• Culture

    Istanbul hosts V Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals

    ISTANBUL: The fifth Eurasian literary festival of festivals “LiFFT-2021 will open in Istanbul on November 11 with a press conference on the world event. Invited personalities to attend this mega literary occasion are Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Head of the…

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  • Politics

    Shuttered Singapore media website may hit back from overseas

    By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN   SINGAPORE: An independent socio-political website, at the heart of a recent defamation suit by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has gone offline, but it could be back in action by operating from outside Singapore. The Online Citizen (TOC) shut down on…

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  • Business

    First trial flight lands at newly-built airport in Uzbek Sokh enclave within Kyrgyzstan

    By Dilmurod Jumaboyev, Editor-in-chief of Vodiymedia.uz SOKH: The first trial flight to test the runway of the newly built airport in Uzbek Sokh enclave, located within Kyrgyzstan successfully touched down today. The Uzbek Humo Air aircraft AN-2 took off from the Fergana international airport at around 12:30 pm and landed…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan plunges into political and economic crisis

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI: The political and economic chaos in Pakistan is deepening with every passing day due to the perpetual mismanagement and wrong policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. The opposition parties have taken to the streets to dislodge the Prime Minister Imran Khan, the…

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  • Politics

    Truth to power

    By Alin Ferrer-Garganera MANILA: Maria Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 8, 2021. This is quite significant for many Filipinos. It is the first time the Nobel Peace Prize is directly awarded to a Filipino recipient. And the first who was able to do it was a woman!…

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  • Society

    Vietnam starts giving Covid-19 vaccine to children

    By PhongLan Dantri Online Newspaper, Vietnam HANOI: Approximately 1,500 students aged 16-17 in Vietnam’s largest epicentre of Ho Chi Minh City were given their first Covid-19 vaccine jabs on a trial basis on October 27. They were the first young people in Vietnam to have received the vaccine against Covid-19.…

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  • Politics

    Kyrgyzstan: What future is the country in turbulence expecting?

    By Meder Taabaldiev BISHKEK: In Kyrgyzstan, October 4 marked one year since the 2020 parliamentary election, the results of which sparked massive protests – a culmination of previous president Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s incompetent rule. Pro-government parties took an overwhelming majority of the seats according to the preliminary results. Based on many…

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  • Politics

    President of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev reelected for second term

    By Dilmurod Jumaboyev Editor-in-chief of Vodiymedia.uz TASHKENT: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been re-elected for a second five-year term, winning 80.1% of the vote in Sunday’s Elections, Chairman of Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev said on Monday. According to results of the elections that took place on…

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  • Culture

    A train crosses the rivers Indus, Nile and Volga

    By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: A train leaves the station near the Indus River in Sindh province in Pakistan, goes through the Nile River in Egypt and finally arrives at the Volga in Kazan, Tatarstan in Russia. That’s the long journey we undertook starting in early 2020 to late 2021. It’s also…

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  • Politics

    Presidential elections kick off in Uzbekistan

    By Dilmurod Jumaboyev Editor-in-chief of Vodiymedia.uz TASHKENT: Uzbekistan is headed to the polls on Sunday to choose its president for the next five years, with incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev widely expected to best four rivals to win a second term. Polling stations have opened their doors today in Uzbekistan at 8:00…

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