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How Kremlin disinformation could hide the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash The cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 on Christmas Day near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, is still unknown. As of Friday, flight recorders have been recovered from the scene and the investigation continues. But early indications may point to a possible cause: A US official told CNN a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet. The official picture in Russia is somewhat different. At midday Friday, the lead news item on the tragedy on Russian state television channel Rossiya-24 noted that representatives of the aircraft manufacturer Embraer were expected to arrive in Kazakhstan, but made no mention of the possibility that the aircraft had been shot down. And Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has been tight-lipped about the disaster, in which at least 38 people died.

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China flags multiple risks for rescuers at flood-hit Gyirong Port A team tasked with probing hazards around the Gyirong Port area in Tibet identified eight “high-risk geological disaster points” for intensive monitoring as rescue efforts after Wednesday’s flooding continue. China’s Ministry of Natural Resources on Sunday called for drone aerial surveys and manual patrols to conduct risk assessments and monitoring to provide early warning of possible collapses and landslides, according to the ministry’s official social media account. Rescuers on both sides of the China-Nepal border have been grappling with the risks of additional flooding and landslides – complicating already perilous rescue and recovery operations in the disaster-hit areas.

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A total of 90 personnel are on site, including from the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force, as well as sniffer dogs and search-and-rescue teams, officials said. Foreign rescue teams are working to clear and search other hydropower projects, which are scattered along the Trishuli river winding through multiple districts. The Indian team, for instance, is monitoring the Chilime and Langtang areas by helicopter, while the Chinese team has already searched the tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project, said the ministry’s news release. Authorities met with the families of missing workers on Sunday, and told them the government “is leaving no stone unturned to save the lives of its citizens,” the ministry added.

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Residents await results Venezuelan residents have responded to the deal with a mix of hope and concern. “We have to be patient because the economy doesn’t pick up overnight,” said resident Erasmo Rojas. “It takes time for the economy to pick up, and, well, we’re in a transitional phase that I think it’s positive for the country – that the country is moving toward a better future. We have to believe in the country.” Some say the deal will amount to nothing if the money isn’t used to fix longstanding problems like unreliable public services. “What I want is for us to improve, you know? It’s the people who suffer the most. With sanctions or without them, in the end, it’s the people who suffer,” merchant Gian Gómez told CNN. In the past two years, Venezuela has recorded a slow but steady increase in oil production, which recently exceeded 1 million barrels of crude oil per day for the first time since early 2019.

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