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More than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as future uncertain for those who remain

Armenian officials say more than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh's original population have fled the ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan for neighboring Armenia YEREVAN, Armenia -- The exodus of more than 80% of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh raises questions about Azerbaijan's plans for the ethnic Armenian enclave following its lightning offensive last week to reclaim the breakaway region. The Armenian government said Friday evening that more than 97,700 people, from a population of around 120,000, had fled to Armenia since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the region's militants to disarm. The enclave's separatist government said it would dissolve itself by the end of the year after a three-decade bid for independence. Some people lined up for days to escape Nagorno-Karabakh because the only route to Armenia — a winding mountain road — became jammed with slow-moving vehicles. Armenian Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said some people, including the elderly, had died wh

MotoGP Japanese GP: Binder tops FP2, Marquez and Quartararo crash

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After it made its race debut at the San Marino GP with wildcard Dani Pedrosa, KTM has brought its new carbon fibre chassis to Japan for factory riders Binder and Jack Miller. With the new chassis offering better rear grip on the RC16, Binder used this to maximum effect on the soft rear tyre at the end the second practice to go fastest of all with a 1m43.489s, beating the eight-year-old lap record set by Jorge Lorenzo. Binder headed championship leader Francesco Bagnaia by 0.029 seconds, while Aleix Espargaro completed the top three for Aprilia, the top three all surpassing Lorenzo's 2015 benchmark. The Q1 session in qualifying will feature all three previous champions prior to Bagnaia in 2022, as crashes for Yamaha’s Quartararo and Honda’s Marquez left both outside of the top 10. Joan Mir will also join that trio having been unable to replicate his top five form from FP1 in the afternoon. The early pace was set by the sister factory Aprilia of Ma

What to know about former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump

Donald Trump is running for president. This is part of a series on the 2024 president ial candidates. Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, and grew up in Queens, New York. He is married to his wife, Melania, and has five children -- Ivanka, Donald Jr., Eric, Tiffany and Barron. Trump accumulated his wealth largely by building hotels, Golf courses and casinos. He has been a fixture in pop culture for most of his career, thanks in part to a starring role on NBC's "The Apprentice." Running on an America-first platform, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 to become president of the United States. Trump’s presidency was marred by Scandal , resulting in impeachment twice, both times of which ended in acquittal by the U.S. Senate. He lost reelection to Joe Biden in 2020 but refused to concede and continues to falsely contend the results of the vote. Trump announced he was running for president again in November 2022, immediately becoming the leading Republican in the fi

Diversity and inclusion celebrated in Milan with refrain: Make more space for color, curves

More curvy models than ever showed up on Milan runways this season, due mostly to a single show by Brazilian designer Karoline Vitto, while designers of color showed their work at collateral events meant to promote diversity in the backrooms of Italian... MILAN -- More curvy models than ever showed up on Milan runways this season, due mostly to a single show by Brazilian designer Karoline Vitto, while designers of color showcased their work at collateral events meant to promote their visibility in the backrooms of Italian fashion. Wherever diversity and inclusion were being celebrated during Milan Fashion Week, which ended Sunday, there was one underlying refrain : Make more space . CURVY MODELS GET OUTING AT KAROLINE VITTO “We made history! It was incredible,’’ world-renown curvy model Ashley Graham gushed as she embraced London-based Vitto after Sunday’s show. Plus-size models like Graham, Precious Lee and Paloma Elsesser are often the only curvy models on fashion runways for any

North Korea calls South's leader a 'guy with a trash-like brain' as it slams his UN speech

North Korea has called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a guy with a trash-like brain” and “a diplomatic idiot” as it blasted him for using a U.N. speech to issue a warning over the North’s deepening military ties with Russia SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Monday called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a guy with a trash-like brain” and “a diplomatic idiot” as it blasted him for using a U.N. speech to issue a warning over the North’s deepening military ties with Russia. In a speech at the U.N. General Assembly last week, Yoon said South Korea “will not sit idly by” if North Korea and Russia agree to weapons deals that would pose a threat to the South. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's trip to Russia earlier this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and visit key Military sites raised international concern about a possible push by North Korea to receive sophisticated nuclear and weapons technologies in return for replenishing Russia's conventional arms invent

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It's a kayak with a grenade launcher. And it could be game-changer in Ukraine.

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As Russia's war against Ukraine wears on, Ukrainian fighters are using 'combat kayaks' and other innovative means to fight back. KYIV, Ukraine -- In a quiet bay of the Dnipro River, a one-hour drive from Kyiv, a group of Ukrainian engineers and special forces soldiers tested what they believe can be a Game -changer in the Ukrainian counteroffensive: the Poloz-M16 combat kayak . What otherwise looks like the familiar watercraft has been redesigned for special Military purposes – in the Kherson region, for example, where the front line parallels the wide Dnipro, with multiple islands between its banks. "To design something like this you have to build boats for 30 years. That's what I've been doing," says Serhiy Ostashenko, CEO of the Adamant Verf company, which produces the kayak s. He designed the Poloz-M16 overnight, he said, after special forces soldiers came to him with a need, and an idea. "Poloz-M16 is similar to what the American and British sol