Belarusian Court Sentences Journalist Vyacheslau Lazarau to 5.5 Years on Extremism Charges
New York, September 25, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Belarusian court’s Monday sentencing of journalist Vyacheslau Lazarau to 5.5…
The Five Best Things to Do in Turkistan
From Karavansaray to the Aziret Sultan Complex, Kazakh tour guide Daulet Meldekhanov shares five unmissable stops on a…
Super Flock of Pigeons Leaves Nepali Researchers Asking What Happened
KATHMANDU – In December 2022, Hiru Lal Dangaura, Vikram Tiwari and Subam Chaudhary were conducting a routine check…
Climate Change Lecture for UN Preventive Diplomacy Academy
John Hamilton and Sophie Daud gave a lecture on climate change to the UN Regional Centre for Preventive…
Remediation Under Way at Former Uranium Mining Sites in Uzbekistan
Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under way, bolstered by a €9 million grant from the Environmental…
Acosta & Burls Using Weather Model & Geologic Data to Test Tectonic Mechanisms in Intercontinental Setting
Paul Acosta, Postdoctoral Scholar, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences (AOES), and Natalie Burls, Associate Professor, AOES; Graduate Program…
North Korea Abruptly Cancels First Post-covid International Commercial Flight
Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang cancelled two hours after its scheduled arrival in Beijing North Korea’s national airline’s…
Electric Cars’ Import Skyrocket in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, August 7. Uzbekistan imported 5,403 electric cars worth $167 million from January through June 2023, Trend reports. According to…
Water Conflicts Loom in Central Asia
An ambitious infrastructure project in Afghanistan risks exacerbating scarcities in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. An irrigation canal under construction…
Saudi Doctor Presents New Research in Neurological Disease, Epilepsy Treatment
MAKKAH: Dr. Mohammed Ashour, a Saudi pediatric neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, recently presented findings from his research…