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Air accident
Mystery and speculation surround cause of deadly Kazakhstan plane crash
The plane with 67 on board had veered wildly off course, then crashed while returning from a Russian area struck by Ukraine. Twenty-nine people survived.
- by Katie Marie Davies and Dasha Litvinova
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Climate crisis
Countries to benefit from $460b climate deal blast funding as woefully insufficient
The funding will help poorer countries deal with the impacts of climate change, with rich countries leading the payments.
- by Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Karin Strohecker
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Climate policy
The extraordinary tale of how an oil state ended up hosting the world’s most important climate talks
This year, it is the tiny petrostate of Azerbaijan, next year giant Brazil, and if the Albanese government gets its way, Australia will be next in line to host the climate Olympics.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Air accident
Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in the helicopter had been missing for more than 12 hours when rescuers spotted the wreckage.
- by Jon Gambrell
Just a two-hour flight from Australia, idyllic New Caledonia implodes
This week, the tropical Pacific holiday destination erupted amid tensions with the French government in Paris over voting rights.
- by Matthew Knott
French officials see Azerbaijan’s foreign interference behind deadly riots in New Caledonia
Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French territories last year, resulting in a group whose stated aim is to support “French liberation and anti-colonialist movements”.
- by Chris Zappone
By decree, Nagorno-Karabakh ‘will cease to exist’
After a nearly three-decade bid for independence, the unrecognised republic at the centre of a geopolitical fight is no more.
- by Avet Demourian and Rob Harris
Fuel explosion death toll leaps to 68 as Armenians filled up to flee
The death toll from an explosion and fire at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has sharply increased as hundreds suffered burns while filling up with fuel.
- by Maxim Rodionov
‘No one came for us’: Abandoned by Russia, ethnic Armenians flee threat of genocide by Azerbaijan
About 1500 families have already crossed the border into Armenia since Azerbaijan renewed bombing their enclave. More are expected to follow.
- by Ivan Nechepurenko
Azerbaijani forces strike Armenians, killing dozens
The EU, US, France and Germany condemned Azerbaijan. Armenia accused Russia of being too distracted by its own war in Ukraine to protect it.
- by Andrew Osborn
How one country’s COVID border closures, still in place, are helping its finances
More than three years into a border lockdown, Azerbaijan’s balance sheet has never looked better.
- by Zulfugar Agayev
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