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Most Russians see themselves as different from Western citizens due to Soviet past


A majority of Russians (67%) believe that 75 years of Soviet rule have made them fundamentally different from citizens of Western countries — and that this cannot…

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Turkish Coast Guard intercepts dozens of irregular migrants off Izmir coast


The Turkish Coast Guard intercepted 38 irregular migrants while rescuing an additional 14 off Seferihisar, a district in western Izmir province. According to the…

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Azerbaijan, Harvard launch upgraded Green Growth Portal to drive global energy transition


Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Economy, in collaboration with Harvard University’s Growth Lab, has launched an enhanced version of the Green Growth Portal, initially introduced…

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Ilham Aliyev receives new presidential representative to Nakhchivan and regional executive heads


Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev received the newly appointed Presidential Representative to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Jeyhun Jalilov, as well as the…

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Series of four earthquakes strike eastern Mediterranean region


A sequence of four earthquakes struck the same area of the eastern Mediterranean on November 12, according to the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency…

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France-Armenia military contracts valued at €275 million – New-generation artillery systems and anti-tank weapons


A report presented by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces to Parliament has become a rare case in which a previously classified military-technical issue received…

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Black boxes recovered from Turkish military plane crash in Georgia


Investigators have recovered the flight recorders, commonly known as black boxes, from the wreckage of a Turkish Air Force C-130 transport aircraft that crashed…

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Official: China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan rail to be shortest Central-South Asia route


A railway connecting China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan is set to become the shortest route linking Central and South Asia, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Transport, Ilkhom…

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Russian crypto entrepreneur dies in fiery Lamborghini crash


Well-known cryptocurrency entrepreneur Alexey Dolgikh was killed in a car accident involving a Lamborghini Urus in Moscow, the Telegram channel Baza reported. According…

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Energy crisis: will schools in Kyrgyzstan close for the winter?


Rumours are circulating on social media that schools in Kyrgyzstan are reducing lessons and temporarily shutting extracurricular clubs due to an electricity shortage….