California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that teachers and other school employees must either be vaccinated against Covid-19 or submit to regular testing. California will become the first state in the nation to implement such a requirement. “To give parents confidence that their children are safe as schools return to full, in-person learning, we are …

Some 7,077 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 430 new cases; seven people died As of August 12 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,428,627 Confirmed positive cases – 234,397 Deaths – 4,685 Recovered – 222,397 Patients currently receiving treatment – 6,013

The Turkish manufacturer of drones Baykar is developing an investment project to build a research center for advanced technologies in aerospace engineering and a production center for drone assembly in Ukraine, Deputy Director General for Investments Natalya Ozden has said. “Baykar intends to invest in Ukraine, and is currently developing a corresponding investment project,” she …

Due to the unprecedented heat, the problem of drinking water in Stepanakert remains a serious problem, Artsakh’s State Emergency Service says. The working group set up jointly with the State Emergency Service the Water and Sewerage company supplies water to the residents of Stepanakert day and night. Fire trucks roam the streets to deliver drinking …

In recent days, Azerbaijan has been actively discussing the initiative to organize tours to the occupied territories of Artsakh for refugees for money. In particular, the chairman of the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan Fouad Nagiyev said that they were going to organize tourist trips to Nagorno Karabakh, first of all for the refugees who …

Russian Interior Ministry has banned former Azerbaijani Ambassador Isfandiyar Vahabzade from entering the country for 50 years, RBC reports. The former ambassador insulted the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Russian people. The message of the Ministry mentions that Vahabzade allowed expressions on the Internet, which “incite ethnic hatred.” …

Search-and-rescue crews in northern Turkey recovered 10 more bodies overnight, raising the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the region to 27, officials said on Friday. Dozens more people were believed to be missing. Torrential rains pounded the Black Sea coastal provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu, Sinop and Samsun on Wednesday, causing …

Six people were fatally shot in Plymouth, England, on Thursday, a rare occurrence in a country that has some of the world’s strictest gun control laws and had not endured a mass shooting since 2010. The gunman was one of the six people killed, the police said. One of the victims was under 10 years …

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense reports that the units of the Artsakh Republic Defense Army opened fire at around 02:30 on August 13 in the direction of the Azerbaijani positions in the villages of Yukhari Veysal and Sghnakh, as well as near Shushi, are false, a statement by Artsakh Defense Army said. “It is obvious …

Up to 48.8 degrees Celsius. As Mediterranean countries struggle with the effects of the abnormally hot summer, the Sicilian commune of Katenanuova has already surpassed the 40-year European record temperature. And this is not the end, warn meteorologists. The peak of heat is ahead, Euronews writes. “As an expert, I was impressed by the intensity …