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Brazil hands black box data from crashed plane to Kazakhstan
Brazils air force said Monday it had extracted the data from two black box recorders belonging to a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku claims was downed by Russia on Christmas Day. The Brazilian-made Embraer 190, crash-landed in Kazakhstan after being diverted from a scheduled landing...
Brazilian investigators join forces to extract data from crashed Azerbaijani Airliner’s black box
A team of Brazilian air force investigators is collaborating with experts from three other countries to analyze data extracted from the black box of an Azerbaijani airliner that tragically crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25, killing 38 people. Azerbaijan has claimed the aircraft was...
Azerbaijan urges Russia to accept blame for plane crash
Azerbaijans President Ilham Aliyev has called on Russia to accept blame for a plane crash on Christmas Day that killed 38 people. The plane is thought to have come under fire from Russian air defence systems as it tried to land in Chechnya before being diverted to Kazakhstan, where it crashed,...
Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani president for downed jet
Daily Star reported Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly apologized to his counterpart in Azerbaijan for a major error which saw a fighter jet crash down to the ground. The Russian leader sent his regret to the Azerbaijani president after a lengthy phone call with him on Christmas day....
Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down
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. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau...
Azerbaijan plane crashed 'due to physical and technical external interference': airline
Azerbaijan Airlines said Friday that the preliminary results of an investigation into the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan pointed to physical and technical external interference, amid growing speculation it was hit by a Russian air defence system. Announcing the suspension of flights to 10...
Kazakhstan says at least 28 survived in Azerbaijan Airlines’ plane crash
An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with Kazakhstans Emergency Ministry now saying that at least 28 people survived the crash, which could mean that over 30 people are likely dead. Four bodies have been recovered till now, reports AP. The ministry confirmed in a...
Azerbaijan plane carrying 70 people crashes in Kazakhstan with near 60 feared dead
An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 67 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 14 people had survived. Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by...
Israel’s president cancels COP29 trip over ‘security considerations’
The Israeli president Isaac Herzog has cancelled his planned visit to Azerbaijan ahead of the UNs climate summit COP 29 that started on November 11 this year, reports Times of Israel. However, several Israeli ministers and officials would still be attending the meeting. Isaac Herzog cancelled...
Azerbaijan expresses interest in strengthening ties with Bangladesh
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev expressed his countrys eagerness to strengthen its ties with Bangladesh and elevate their bilateral relationship to new heights. He shared this view during a meeting with Banadesh Chief Advisgler Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the COP29 global...
CA for 'zero carbon'-based life-style to save planet
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday suggested creating a new life-style based on zero waste and zero carbon to protect the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting his longstanding dream of creating a new world of three zeroes, reports BSS. In order to survive, we need to...
CA urges mobilizing intellectual, financial, youth power for new civilization
Chief Adviser of Bangladeshs Interim Government Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday highlighted the importance of mobilizing intellectual, financial and youth power to lay the foundation for a new civilizationa self-preserving and self-reinforcing civilization, reports UNB. He said while speaking...
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar commends Prof. Yunus's leadership
Ahmed Eltayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al Sharif, expressed confidence that Bangladesh would thrive under the leadership of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. During a meeting with Prof. Yunus at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday morning, the Grand Imam praised his...
CA to address World Leaders Action Summit at COP29 Wednesday
Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus will address the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, on Wednesday, reports The Business Standard. The 29th climate summit started in Baku, Azerbaijan...
CA asks to put extra effort to focus on climate crisis
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked the Bangladesh officials and NGO and civil society leaders to put up extra efforts to highlight the countrys climate crisis at the COP-29 in Baku, reports BSS. He made the call just after he arrived in the Azerbaijan capital to lead...
Chief Adviser off to Baku to join COP-29
Chief Adviser to the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday left Dhaka for Azerbaijan capitals Baku on a four-day state visit to attend the global climate summit Conference of Parties-29 (COP-29), reports BSS. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the chief adviser and his...
CA expected to join COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan next month
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is expected to join the COP29 Summit at the Azerbaijan capital in November, where at least 32,000 people will get together to mainly discuss the thorny issue of climate finance, reports UNB. Once finalised, the Chief Adviser is likely to be in Baku in the second...