Day: January 5, 2025

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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) January 5, 2025

#SouthCaucasushttps://t.co/xqKF7fwWTR https://t.co/mT3HfTwdjJ pic.twitter.com/j2xtipgrfJ

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) January 5, 2025

Tens of thousands of people gathered near the presidential residence Sunday to rally for or against the detention of President Yoon Suk Yeol for a third consecutive day, with just a day left for investigators to execute a warrant to formally detain Yoon, Azernews reports, citing Yonhap.

China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Sunday unveiled 15 measures aimed at advancing the large-scale development of the country’s western regions, with a particular focus on promoting openness, Xinhua reports.

US tech giant Microsoft will invest $80 billion in creating essential data centers for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) by 2025.

#SouthCaucasus
President Ilham Aliyev extends Christmas congratulations to Azerbaijan’s Orthodox Christian community | https://t.co/1nLJwXrFyS https://t.co/PyzRgc3uFA

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) January 5, 2025

An award-winning political cartoonist for the Washington Post has announced her resignation after a cartoon depicting the newspaper’s billionaire owner grovelling before United States President-elect Donald Trump was rejected.

International volleyball referee Eldar Zülfüqarov has received his first appointment of 2025.

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Preliminary report on causes of air crash in Aktau to be published in January-end | https://t.co/1nLJwXrFyS https://t.co/h3OOxhWTnn

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) January 5, 2025

The name of the distinguished theater and film actor, the late People’s Artist Fuad Poladov, has been immortalized.