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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree on border ceasefire

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree on border ceasefire (Kabar) BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed to cease their hostilities at the border following negotiations between representatives from the neighboring countries. The press service of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported that the two sides agreed…
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Society

2022 GCS International Board Meeting held at GCS HQs in hybrid format

SEOUL: The 2022 GCS International Board of Directors Meeting was held in a hybrid format at the conference room of GCS International in Seoul, Korea on January 26, 2022. The board members unanimously approved the 2021 income-expenditure report and the 2022 budget and business plans. Board members attending the meeting…
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South Asia

Pakistan: Young woman sentenced to death under blasphemy law

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: A local court in Rawalpindi city of Punjab province awarded death sentence to a young Muslim woman for promoting blasphemous content on social media. The court ordered that the woman be “hanged by her neck till she is dead”. This is first…
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Society

Kyrgyzstan registers first case of Omicron strain of coronavirus

Tests being conducated in Kyrgyzstan (Habar) By Nurzhan Kasmalieva BISHKEK: An omicron strain of coronavirus infection has been registered in Kyrgyzstan. The National Center for Phthisiology conducted sequencing to determine the strain of coronavirus. Samples were taken in early January among those hospitalized and two of them had an omicron…
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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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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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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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