Azerbaijan is hosting the U.N. climate conference, putting the authoritarian petrostate in spotlight
Diplomats from across the world head to Azerbaijan for the annual climate summit, known as COP29. Critics allege greenwashing ...
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Creeping debris in the Greater Caucasus
A newly published study has mapped glacial debris across the Greater Caucasus, the mountainous region between the Black and ...
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Climate change caused Caucasus glaciers to retreat 600 metres, shrinking freshwater supplies – new UN report
Climate change is taking a toll on the six countries of the Caucasus, causing glaciers to shrink and impacting river flows, ...
Thousands rally again in Georgia to protest the parliamentary election they say was rigged
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside Georgia's parliament for the second straight Monday to denounce the Oct. 26 election as illegitimate after the ruling party ...
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Into the great wide open: How steppe pastoralist groups formed and transformed over time
With the 'time-traveling ability' of archaeogenetic studies it has become possible to shed light onto the dynamic past of human populations world-wide. Integrated with archaeological and ...
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As Georgia’s Ruling Party Won Elections, Azerbaijani Groups Spread Support
Azerbaijani civil society organizations received what appeared to be directives to make statements congratulating the ruling ...
Gas explosion in southern Russia kills 5 people and injures another 4
MOSCOW (AP) — A gas explosion in a residential building in southern Russia on Thursday killed five people and injured another ...
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Death toll from gas blast in Russia’s Cherkessk rises to two — emergency official
CHERKESSK, October 31. /TASS/. The death toll from a gas blast that rocked a five-story apartment building in Russia’s North Caucasus city of Cherkessk earlier this morning has risen to two, a ...
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Apartment building damaged by gas blast in Russia’s North Caucasus
CHERKESSK, October 31. /TASS/. A gas blast rocked an apartment building in Russia’s North Caucasus city of Cherkessk, damaging its upper floors, first responders in Russia’s region of ...
Georgia begins investigating its disputed election but the opposition calls the probe into question
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into alleged vote rigging in last weekend’s parliamentary election, which officials said was ...
Georgia conducts partial vote recount after reports of polling irregularities
Georgia's central electoral commission said it would recount ballots at some 14% of polling stations on Tuesday after a disputed parliamentary election in the South Caucasus country.
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Tens of thousands rally in Georgia to denounce the parliamentary election they say was rigged
The rally deepened the political crisis in the South Caucasus country, where the governing Georgian ... Student Lana Togonidze, 20, said she hoped the West “will see that the Georgian people are not ...