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Brazil's Lula hunts for deal at Amazon climate summit
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hit the corridors of COP30 in Belem on Wednesday, in a push to land a deal at the UN climate talks as nations remained divided over contentious issues.
Armenia PM arrives in Turkey for 'historic' visit
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» ISTANBUL - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Istanbul Friday for a rare visit to arch-foe Turkey, in what Yerevan has described as a "historic" step toward regional peace.
Hong Kong launches probe after mid-air collision alert triggered by cargo planes
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/03/2025
» Hong Kong aviation authorities have launched an investigation after a collision alert was triggered when two cargo planes took off at the same time from the airport and have removed the air traffic control staff involved from frontline duty.
2 plane crashes lead to deadliest year in skies since 2018
Bloomberg, Published on 30/12/2024
» Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane.
Azerbaijan says Russia shot at plane before crash, demands it admit
AFP, Published on 29/12/2024
» BAKU - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia on Sunday of firing at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed and of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster, demanding that Moscow admit guilt.
Azerbaijan's president says crashed plane was shot at from Russia
Reuters, Published on 29/12/2024
» BAKU/MOSCOW - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting from the ground in Russia, and he said some in Russia had lied about the cause of the disaster.
Azerbaijani plane passengers describe ‘loud bangs’
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2024
» BAKU, Azerbaijan - Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.
Azerbaijan plane ‘downed by Russian air defence’
News Agencies, Published on 26/12/2024
» BAKU, Azerbaijan - An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation have told Reuters.
Many feared dead in Kazakhstan plane crash
Reuters and AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» ASTANA, Kazakhstan - An Embraer passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities said, adding that 32 survivors had been rescued.
Poor countries ‘need $1 trillion a year in climate aid’
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2024
» BAKU, Azerbaijan - Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday, as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather.