SYDNEY/LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The dollar on Tuesday took a pause in what has been a relentless climb higher as the euro and even the besieged Japanese yen and British pound managed to recover a little ground, but medium-term fundamentals were still in the greenback’s favour. The euro rose 0.42% to $0.9647, sterling climbed...
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Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 94
CAIRO, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94, after more bodies were recovered from Syria’s Baniyas coast on the Mediterranean, Syrian state TV said on Saturday. It is the deadliest such voyage yet from...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issue warning as protests over woman’s death spread
DUBAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards called on the judiciary on Thursday to prosecute “those who spread false news and rumours”, in an apparent bid to take the steam out of nationwide protests over the death of a young woman in police custody. The warning was a clear indication that the elite...
UN chief warns Russia against annexation in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Thursday that talk of a nuclear conflict is “totally unacceptable” and effectively warned that so-called referenda in areas under Russian control would be annexation. Referendums on joining Russia are due to take place from Friday until Tuesday...
Uzbekstan:Tashkent International Film Festival 2022 has started
Author Dr.Beruniy Alimov According to Firdavs Abdukhalikov, the director general of the film festival, a program full of exciting events awaits us, among the main ones: “days of the cinema of the SCO countries”, “days of world cinema”, “days of documentary cinema”, “days of Retrokino”, “cinema day of Uzbekistan”, film forum of the international organization...
Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part One)
This article is written by Lolisanam Ulugova (An independent researcher on Tajika arts and culture). Dance is an essential part of performing arts, often an essential attribute of theatrical performances,whilst also staying an independent art form. In the publication “Traditional theater of Tajiks” Nizam Nurjanov1 (12.18.1923 – 18.03.2017) distinguishes two types of dance theaters: the...
Kazakhstan to host 7th Congress of Leaders of World Religions on Sept 14,2022
The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.The congress will be attended by 130 international delegations from 60 countries.The representatives of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and other religions will participate in the congress.The Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis, Patriarch Kirill of...
Taiwan proposes large rise in defence spending amid escalating China tensions
TAIPEI, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Taiwan proposed $19 billion in defence spending for next year on Thursday, a double-digit increase on 2022 that includes funds for new fighter jets, weeks after China staged large-scale war games around the island it views as its sovereign territory. China carried out its largest-ever military exercises around the democratically...
Ukraine war: Europe’s economy succumbs to crisis
FRANKFURT, Aug 23 (Reuters) – It was meant to be Europe’s stellar year. A post-pandemic spending euphoria, supported by copious government spending was set to drive the economy and help fatigued households regain a sense of normality after two dreadful years. But all that changed on Feb. 24 with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Normality is...
South Korea, U.S. begin largest military drills in years amid North Korea backlash
SEOUL, Aug 22 (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in years on Monday with a resumption of field training, officials said, as the allies seek to tighten readiness over North Korea’s potential weapons tests. The annual summertime exercises, renamed Ulchi Freedom Shield this year and scheduled to...