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Central Asia’s Last Stable Glaciers Just Started to Collapse
ScienceDaily
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Too little snowfall is now also shaking the foundations of some of the world's most resilient 'water towers', a new study led by the Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) shows. After establishing a...
India calls for restoration of WTO's appellate body, fair global trade at SCO meet in Russia
CNBC-TV18
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September 7, 2025
Urging member countries to leverage the collective strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) for shared prosperity, India has highlighted the need for export diversification, reducing dependency, and building resilient supply...
‘Go beyond the eccentricities’: Yurts, horses and politics in the ex-Soviet ‘Stans’
WAtoday
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September 7, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size George Kourounis will never forget his first encounter with the “Door to Hell”. A fiery chasm...
Top 10 countries Brits rarely visit because they 'don't speak English'
The Mirror
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September 6, 2025
New research looks at the countries that suffer from low levels of English proficiency British holidaymakers often steer clear of countries with the "worst" English proficiency in the world. A study by language school EF Education First revealed...
Tashkent hosts the Traditional Uzbekistan Textile Week – Global Textile Days
News Central Asia
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September 7, 2025
The exhibition will be held from September 9 to 11 across all pavilions of the National Exhibition Complex “Uzexpocentre” On September 9-11, the autumn segment of the 30th anniversary exhibition season of the Uzbekistan Textile Week – Global...
Brits avoid these 10 countries because they 'don't speak English' - full list
Bristol Post
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September 6, 2025
A recent study looked at countries' understanding of English and the results threw up some surprise locations Brits often avoid holiday destinations where English proficiency is low. Research by EF Education First recently ranked 116 countries...
India reaffirms commitment to WTO-centred, fair trade system at SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting
The Economic Times
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September 7, 2025
India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting held in Vladivostok and highlighted the need for export diversification, reducing...
Business News | India Reaffirms Commitment to WTO-centred, Fair Trade System at SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting
Latestly
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September 7, 2025
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting held in Vladivostok and highlighted the need...
Uzbekistan Residents to Witness Rare “Blood Moon” Tonight
UzDaily
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Uzbekistan Residents to Witness Rare “Blood Moon” Tonight Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — This evening, residents of Uzbekistan will be able to observe a rare astronomical phenomenon — a total lunar eclipse, during which Earth’s satellite...
President of Uzbekistan Proposes New Formats of Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation within SCO
UzDaily
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On 31 August –1 September, the Chinese city of Tianjin hosted the latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which served as an important platform for discussing pressing issues of regional...
India urges diversified, resilient trade at SCO Ministers’ meet in Vladivostok
The Statesman (India)
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September 7, 2025
India called for leveraging the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) collective strengths to drive shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Vladivostok. At the meeting, India highlighted the need for export...
Teen activist calls out world leaders for inaction on urgent crisis impacting young people: 'We are ready to contribute today'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 4, 2025
"Young people are not just the future." by Geri MilevaSeptember 4, 2025 A teenager from Tajikistan is showing how one young voice can echo far beyond her community — prompting leaders to take young people seriously in talks about the global shifts...
India highlights need for export diversification at SCO Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Vladivostok
The Statesman (India)
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September 7, 2025
India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 6, and highlighted the need for export...
Russia and Ukraine trade massive drone strikes on night of chaos
The National News
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Russia and Ukraine exchanged massive attacks early on Sunday that left smoke rising from the roof of Kyiv's cabinet of ministers building. At least four people, including a one-year-old child, were killed in the Ukrainian capital after a large...
Will the elevated remittance level persist?
The Business Standard
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September 7, 2025
Remittances from Bangladeshi migrant workers surged in FY25, with inflows consistently surpassing $2.2 billion per month since August 2024 – a level previously unattainable, even during the pandemic-driven shift to formal channels in FY21. By the...
Don’t overinterpret the Modi, Putin, Xi meeting, scholars say
Deseret News - Utah
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September 4, 2025
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been holding annual meetings for more than two decades, dating back to 1996 when five countries began meeting: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This gathering was prompted, scholars...
China opens up to global STEM talent with new visa class
ICEF Monitor
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September 4, 2025
The contrast offered by the global news headlines over the past couple of weeks could not have been much sharper. First, there was the story of deteriorating diplomatic relations between the United States and India. Earlier in the summer, the US...
Iran paves over mass grave of 1979 revolution victims
The Pioneer
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A desert-like patch of sand and scrawny trees in the largest cemetery in Iran’s Capital has been the final resting place for decades for some of the thousands killed in the mass executions that followed Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Now, Lot 41...
Raid on Hyundai: Hundreds of Koreans detained by Trump's anti-immigration police
Asia News
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September 6, 2025
Today's headlines: the Israeli army is now targeting the last skyscrapers in Gaza, with the Mushtaha Tower razed to the ground; Modi will not attend the virtual BRICS summit on multilateralism, attempts to thaw relations with Washington; China...
The Chinese wall and its nine staunch supporters
Atalayar
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September 6, 2025
After seven months of dizzying actions, it remains unclear where Donald Trump wants to go. But perhaps he is beginning to understand that he does not rule the world alone, and that his blunders have outweighed his achievements. Nevertheless, his...