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Fishing: UAE first all-women team shares accomplishments, inspiration, motivation

Fishing: UAE first all-women team shares accomplishments, inspiration, motivation

ABU DHABI: An all-women fishing team in the Gulf might sound a buzzword, but for a group of young Emirati women, it is a strong sense of accomplishment, an inspiration for fulfilment and a motivation for others to take on challenges regardless of how formidable they may seem. The members are sharing, at the Abu Dhabi […]

Shanmugaratnam elected Singapore President

Shanmugaratnam elected Singapore President

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The president-elect of Singapore is brimming with ideas and plans to ensure Singapore is “more than just another small nation”. I will strive to create a “future where we are taken seriously in the world, we are a partner of choice, and where we can […]

General election mode in Singapore’s presidential race

General election mode in Singapore’s presidential race

By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: As Singaporeans go to the polls on Sept 1 to elect a new President, a non-partisan office, the electioneering is shaping into an opposition versus ruling party fray of sorts. As the nine-day campaign enters its final stretch, “maverick‘ candidate” Mr Tan Kin Lian began […]

240 people oppressed in 1920-1931 Soviet Uzbekistan rehabilitated

240 people oppressed in 1920-1931 Soviet Uzbekistan rehabilitated

By Kuban Abdymen TASHKENT: Uzbekistan’s Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has rehabilitated an additional 240 individuals who were victims of oppression during the 1920 – 1931 period. This information was reported by the press service of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan following an open session on August 24 during which five criminal cases were reviewed. The […]

Two Asians win U.S. Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions

Two Asians win U.S. Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions

WASHINGTON: Two Asian nationals, a Bangladeshi and a Nepalese, were among the six laureates worldwide hailed for winning the first annual U.S. Secretary of State’s Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions. The six global civil society champions have “courageously advanced the human rights of members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and Indigenous communities and combatted systemic racism, […]

World Poetry Movement participants hailed by Venezuelan President, ministers

World Poetry Movement participants hailed by Venezuelan President, ministers

By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received the icons of the World Poetry Movement (WPM), headed by the General Coordinator of the Movement, the Colombian poet Fernando Réndon. President Maduro expressed his country’s pride in hosting the 17th World Poetry Festival and the First World Congress of World Poetry Movement (WPM), with the […]

Hun Sen to step down after 14,099 days as Cambodia’s Prime Minister; Hun Manet to succeed him on August 22

Hun Sen to step down after 14,099 days as Cambodia’s Prime Minister; Hun Manet to succeed him on August 22

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially confirmed that he will not continue to be the Prime Minister of Cambodia and that Dr. Hun Manet, his eldest son, will become the new Prime Minister starting August 22. “Hun Manet will begin his post as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia from […]

Major media issues discussed at Shusha Global Media Forum

Major media issues discussed at Shusha Global Media Forum

Group picture of the participants (Azernews) SHUSHA: Azerbaijan’s Global Media Forum on “New Media in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution” has called for greater awareness to tackle successfully disinformation and fake news. The forum was held in Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, as part of the Year of Heydar Aliyev and marking […]

Turkmenistan population exceeds 7 million

Turkmenistan population exceeds 7 million

By Kuban Abdymen ASHGABAT: The total population of Turkmenistan has exceeded 7 million people, the cabinet heard on July 14 at a meeting chaired by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. The meeting reviewed the results of the population census carried out in late 2022 according to international standards, the Turkmenistan.gov.tm portal reports. According to the data received, […]

Kazakhstan adopts visa-free entry for Gulf countries

Kazakhstan adopts visa-free entry for Gulf countries

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (SPA) JEDDAH: Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that his country has adopted a visa-free entry system for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in order to ensure sustainable growth and prosperity. Stressing that the tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the region’s economy, Tokayev expressed at the GCC-Central […]

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