From Harvard to Hanoi: As UK, US & Canada tighten rules, Indian students chart new pathways in global higher education

Forget Ivy League dorms, Canadian campuses, picturesque and storied universities of the UK or the up-and-coming colleges in Australia. A slice of Indian students is packing their bags for destinations far off these traditional hubs: Think...

Services trade surges as China embraces smart technologies, openness

(Xinhua) 09:59, September 13, 2025 BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- In Shougang Park, a former ironworks site in western Beijing, new technologies from AI to cloud computing and green innovation are on display amid the rusty blast furnaces and steel...

Underground workshop producing hazardous auto chemicals found in Jalal-Abad

10:56, 12 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aibek SULTANOV 10:56, 12 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aibek SULTANOV The State Tax Service of Kyrgyzstan, together with the Criminal Investigation Department of the...

Economic Watch: Services trade surges as China embraces smart technologies, openness

by Xinhua writers Shi Yang, Yu Rong BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- In Shougang Park, a former ironworks site in western Beijing, new technologies from AI to cloud computing and green innovation are on display amid the rusty blast furnaces and steel...

President allocates land of state residence for construction of schools

11:41, 10 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 11:41, 10 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has instructed to allocate a 10.48-hectare plot...

The cost of exhaust: how cars pollute Tajikistan’s air

16:00, september 22Author: Asia-Plus September 22 marks World Car-Free Day, observed in many countries as a reminder of the environmental toll of vehicle emissions. In Tajikistan, experts have long warned that transport is among the main...

OPEC Fund mobilizes over US$1bn

The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) announced the approval of more than US$1 billion in new development financing during the 193rd meeting of its Governing Board and throughout the third quarter of 2025. In a landmark move...

Digital platform to simplify veterinary drug quality assessment to be launched

11:50, 10 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA 11:50, 10 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan announced the...

Investing in Sustainable Transport: Unlocking Turkmenistan’s Potential for Trade and Job Growth

At the Turkmenistan Investment Forum (Awaza, 18-19 Sep 2025), Uladzimir Valetka, Economist at the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Turkmenistan, emphasized the transformative power of sustainable transport in fostering trade,...

Zhantai slaughterhouse shut down following numerous citizen complaints

10:56, 11 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA 10:56, 11 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA The Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control Service under the Ministry of Water Resources,...

Stocks reflect resilience of Chinese market

A bronze bull stands outside the Shanghai Stock Exchange building in Shanghai. [Photo/VCG] Foreign investors are gearing up to return to China's stock markets three years after considering them too risky to trade in and pulling out. Their return...

Political unrest in Nepal leaves Indian students uneasy

The past couple of days have been tough on Naina (name changed on request), who hails from Odisha and is a secondyear MBBS student at Kathmandu Medical College in Duwakot. She was looking forward to heading home on vacation starting September 12,...

Services trade fair shows China's continued commitment to opening up, expert says

(Xinhua) 16:35, September 10, 2025 BISHKEK, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services underscores China's commitment to high-level opening-up, according to one expert. "It is these areas that today determine the...

296 hours after the earthquake… 3 people were rescued in Turkey

296 hours after the earthquake… 3 people were rescued in Turkey ARK News… Search and rescue teams pulled three people, including a child, from the wreckage of a destroyed building in Antakya district, the center of Hatay province, in southern...

Indian students uneasy amid political unrest in Nepal

New Delhi: The past couple of days have been tough on Naina (name changed on request), who hails from Odisha and is a secondyear MBBS student at Kathmandu Medical College in Duwakot. She was looking forward to heading home on vacation starting...

WTE Miami 2025 unites travel industry for growth, connections

Hosted by Miami International Airport and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB), WTE Miami 2025 brought together nearly 300 exhibitors from four continents and more than 3,000 travel professionals — including over 100 hosted...

The Central Asian Forum united youth for a sustainable future

In Ashgabat, the results of the Central Asian Youth Forum were summed up. The forum was held under the motto "Health and Sustainable Development as a Path to Peace." The event, organized to discuss pressing issues concerning the younger...

I was told I might not walk again but now I've became the first person to climb this towering mountain - these were the most nerve-racking moments

Former professional rugby player Ed Jackson's life changed dramatically in 2017. After an injury to his spinal cord, he was told he may never walk again. But this summer, Ed became the first person to complete a recorded ascent of a 4,720-metre...

Rabies: 16 people hospitalized in 2025 with animal bites

Over the first eight months of 2025, at least 2,318 people sought medical care in Bishkek for animal bites, compared to 1,926 in 2024. The Center for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance reported. Of those bitten, 34.4 percent were...

Iran’s minorities and policy complexity: A look at two communities

This summer, a US-backed campaign aimed at Iranian regime change seemed possible. While that is now unlikely, further covert operations by Israel remain probable, and future US involvement is not out of the question. Iran plays a significant role...