The analytical-information portal News.Az continues its series of articles, interviews and videos entitled "COP29 Baku".

By Zakir Gasimov

News.Az presents an interview with Dr. Moataz Mohyiddin Abdel Hamid, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Republic of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraq-Azerbaijan Friendship Society.

By Seymur Mammadov

Russia's plans to open a consulate general in Khankendi in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region have sparked heated debates in public forums and have surprised and even alarmed many.

A person has been killed after ending up in the running jet engine of a KLM passenger plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.

One of the trash balloons, launched from North Korea, landed on the rooftop of a building in the Jongno governmental district of Seoul, News.az reports citing the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper.

Another volcanic eruption has begun in south-west Iceland, forcing the evacuation of the famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa and the small fishing town of Grindavik.

Annual inflation in Russia accelerated from 8.03% a week earlier to 8.07% from May 21 to 27, the Ministry of Economic Development said in its price review.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan and China's Eging PV Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a solar power station in Tajikistan's Panj free economic zone (FEZ), News.az reports.

Santos today announced the signing of a binding long-term LNG Supply and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd. to provide LNG from Santos’ portfolio of world-class LNG assets, News.az reports.

Real wages in Germany in the first quarter rose by 3.8 percent on the same quarter of last year, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said Wednesday. It was the strongest year-on-year growth since the time series began in 2008.