Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh look at the Nagorno-Karabakh landscape on their way to Kornidzor, the town in Syunik region, Armenia, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

Nagorno-Karabakh to dissolve after Azerbaijan seizes control

Full Episode

Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh look at the Nagorno-Karabakh landscape on their way to Kornidzor, the town in Syunik region, Armenia, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week. 

Vasily Krestyaninov/AP

The leader of the breakaway Armenian republic of Nagorno-Karabakh says the enclave will dissolve its state institutions on Jan. 1, 2024. Residents have been streaming out of the mountainous enclave since Azerbaijan seized control of it last week. And, China is home to the world’s largest high-speed rail network. The country is now launching a new high-speed system that will cut across bodies of water and along the coast of Fujian province in the country’s southeast. Also, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice was a strong voice in The Hague for victims of gender violence in places like northern Uganda, where rebel leader Joseph Kony terrorized the local population. Now, its former director, Brigid Inder, is being accused of funding him behind the scenes. Plus, how Sasami’s zainichi Korean heritage informs her music.

In This Episode

Nagorno-Karabakh will ‘cease to exist’
Before Sukkot, some rabbis inspect citrus crop in Calabria
Antarctic base bans booze in bars
China launching new high-speed train network
Getting hip to new music in a ride share
Former international criminal court adviser accused of funding Joseph Kony
Switzerland is losing its glaciers at an alarming rate
Turkish artists use AI to reimagine a present-day Ottoman world complete with a queer revolution
A portrait of Sasami from her self-titled LP, "Sasami."
‘It’s all mixed’: Sasami makes music inspired by her multicultural heritage 
Special Coverage