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Max Verstappen has a 'monster' to tame in Baku as Red Bull's era of F1 dominance comes under threat
Lando Norris is only one of Max Verstappen's problems at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The other is his own car. Verstappen needs to tame a car he's called a “monster” to hold off Norris and defend his Formula 1 title, all while the Red Bull team's years of dominance in Formula 1...
Romania, Hungary, Georgia, and Azerbaijan launch venture to install power line under the Black Sea
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania, Hungary, Georgia and Azerbaijan launched a joint venture Tuesday to install a power line under the Black Sea aimed at bringing more renewable energy into the European Union from the eastern Caucasus. The project, approved by leaders of the four...
Azerbaijan president's party retains dominance in parliament election
The party of Azerbaijan's strongman president retained dominance in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results announced Monday. An international observer mission said the vote did not offer voters genuine political alternatives, In the Sunday vote for the 125-seat...
Azerbaijan holds a parliamentary election expected to retain the presidential party's dominance
Polls closed Sunday evening in Azerbaijan's snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year. Previous elections since independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s have not been regarded as...
Day after Putin's visit, Azerbaijan applies to join Russia and China in the BRICS alliance
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes. The...
Putin meets Azerbaijani president in Baku to strengthen ties as regional tensions persist
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks on Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes and shore up ties in the South Caucasus. Business links were high on the agenda as Putin and...
Uzbek prime minister is in Afghanistan in highest-level visit since the Taliban took power
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday in the highest-level visit by a foreign official since the Taliban returned to power three years ago. Aripov, heading a delegation, was welcomed at the Kabul airport by Abdul Salam Hanafi, the...
U.S. women's 3x3 team wins 5 straight to shake off awful start and reach semifinals at Paris Games
PARIS (AP) — There was some concern when the defending champion U.S. women’s 3x3 team dropped its first three games of the Paris Olympics. Just not with the players. “USA basketball is not used to losing,” team member Cierra Burdick said. “So, when you lose...
Turkish and Armenian special envoys resume talks aimed at reconciliation and reopening the border
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Special envoys from Turkey and Armenia convened at the countries’ shared border on Tuesday to resume discussions aimed at normalizing ties between the historic foes. Turkey and Armenia have no formal relations, and their border has been closed since the...
UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations
The head of upcoming climate negotiations told world leaders Wednesday that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent, make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall. “Time lost is lives, livelihoods and the planet lost,” said Mukhtar...
