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16.04.2021 / 01:21

COVID-19: Will the Canadian Grand Prix be cancelled for the second year in a row?

Canadian Grand Prix race in Montreal cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19 According to public health, having thousands of fans gathered in one place is too risky.Authorities are also worried about participants arriving to town without quarantining, as they would be coming straight from another event in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.“We have asked Quebec’s health ministry to consider these concerns when making its decision and to enhance protocols if they event were to take place,” Forest explained.When asked about the matter on Thursday, Quebec’s Health Minister Christian Dubé offered a vague response.“I have enough decisions already on my mind, I’ll leave that to Dr. Arruda and Dr.

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Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands around Nagorno-Karabakh

BAKU – Azerbaijan on Tuesday completed reclaiming territory ceded by Armenia under a Russia-brokered peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hailed the restoration of control over the areas as a historic achievement.“We all lived with one dream and now we fulfilled it," Aliyev said in an address to the nation. “We won a victory on the battlefield and on the political arena, and that victory opens a new era for our country.

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Äzerbaijanis who fled war look to return home, if it exists

BAKU – As Azerbaijan regains control of land it lost to Armenian forces a quarter-century ago, civilians who fled the fighting decades ago wonder if they can go back home now — and if there's still a home to go back to.An estimated 600,000 Azerbaijanis were displaced in the 1990s war that left the Nagorno-Karabakh region under the control of ethnic Armenian separatists and large adjacent territories in Armenia's hands. During six weeks of renewed fighting this fall that ended Nov.

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Azerbaijani leader: Cease-fire may improve Armenia relations

MOSCOW – The president of Azerbaijan said Saturday he hopes the ceasefire that ended a six-week war with Armenia this month will lead to improving relations between the countries.President Ilham Aliyev made the statement as a high-level Russian delegation visited Azerbaijani's capital, Baku. The delegation, which included Russia's foreign and defense ministers, also visited the Armenian capital, Yerevan.

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Azerbaijan: Armenian missile killed 13, wounded over 50

BAKU – Azerbaijan on Saturday accused Armenia of striking its second-largest city with a ballistic missile that killed at least 13 civilians and wounded 50 others in a new escalation of their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.The Armenian Defense Ministry denied launching the strike, but the separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh put out a statement listing alleged “legitimate” military facilities in the city of Ganja, although they stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack.Azerbaijani officials said the Soviet-made Scud missile destroyed or damaged about 20 residential buildings in Ganja overnight, and emergency workers spent hours searching in the rubble for victims and survivors.Scud missiles date back to the 1960s and

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Azerbaijan claims Armenian strike outside Nagorno-Karabakh

BAKU – Azerbaijani authorities on Friday accused Armenia of expanding the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh by shelling a different region in Azerbaijan, a claim rejected by Armenian officials.The mutual accusations come amid intense fighting that has raged for nearly three weeks despite a Russian attempt to broker a truce, marking the largest escalation of hostilities between the South Caucasus neighbors in more than a quarter-century.Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said a missile fired by Armenian forces hit the area near Orduba, in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan region, on Thursday, causing no casualties.Armenian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanian dismissed the Azerbaijani statement, saying that no missiles were fired at the Nakhchivan

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Turkish diplomat denounces Armenia on trip to Azerbaijan

BAKU – Turkey's top diplomat traveled to Baku on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Azerbaijan in its decades-old conflict with Armenia over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Heavy fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the region since Sept.

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Azerbaijan's No. 2 city targeted in fighting with Armenia

BAKU – The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued on Sunday over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Azerbaijan's second-largest city coming under attack.Azerbaijani officials said Sunday that Armenian forces attacked Ganja, the country's second largest city. Hikmet Hajiyev, an aide to the Azerbaijani president, tweeted a video depicting damaged buildings, and called it the result of “Armenia’s massive missile attacks against dense residential areas" in Ganja.

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Azerbaijan president criticizes mediators; fighting rages on

BAKU – Heavy fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued Saturday in their conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, while Azerbaijan’s president criticized the international mediators who have tried for decades to resolve the dispute.Fighting that started Sept.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan battle for 2nd day as death toll rises

Armenia and Azerbaijani forces kept fighting Monday over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh after hostilities broke out the day before, with both sides blaming each other for resuming the deadly attacks that reportedly also wounded scores of people.The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claimed that Armenian forces started shelling the town of Tartar on Monday morning, while Armenian officials said the fighting continued throughout the night and Baku resumed “offensive actions” in the morning.Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry told the Interfax news agency Monday that over 550 Armenian troops have been “destroyed (including those wounded)”, a claim that Armenian officials denied.

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SFA confirm Hampden remains amongst Euro 2020 venues

Glasgow is still one of the host cities for Euro 2020 despite speculation that it would be one of three to be potentially dumped due to ongoing coronavirus issues.

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Azerbaijan Grand Prix axed as Formula One bosses fighting to save 2020 season

Formula One bosses are fighting to salvage the 2020 season after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix became the latest race to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic.

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BREAKING coronavirus outbreak forces F1 to postpone Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix has become the latest race of the 2020 Formula One season to be postponed, race organisers have announced.

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