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Putin in Delhi and India’s Art of Strategic Balance
By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Vladimir Putin with a public embrace in New Delhi, the symbolism was intentional. At a time when engagement with Russia has become diplomatically costly for much of the world, India chose visibility over ambiguity. The message was not alignment,…
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West Asia
BRICS Writers Association Launched in Iran
Hamid Nazarkhah Alisaraei By Alireza BahramiTEHRAN: The BRICS Writers Association in Iran has announced the launch of its activities at the Asre Rowshan magazine meeting at the Iranian Artists’ House. In a speech at the meeting, Alireza Bahrami, a poet and editor-in-chief of ISNA (news agency) and editor-in-chief of Asre…
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East Asia
Regaining Trust on a Laos Train… The Return of a Lost Luggage
The Lao train crew who helped Poet Oh Choong retrieve his lost bag. This photo was taken with the Vientiane-bound train attendants who delivered the news—about an hour after the bag was lost and just as the train arrived in Vang Vieng, saying, “We found your bag.” By Oh Choong,…
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West Asia
Iranian Filmmaker Takes Afghan Refugee Girl to Oscar
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: An Iranian documentary filmmaker has taken an Afghan girl to the top of the European festival stage and is now leading her to an Oscar. “The Fox Under A Pink Moon” is the latest documentary film by Mehrdad Oskouei, an Iranian documentary filmmaker who has been…
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Yongsan International Business District: Resurrection After 10 Years of Disaster
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon delivers a commemorative address at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Yongsan International Business District By Lee Sang-kiFormer President of Asia Journalist Association, Publisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: Construction has officially begun on the Yongsan International Business District, reviving what was once Korea’s most ambitious urban development…
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West Asia
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Iranian sculptor Yasmin Sinai By Pooneh NedaiTEHRAN: This is my latest poem while I watched Yasmin Sinai’s latest artwork. Yasmin Sinai is an Iranian famous sculptor living in Emirates. The paper mâché art work of Sinai will be exhibited in Shiraz, Iran, very soon: The word that sprouted from my…
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Dhaka Now World’s Second Most Populous City
world’s second most populous city By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has overtaken Tokyo, Japan, to become the world’s second most populous city. Dhaka was second to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, the ‘World Urbanization Prospects 2025’ issued by the United Nations Department of Economic and…
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South Asia
62 Million People in Bangladesh at Risk of Falling Below Poverty Line: World Bank
By Bhanu R. Chakraborty DHAKA: Poverty in Bangladesh decreased significantly from 2010 to 2022, but about 62 million people are still at risk of falling below the poverty line, according to a World Bank report. The report, titled ‘Bangladesh Poverty and Inequality Assessment 2025’, released in Dhaka on Tuesday, said…
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Pakistan’s Sindh Province, China-Africa & Asia Economic Trade Team Agree on Strategic Biotechnology, Livestock Partnerships
Meeting between Sindh Chief Minister and China-Africa & Asia Economic Trade Cooperation delegation By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative KARACHI: Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan, Syed Murad Ali Shah hosted on Wednesday a high-stakes meeting with the China-Africa & Asia Economic Trade Cooperation delegation and the representatives from Louyang…
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The Growing Rate of Child Abuse in Pakistan
By Pirah Aijaz KARACHI: Child abuse has become an alarming issue in Pakistan. It includes nine major categories of abuse: child physical abuse, sexual abuse, child pornography, murder or homicide, kidnapping, child marriage, child labour, child beggary and trafficking. In Pakistan, the situation is deteriorating. Innocent children are unsafe. They…
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