‘C. Asia must unleash potential’
Xi Jinping called on China and Central Asia to "fully unleash" their potential in trade, economic and infrastructure cooperation Friday, ...
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China courts Central Asia as Russia’s influence wanes
BEIJING—China is renewing its push for massive infrastructure projects in Central Asia as Beijing aims to fill the vacuum left ...
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Blinken eyes US inroads in C. Asia
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Central Asia hoping that greater US engagement will reassure former Soviet ...
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Pope heads to Kazakhstan on Central Asia peace drive
Pope Francis, warned by doctors not to travel to Ukraine in the immediate future, will Tuesday bear a message of ...
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Turkey, Iran summon ambassadors in Iraq row
Turkey and Iran summoned each other's ambassadors on Sunday, Turkish and Iranian state media reported, escalating a rumbling row over ...
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Covid seen spurring hate speech against LGBTI in Europe
Hate speech against LGTBI people in Europe and Central Asia has spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, a group defending their ...
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World Bank: Developing economies suffer remittance drop from migrants
Washington—Developing countries are suffering a drop a key source of revenue as the coronavirus pandemic causes worldwide shutdowns, reducing payments ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.