
#OTD in 2001, the #FBI arrested Robert Hanssen, an FBI counterintelligence agent. From 1985 until his arrest, Hanssen spied for Russia, disclosing some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive secrets. In 2023, he died while serving his prison sentence. https://t.co/kt6c8dCDS7 pic.twitter.com/tnqLxtpZIp
— FBI El Paso (@FBIElPaso) February 18, 2024
AP: Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as head of the European Union’s powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens in over a generation.
Following five years of leading the 27-nation bloc through…
UPI: The crew of a British bulk carrier in the Red Sea off Yemen were forced to abandon ship Monday after the vessel was struck by two missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The dawn missile strikes badly damaged the engine room of the 32,000 ton Rubymar as it…
By the decision of the Listing Committee of the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) ordinary, book-entry, registered shares of joint stock company “Legion Financial” under the code AZ1001025464 ISIN with the nominal value of AZN 95.000 are listed in the standard segment of the market.
This was announced by the BSE.
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The investigative body has cancelled the ban on meetings and telephone conversations with relatives of the arrested employees of the online publication “Abzas media”. Aysha Abdel Gadir, lawyer of one of the employees of the publication, informed Turan about it.
The information about lifting the ban on phone calls and…
A criminal case was opened in Baku regarding unethical images of schoolchildren.
A recent video circulating on social networks depicting a violent altercation involving a child has sparked outrage and raised concerns over the prevalence of bullying and violence among adolescents in Azerbaijan. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched…