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BAKU, Azerbaijan — Ilham Aliyev’s fossil fuel glorification is “inappropriate” for the leader of a country hosting an international climate conference, Belgium’s energy minister told POLITICO.   The Azerbaijani president used his opening speech at the COP29 climate summit in Baku this…

Russia’s army fully occupied the critical Ukrainian town of Vuhledar on Wednesday, after more than two years pressing to capture the Donetsk region stronghold.  “To take control of the city at any cost, Russians managed to direct the reserves to…

Martin Vladimirov is director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy. Announcing its plans for what could be called TurkStream 2 on Aug. 21, Turkey finally dropped all pretenses. According to the country’s…