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Hong Kong records biggest win in history of local lottery The largest win in the history of the Mark Six lottery, a popular game in Hong Kong, was recorded during the New Year’s drawing, coinciding with the arrival of the Year of the Snake on the lunar calendar, Azernews reports. Access to…
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was downed on 25 December by a missile from a Pantsir-S1 system brought from Syria to Russia, killing 38 and injuring 29, sources reveal. ADVERTISEMENT New findings emerging from Russian sources suggest that Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was downed by a missile fired from a Pantsir-S1 air defence system which was…
In a covert operation underscoring the growing Russia-West shadow war, US intelligence uncovered a Russian plan using explosive packages disguised as shipments, sparking fires in Europe and prompting Biden administration warnings to President Vladimir Putin. According to senior US officials, intercepted communications from the Russian military intelligence agency, G.R.U., indicated the fires were part of…
It was a tense conversation between two authoritarian leaders accustomed to getting their way. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was offering explanations for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that had killed 38 people days earlier. Perhaps it was a flock of birds, Mr. Putin said, or an exploding gas canister. Maybe a Ukrainian drone….
10 January 2025 15:46 Russian President Vladimir Putin has chaired the first meeting of the year with permanent members of the Russian Federation Security Council. The meeting focused on additional measures to ensure public safety during the preparations and celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Caliber.Az reports via Kremlin’s…
Kuwait has withdrawn its citizenship from two celebrated entertainers amid hundreds of nationality revocations in the country, according to gulfnews. A decree has been issued withdrawing Kuwaiti citizenship from actor Dawood Hussain and singer Nawal, Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas has reported. The decree was published in Kuwait’s Official Gazette, Kuwait Today, also withdrawing citi-zenship from…
Visitors look at a video about battery-powered ships in the showroom at the headquarters of Chinese EV battery maker CATL in Ningde, Fujian province on November 15, 2024 GREG BAKER Text size With Donald Trump expected to take the United States again out of climate diplomacy, China, the world’s largest emitter but green energy powerhouse,…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey refused to allow Israeli President Isaac Herzog to use its airspace to attend the COP climate summit in Azerbaijan, highlighting Ankara’s stance amid tensions with Israel. “We did not allow the Israeli president to use our airspace to attend the COP summit. We…
Ukraine sees the transit agreement aiding Moscow’s war finances, but it stands to lose £634 million a year from transiting fees for a pipeline that connects Russia to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. The gas “swap” is one of several possibilities on the table, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed his government was in…