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McLaren planning "kind of B-spec" upgrade before F1 summer break

McLaren started the 2023 season with a draggy car after taking the wrong direction in floor development last winter.

Motorsport

Russia Says it Hopes Azerbaijan and Iran Resolve ‘Frictions’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that he hoped what he called "frictions" between Azerbaijan and Iran would soon be resolved. Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, which has a large population of ethnic Azeris in its northwest, have been strained in recent months after Baku announced plans to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

McLaren F1 boss plays down Baku GP upgrade package

From the February launch of the MCL60 car, which is an evolution of the 2022 design that Stella said McLaren was “not entirely happy with”, the prevailing sentiment has been that the team must be “realistic” in the early races.

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Nagorno-Karabakh: slowly but surely, Baku is weaponising the green movement to cut off the region's supplies

The clashes that left three Karabakhi Armenian police officers and two Azerbaijani soldiers dead on 5 March 2023 are part of a tally of casualties that observers of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are unfortunately well acquainted with. This latest incident, however, takes place in the context of a blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh…

The Conversation

McLaren will "need a lot more" than Baku F1 upgrade to fight for P4 - Norris

Lando Norris says McLaren will 'need a lot more' than its Baku package if it is to aim for the top four in the 2023 Formula 1 season.

Motorsport

Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe's drive to stop rich people silencing journalists

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places as far away as Shanghai, London, Baku and Dubai.

The Conversation

Azerbaijan Targets Iranian ‘Espionage Network’

Azerbaijani security forces arrested at least seven people in a raid on the headquarters of a pro-Iranian news website in Baku. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry meanwhile, called on its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Iran, days after an attack by armed men on the country’s embassy in Tehran killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Baku: Closure of Tehran Embassy Doesn't Mean Severing of Diplomatic Ties

Azerbaijan announced that the closure of its embassy in Tehran is "temporary" and "doesn't mean that diplomatic ties had been severed", days after a gunman stormed the mission, killing one guard and wounding two others. "The operation of Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran has been temporarily suspended following the evacuation of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Azerbaijan to Evacuate Embassy in Iran After Attack

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism". Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect…

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Egypt, Azerbaijan Call to Eliminate Financing Terrorist Organizations

Egypt and Azerbaijan asserted the need for concerted efforts of the international community to combat terrorism and extremism at all levels, particularly financing terrorist groups and providing them with weapons and terrorist elements. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, and held talks with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham…

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Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting

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Iran says embassy attack should not affect Azerbaijan relations

Iran and Azerbaijan disagree on whether Friday’s attack on the Azeri embassy in Tehran constituted a ‘terrorist act’.

Al Jazeera

Egypt’s Sisi Visits Azerbaijan as Part of Asia Tour

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Azerbaijan on Friday as part of a tour of Asia that has so far taken him to India. Presidency spokesman Bassam Rady said the visit to Baku aims to bolster the unique ties that bind their countries. Sisi will meet with President Ilham…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia presses Azerbaijan to unblock road into enclave, Baku unmoved

Russia told Azerbaijan on Tuesday that a key road leading into the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh must be quickly cleared of protesters but Baku remained unmoved, according to differing accounts from the two sides.

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Azerbaijan appoints first ever ambassador to Israel amid Iran row

Azerbaijan appointed its first ever ambassador to Israel on Wednesday amid escalating tensions with its large southern neighbour Iran.

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Qantas recovery flight lands in Baku to pick up stranded passengers

A Qantas A380 aircraft sent to pick up passengers stranded in Azerbaijan since an emergency landing on Friday has arrived in Baku, and will head on to London, the airline says.

The Independent UK

Passengers face 48-hour delay and Christmas Day arrival at Heathrow

Clare Kennett from West Sussex described the frustration of the long wait she and other passengers had to endure.

The Independent UK

Christmas Eve travellers race to reach their destinations as rail strikes hit

Qantas passengers from Sydney will arrive in the early hours of 25 December, almost 48 hours late, after an unexpected city break in Baku

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Passengers stranded on Christmas Eve after Qantas flights cancelled

Passengers waiting for Qantas flights from London to Sydney — as well as to and from Denpasar — are left waiting a long way from home at the start of the holiday period.

Evening Standard

Qantas flight from Singapore to London has to land at Azerbaijan after smoke detected

The QF1 flight from Sydney via Singapore diverted to Baku’s Heydar Aliyev international airport on Friday amid fears a fire had broken out on board

The Independent UK

Qantas Sydney-London flight diverted to Azerbaijan after smoke detected on board

Stranded SuperJumbo was due into Heathrow at 6.15am

AAP

Qantas flight emergency lands in Baku

A Singapore-London Qantas flight has made an emergency landing in Azerbaijan after pilots received a fault indicator in the cockpit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan Agree to Establish Joint Business Council

The Federation of Saudi Chambers (FSC) and the Small and Medium Business Development Agency in Azerbaijan signed on Monday an agreement to establish a joint business council in efforts to enhance intra-trade between the Kingdom and Azerbaijan and increase the volume of trade and investment cooperation. The signing of the…

Motorsport

Tsunoda’s taped up wing caused black and orange flag ‘overreaction’ from FIA

Yuki Tsunoda’s taped up rear wing in Baku caused an “overreaction” from the FIA over the use of black and orange flags in Formula 1, according to Nikolas Tombazis.

Autosport

Tsunoda’s taped-up wing caused black and orange flag ‘overreaction’ from FIA

Yuki Tsunoda’s taped-up rear wing in Baku caused an “overreaction” from the FIA over the use of black and orange flags in Formula 1, according to FIA technical chief Nikolas Tombazis.

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