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Georgia students invited to take fall STEM Challenge
Valdosta Daily Times - Georgia
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August 22, 2025
Published 3:47 pm Friday, August 22, 2025 MACON — Georgia elementary classes in third through fifth grades are encouraged to put their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to work by entering the Fall 2025 STEM Challenge: Grow...
Russia’s Imperial Black Sea Strategy
Foreign Affairs
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August 18, 2025
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and other neighbors is transforming the Black Sea into Eurasia’s strategic frontier. Russia has disrupted flows of energy, food, and other commodities; generated millions of migrants; and heightened insecurity...
After a century as a New England secret, Teddie peanut butter goes national
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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In 1925, an Armenian immigrant named Michael Hintlian opened a candy shop in Boston’s Quincy Market. Business was good for a few years. The stock market crashed, the Great Depression began, and desperate families no longer needed treats, they...
Last Production U-2 Returns to Flight for First Time Since 2008
The Aviationist
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August 24, 2025
Aviation enthusiasts captured the aircraft in flight from Palmdale Airport, California, with the frame noticeably looking clean and ‘fresh’ compared to those that have been in regular use. Steven Fortson, who posts on X/Twitter as Zaphod58,...
Armenia seeks LPG imports from Iran to address domestic shortages
Iran Front Page
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August 22, 2025
Gevorg Papoyan said the request was made during a meeting with Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Mohammad Atabak, as Yerevan seeks to diversify its energy suppliers and stabilize rising fuel costs. “Securing additional LPG supplies from...
Russian gas supplies to Armenia to be suspended
Arminfo
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ArmInfo. Due to the need to carry out emergency repair work on the transit gas pipeline "Red Bridge-Sevkar-Berd" on the territory of Georgia, from 06:00 on August 22 to 06:00 on August 23, Russian natural gas supplies to Armenia will be...
Analysis: Why Putin won’t stop his quest for the Black Sea
AOL
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commander-In-Chief of the Russian Navy Alexander Moiseev while visiting the Sevmash Shipbuilding Plant on July 24, 2025, in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia. Credit - Contributor—Getty Images As...
Trump’s Route to ‘International Peace and Prosperity’ Runs Through Armenia, Azerbaijan
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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August 19, 2025
The Trump administration is moving to secure American interests in Southwest Asia through efforts toward peace and commerce deals with Armenia and Azerbaijan. The first step toward a more permanent peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan...
Expert: Azerbaijan can play a central role in energy transition across Eurasia – INTERVIEW
Azertag
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August 23, 2025
Baku, August 23, AZERTAC AZERTAC presents an interview with Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide's Centre for International Studies, expert on international...
Abkhazia fuel crisis: only Russian stations have gasoline
JAMnews
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August 21, 2025
Fuel crisis in Abkhazia Abkhazia is facing a fuel crisis. Most petrol stations have shut down for lack of gasoline, while those that still have supplies are seeing long queues. Among them are stations run by the Russian oil and gas giant Rosneft...
Russia Bad America Good
Dissident Voice
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August 21, 2025
The demonization of Russia among Western journalists has gotten so perverse, if Vladimir Putin were to jump in an erupting volcano and rescue a family of four Americans, carrying them on his back hobbling along on the melted stumps of his legs to...
Iran, Armenia agree to expand Persian Gulf-Black Sea Corridor
Mehr News Agency
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August 19, 2025
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh met on Monday with Armenia’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Davit Khudatyan to discuss ways to boost transit links and logistics. Sadegh stressed the...
Why Russia is losing the South Caucasus
Taipei Times
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August 23, 2025
From failed coups to broken alliances, Putin’s hold over the South Caucasus is unraveling, leaving the Kremlin isolated The peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, announced recently at the US White House, is perhaps the clearest sign yet that...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 19, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in Kursk Oblast. Click here to...
Azerbaijan boosts electricity exports to Georgia in first half of 2025
AzerNews
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August 21, 2025
Azerbaijan boosts electricity exports to Georgia in first half of 2025 21 August 2025 13:41 (UTC+04:00) In the first six months of this year, Azerbaijan increased electricity exports to Georgia, strengthening its role as a reliable energy supplier...
Romania eyes bigger Black Sea task force
GCN
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August 18, 2025
Romania’s ambitious proposal to transform a modest mine-clearing operation into a comprehensive maritime security force represents a pivotal moment in Black Sea geopolitics, as the region becomes increasingly militarized amid ongoing Russian...
How the impact of ‘Operation Spiderweb’ is reshaping Russia's war on Ukraine
Global Voices
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August 23, 2025
In a June 17 interview with The New York Post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that the United States is considering buying drones from his country in exchange for Ukraine's purchase of US weapons, adding that he is having similar...
Tbilisi to Launch 7.5 km Tram Line Project
Business Media Gerogia
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August 20, 2025
According to the Mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze, the construction of a tram line will begin in the capital. As Kaladze noted, the modern, European-standard tram line will connect the Didi Dighomi residential district to the “Didube” metro...
FSB detains man over April car-bomb killing of Russian general
Al Mayadeen
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August 23, 2025
Russian security services say Ukrainian intelligence orchestrated the April car-bomb attack that killed Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, with an arrested suspect also accused of spying on defense personnel and infrastructure. Russian authorities say...
How Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Lowers Corridor Risk for Central Asia
Times of Central Asia
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August 18, 2025
The framework announced on 8 August 2025 in Washington for Armenia–Azerbaijan peace and development resets the security–economics equation in the South Caucasus and holds deep implications for Central Asia. At its core is the mutual recognition of...