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Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region ride in a truck upon their arrival at the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, September 27, 2023.

It complained that O'Brien did not mention that "for more than two months Armenia has not been responding" to Azerbaijani peace proposals.

The Azerbaijani statement also said Washington was continuing to offer support to Armenia even though Armenia was "an aggressor and a destabilizing source in the region". »

Donald Trump has launched a fresh tirade on both the judge and his chief court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial just hours after a gag order banning him from criticising court personnel was paused.

Mr Trump had already violated the gag order twice and incurred $15,000 in fines as a result.

But on Thursday, Associate Justice David Friedman of the state’s intermediate appeals court agreed to temporarily lift the gag order, “considering the constitutional and statutory rights at issue”. »

Justice Engoron, who is a Democrat, had justified his own gag order against Mr. Trump by citing threats against his staff.

But Justice Friedman seemed skeptical that Mr. Trump had said anything that would lead directly to threats against court staff.

A lawyer for Mr. Trump, Alina Habba, praised the appellate court after the Thursday hearing and quickly took advantage of the development. »

Colombia has started sterilising hippos descended from animals illegally brought to the country by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.

The government plans to sterilise 40 hippos a year, transfer others to different countries, and may euthanise some of the animals.

The hippos have no natural predators in Colombia and have been declared an invasive species that could upset the ecosystem. »