Month: June 2025

In an increasingly volatile global economy, the smallest signs of stability can signal larger shifts underway. In Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, the rise in average wages this year offers a quiet but telling indicator of economic resilience and progress.
According to the latest data released by the Baku City Statistics Department, the average monthly nominal salary of salaried workers in Baku reached 1,303.2 manats (approximately $769) during the first two months of 2025. This figure represents a 5.9% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

Two bridges collapsed overnight in Western Russia, one onto a railway track in the Bryansk Oblast which caused a passenger train to crash and derail, killing at least 7 and injuring dozens; while the second bridge collapse occurred in the Kursk Oblast and caused a Russian cargo… pic.twitter.com/TbGb5bjxSV

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The story of how a Ukrainian football (soccer) team’s barely believable European triumph achieved in the face of Russia’s first, 2014, invasion turned sour only four years later.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian soldiers surrendered “because abuse in units is worse than captivity.”

The national railway operator, Russian Railways, said the bridge came down due to “illegal interference” but did not give more details.

Fishermen say a new natural gas project off the coast of Senegal has killed their livelihoods. The project is a joint venture between British energy giant BP and U.S.