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Politics
Yearender: Top events in Kyrgyzstan in 2021
By Nurzhan Kasmalieva BISHKEK: 2021 has started in Kyrgyzstan with elections and ended with elections. In general, 2021 was rich in elections and political events. The country continued to fight with novel coronavirus and at last the economic activity started to be restored. The early presidential elections and a referendum…
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Business
Last working Sunday for federal government as UAE switches weekends
Abu Dhabi (WAM) DUBAI: Today is the last working Sunday for federal government entities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the country switches from the Sunday-Thursday working week to the Monday-Friday on January 1. Under the new system, Monday to Thursday workdays will start at 7:30 am and end…
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Business
With sights set on the future, Kyrgyzstan to switch to full paperless government
Zhaparov chairing a meeting (Kabar) BISHKEK: In the latest stage in Kyrgyzstan’s journey to digitize life in all its aspects, President Sadyr Zhaparov has given the cabinet six months to be ready to transit to a paperless government. Chairing the cabinet session devoted to discussing the country’s results in 2021,…
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Society
Visiting Expo 2020 Dubai: The flamboyant charm of connecting cultures, minds
By Habib Toumi DUBAI: Wading through the large avenues and alleys in the huge Dubai EXPO 2020, I can sense the excitement and enthusiasm among the thousands of people coming from around the world for a unique experience of “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” It is the United Nations in…
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Society
Morgana Mirage becomes real in Arabian Nights, World Poets Anthology
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid Asia Journalists Association President CAIRO: In one of Arabian Night’s tales, entitled “The Forty Thieves”, there were two brothers; Cassem and Ali Baba. They lived in a town in Persia. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty, while Ali Baba had to maintain…
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Politics
The year that was: Looking for satisfaction, inner peace and happiness in life
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, Germany (1) Pondering over the major impressions in 2021 is truly challenging. Challenging because I am trying to sort, solve, and find my own satisfaction, inner peace and happiness between my interests and and those of the community. The challenge is compounded when events happen unexpectedly and…
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Politics
Kyrgyzstan detains ‘foreign suspect’ in 2017 Istanbul nightclub attack
BISHKEK: A foreigner has been detained in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist attack in a nightclub in Istanbul in 2017. The press service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan said that as part of ongoing counter-terrorism measures, special services detained…
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Politics
War: Industry of poverty and hunger out of nothing!! – Part I
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: One of the indicators of the backwardness of peoples in modern times is the outbreak of war instead of peace. War is defined in international law in simple way as the phenomenon of organized collective violence that negatively affects either the relationships between two or…
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Society
Lessons learned: A divided world will continue to struggle in 2022
Bu Habib Toumi BAHRAIN: Although 2021 cannot be really described as “annus mirabilis” compared with 2020, a dramatic “annus horribilis”, I will always recall it as the year of renewed hope even though new tragedies have struck a world that has lamentably remained divided and lacking in general care. No…
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Society
Bahrain tops Nikkei’s COVID-19 Recovery Index for November
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Bahrain topped the list of the countries on the Nikkei’s COVID-19 Recovery Index for November as the Kingdom consolidate its achievements in confronting the pandemic and returning to a normal way of life. The index, first published in July, assesses 122 countries and regions in terms…
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