French independent music giant Believe has teamed with former 300 exec Az Cohen for a new joint venture, called AZTEC, that will mark Believe’s first U.S.-based record label, the company announced Thursday (May 7). Cohen, the son of industry legend and current YouTube global head of music Lyor Cohen, will spearhead the new venture as…
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The cruise missile-killing high-energy laser weapon the U.S. Defense Department envisions as part of its “Golden Dome for America” domestic missile defense shield is beginning to take shape. The new Joint Laser Weapon…
Shorouk Express ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 6. Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport has announced that a joint Kazakh–Uzbek meeting on grain export logistics will take place on December 8–9 in Saryagash and Tashkent, Trend reports via the ministry. The decision was made following an operational meeting between the representatives from the Ministry of Transport, Samruk-Kazyna, and Kazakhstan…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 24. A cooperation agreement on the construction of small modular reactor plants in Iran was signed in Moscow between the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the Russian Rosatom Company today, Trend reports via the AEOI. The agreement was signed by Iranian Vice President, Chairman of the AEOI Mohammad…
Shorouk Express A spokesperson for the Commission told POLITICO the delegation would be led by David O’Sullivan, the EU’s sanctions envoy. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU’s 19th package of sanctions against Russia — designed “to bring President Putin to the negotiation table” — would be unveiled in early September. Ukraine and its allies have…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 17 August 2025 22:31 (UTC +04:00) Iran has drilled and upgraded a new well (No. 43) in the Yadavaran oil field shared with Iraq. The well was delivered to the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company under the second development phase. Another well (No. 42) will be completed and handed…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 5. Azerbaijan is considering the establishment of a joint research and development center in the field of artificial intelligence with the UAE, the Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev wrote on his X page, Trend reports. “We held a meeting with the UAE Minister of Industry and…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 12. Leaders from the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) signed a joint communiqué following their second meeting of ministers and heads of institutions responsible for family and social policy matters in Azerbaijan’s Baku, Trend reports. The participants discussed the challenges faced by modern families, measures to strengthen the family institution,…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 10 June 2025 12:23 (UTC +04:00) Photo: Kazakh Invest During the official visit of Timcho Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia to Kazakhstan, a roundtable was held to enhance bilateral cooperation in investment, tourism, and technology. Representatives from government, business, and…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 10. As part of preparations for the joint naval exercises of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan “Caspian Breeze – 2025”, staff talks were held in the maritime capital of Kazakhstan, Aktau, with the participation of representatives of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan….
