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IT-Science
Turkmenistan president calls for extinguishing “Gateway to Hell”
Berdymukhamedov skids round the flaming pit in a rally car ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has asked experts to find a way to extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a huge natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the “Gateway to Hell”. Chairing the first online meeting…
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Central Asia
Created 30 years ago, CSTO steps out for the first time in Kazakhstan
By Habib Toumi Manama: As the events were unfolding dramatically in Kazakhstan, a new actor with a major role made its first appearance since it was created 30 years ago: The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO). It was the first time that the CSTO agreed to send “peacekeepers”, a clear…
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Media
UNESCO: 55 journalists killed in 2021; 87% of all journalist killings since 2006 still unresolved
PARIS: Fifty-five journalists and media workers were killed around the world in 2021, according to UNESCO data. “The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists collected fifty-five journalist killings in 2021. Two-thirds of these took place in countries not experiencing armed conflict, showing the continued risks faced by journalists in their daily…
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Politics
State of emergency in Kazakhstan’s protest-hit Mangistau, Almaty; cabinet resignation accepted
NUR-SULTAN: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed decrees imposing a two-week state of emergency in the Central Asian nation’s biggest city Almaty and in the western Mangistau province where protests over rising fuel prices that began on Sunday turned violent. “Due to the escalation of situation, the Head of State signed…
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Column
Journalists – Living in a dangerous world
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY (1) According to the new reports, and most recently in late 2021, it is clear that the lives of journalists worldwide are in danger. Controversially, this news comes from the International Federation of Journalists. So, it is clear here how serious the threat to this…
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AJA Statement
Asian Journalists Association issues statement: Hong Kong authorities should respect the role and rights of the press
SEOUL: The Asia Journalists Association has issued the following statement: The Asia Journalists Association (AJA) urges the authorities in Hong Kong to recognise and respect the legitimate roles and right of bona fide journalists in the wake of a crackdown under the new national security law. Give editors, reporters and…
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Politics
Climate crisis is here – Lessons not learned
Surigao City in Mindanao, Philippines was one of the areas devastated by Typhoon Rai, locally known in the Philippines as “Odette”. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard, Public domain). By Crispin Maslog MANILA: Exactly ten years ago in January 2012, as a retired science journalism professor, I wrote my first column for…
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Culture
Movies at Expo 2020 Dubai show Vietnam as peaceful, dynamic country
DUBAI: Expo 2020 Dubai film aficionados are in for a treat at the Vietnam Pavilion until 5 January 2022. The Vietnamese Film Week was launched on Thursday as part of the country’s National Day, at Terra Auditorium with an address by Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Vietnam’s Commissioner General Expo 2020…
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Culture
The Year of Arabian Nights announced by the Silk Road Literature Anthology
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: Arabian Nights is a literary work inspired the world’s creators, whether they were poets, novelists, painters, or film, theater makers and music composers. It is a world that mixes history and legend, a space to travel between illusion and reality. Around 40 days ago, I asked world…
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Society
Vietnam reports first Omicron variant infection case
Vietnam reports first Omicron infection (Dantri) By Phong Lan Dantri Online Newspaper, Vietnam HANOI: A person who recently arrived in Vietnam from the UK has been found infected with the Covid-19 Omicron variant, which is the country’s first, the local Ministry of Health announced Tuesday. According to the Ministry, the…
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