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Montevideo, April 24th 2025 - 14:37 UTC

Tag: Baku, Azerbaijan

  • Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Azerbaijan Airlines Brazilian-built jet damaged from the outside

    The aircraft went down near Aktau, a Caspian Sea port in western Kazakhstan

    While several theories are being thrown into the fray regarding the probable causes of Azerbaijan Airlines' Flight J2-8243 crash in Kazakhstan, one thing seems to be for sure: the Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet was damaged from the outside, leading to at least 38 deaths while there are 29 survivors, some of whom were also said to be in a serious condition. In the meantime, representatives of Embraer have arrived at the site where the plane crashed.

  • Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 16:08 UTC

    US exploring possibility of rejoining UN World Tourism Organization

    Emma Doyle, White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff, led the US delegation at the 110th session of the executive council of the global body WTO in Baku

    The US is exploring the possibility of rejoining the UN tourism body to create jobs for Americans and help promote tourist destinations in the country, the State Department said. The US made its intention to be back in the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Monday during at the agency's executive council meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan reported the Spanish government news agency Efe.