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'I've been to 193 countries and my favourite was so good I quit job and moved there'
Daily Star
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June 30, 2025
A globetrotter who has set foot in every nation on Earth revealed that naming his number one destination was "easy", as it spurred him to resign from his job and settle there permanently. Travel blogger Randy Williams marked an end to his...
A road less Chinese? India may find a strategic path through Kazakhstan
The Economic Times
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June 30, 2025
As China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to expand its influence over global trade infrastructure, India is exploring alternative pathways that reduce reliance on Beijing-led corridors. One such emerging option is the Trans-Caspian...
Report – Second China-Central Asia Summit
News Central Asia
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June 18, 2025
The Second China-Central Asia Summit, convened on June 17, 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan, marked a pivotal moment in regional diplomacy. Bringing together leaders from China and the five Central Asian nations—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...
After 54 Years, Fires In The ‘Gates To Hell’ May Finally Burn Out
Forbes
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The burning gas crater in Turkmenistan dubbed "Gateway to Hell.'getty During an international conference on hydrocarbon resources in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat earlier this month, Irina Luryeva, head of the scientific research institute in...
Scientists confirm it and recognise their concern: the devastating phenomenon that could wipe out an ecosystem in Eastern Europe
MARCA
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June 14, 2025
Climate change seems to be one of the main problems facing humanity at the moment. Whether it is human-caused or not, the fact is that the climate is changing and it is history that has shown us that temperature variations are constant, from the...
Trilateral Unity for Eurasia: How the Azerbaijan–Türkiye–Pakistan alliance is reshaping regional geopolitics – EXPERT
Azertag
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June 21, 2025
Baku, June 21, AZERTAC AZERTAC presents an interview with Pakistani expert Dr. Yasir Masood. He holds a PhD in International Relations. His areas of expertise include Pakistan’s foreign policy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the...
China-Central Asia relations endure stability, with their cooperative mechanism exemplifying mutual commitment: Kazakhstani diplomat
Global Times
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Bolat Nurgaliyev, former Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the chairman of the Board of the Foreign Policy Research Institute under Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Editor's Note: The second...
How can the Iran-Israel war affect Central Asia?
Sabah
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June 27, 2025
The escalation of tensions with Israel's large-scale military operation against Iran has turned into a security crisis that concerns not only the Middle East but also Central Asia due to geographical proximity and political ties. Starting on June...
The Gateway to Hell is Closing
Explorersweb
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June 11, 2025
Turkmenistan’s “Gateway to Hell” is a fiery pit that has burned continuously since 1971. After over half a century, the inferno may finally be subsiding. Officially called the Darvaza crater, it sits in the middle of the Karakum Desert. How the...
Más de un tercio de la población de este país ha solicitado reubicarse
KVIA - Texas
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June 27, 2025
Por Angus Watson, CNN Más de un tercio de la población de Tuvalu ha solicitado mudarse a Australia bajo un programa de visas histórico diseñado para ayudar a las personas a escapar del aumento del nivel del mar. La nación insular, ubicada...
How China-Central Asia partnership brings greater certainty to global peace, development
The Standard
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The Baiterek Tower in Astana, Kazakhstan. [Xinhua] In a world increasingly fractured by geopolitical tensions and economic headwinds, the deepening cooperation between China and Central Asian nations stands as a key stabilising force -- one that...
Rome, Venice and 19 other Italian cities on heat alert
Bangladesh Post
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During his childhood, Adilbek Kozybakov’s mother always kept a jar of sturgeon caviar in the fridge. Each day, she would spoon it on small pieces of bread and butter for him and his siblings. Caviar would keep them in good health, she believed. It...
Fire-applied sports competitions were held in Gokdere
Turkmenistan Golden Age
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June 19, 2025
In the children's health center "Beýik Serdar nesilleri», located in Gokdere, on June 18, a competition in fire-applied sports was held. They were attended by 14 teams of young firefighters, which included teenagers vacationing in all the health...
‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with the naked eye’
Yahoo News
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Aktau, Kazakhstan – During his childhood, Adilbek Kozybakov’s mother always kept a jar of sturgeon caviar in the fridge. Each day, she would spoon it on small pieces of bread and butter for him and his siblings. Caviar would keep them in good...
Washington Discusses the Future of Central Asia-US Relations, While Beijing Takes Concrete Action
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
The Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, held its inaugural U.S.-Central Asia Forum on June 5 to discuss the future of Washington’s strategy toward the region. The discussion, organized by the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center,...
Al-Farabi, The Forgotten Genius
Friday Times
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June 28, 2025
Too many people, including, alas, scholars of religion, spend an inordinate amount of time impugning the religion of others while maintaining the supremacy of their own. They are not prepared to accept that anything good can be identified in any...
Gabriel Heinze, Marseille's 'hard man' against United
The National News
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ALSO: Carlo Ancelotti thrilled with his Chelsea strikers Real Madrid's Karim Benzema comes back to haunt Lyon Gabriel Heinze and the Champions League are old adversaries. Some supporters of Manchester United, those who travel far and wide, may...
PIA’s first special flight brings 107 stranded Pakistanis from Iran to Islamabad
Business Recorder
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June 18, 2025
Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) first special flight carrying 107 stranded Pakistanis from Iran arrived in Islamabad from Ashgabat on late Tuesday night. In a press release, PIA said that due to the closure of Iranian airspace, Pakistani...
Why is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank regionally significant?
Euronews
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June 26, 2025
The tenth annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been making headlines this week. The reason is that the Chinese-led bank has been heavily involved in projects across the region. Experts in...
Iran is pluralistic within its self-drawn parameters: Western imaging and myths falsify the reality
Middle East Monitor
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June 28, 2025
Western narratives often paint Iran as a monolithic theocracy, intolerant of diversity and locked in ideological rigidity. Iran’s political system in certainly not a western-style democracy. Regular elections are organized and there is a degree of...