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Observers fear that Azerbaijan might be preparing another offensive, with the goal of securing a route to its own exclave of Nakhichevan—a region of around 100,000 people that is separated from Azerbaijan by a sliver of Armenian territory.
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Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Baku is currently demanding that Yerevan agree to the establishment of a corridor through Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan jammed between Iran, Armenia, and Turkey.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
—Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Baku is currently demanding that Yerevan agree to the establishment of a corridor through Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan jammed between Iran, Armenia, and Turkey.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
—Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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How the conflict in Ukraine and Gaza gets resolved will have an impact on China’s behaviour concerning claims over maritime and land territory.—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Anwar has touted the country as neutral territory as relations between the U.S. and China worsen.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune Asia,
14 Jan. 2025
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Silver Lyan, The City’s Most Idiosyncratic Cocktail Lounge Over in Penn Quarter, the cocktail menu changes annually at Silver Lyan, the extremely creative/boundary pushing and first U.S. outpost of global innovator Ryan Chetiyawardana’s (aka Mr. Lyan’s) award winning cocktail lounges.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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With only a few trustworthy men floating through the sloppy, makeshift, take-all-comers outpost, Jim pairs Sara with Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), an even gruffer and fairer man who nonetheless wants nothing to do with the difficult gig.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Jan. 2025
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The money is going toward meals, toiletries, gear and replacing a shower facility at one of the camps, Lewis said.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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But years later, in 1988, her husband was killed in another round of fighting in the camp.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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Our 2025 events are a testament to CMG’s mission to celebrate African talent, inspire innovation, and strengthen connections across the diaspora.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
6 Jan. 2025
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Salsa, with roots in Cuba that were further nurtured by Boricuas in New York in the mid-20th century, is a prime example of the richness of the Puerto Rican diaspora.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
5 Jan. 2025
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Van Drew’s southern New Jersey district includes beach towns and summer colonies like Cape May, Atlantic City and Long Beach Island.—
Zack Budryk,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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Cyclone Chido struck the island of Mayotte in December, causing significant devastation to the 300,000 residents of the French colony off the East African coast.—
Ken Silverstein,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2025
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Many of the other posts showed Connor partaking in one of his favorite pastimes — fishing.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Bennett’s speeches about the merits of high tariffs were remarkably similar to Mr. Trump’s social media posts on the topic today.—
Ian Austen,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The former British colony’s sugarcane plantation system profited enormously from enslaving Black people for centuries.—
Patrick Scott,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The land, which enslaved Africans once transformed from a cypress swamp into an intricate system of rice plantations, is now a wildlife preserve managed by Charleston County Parks & Recreation.—
Ellen Schmedinghoff,
AFAR Media,
14 Jan. 2025
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