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Nearly 60% of Wildberries Pickup Points Are Run by Women, Company Survey Finds
The Slovenia Times
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August 29, 2025
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 August 2025 - Wildberries, a leading digital platform in Eurasia, carried out a study finding that the majority of owners of its marketplace pickup points are women who started their business on their...
Global roundtable to address digital environment’s impact on families
MyJoyOnline
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August 28, 2025
The intersection of family life and the digital environment will take centre stage at a high-level roundtable discussion to be held on the sidelines of the World Public Assembly in September, 2025 in Russia. Titled “The Digital Environment in the...
Today-History-Sep09
St. Albert Gazette
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August 29, 2025
Today in History for Sept. 9: On this date: In 1087, William the Conqueror, England's first king, died in a riding accident in France. In 1776, the second Continental Congress changed the name of the United Colonies to the United States of...
PM Oli to hold talks with Xi, Putin during China visit
The Rising Nepal
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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Aug 29: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to hold meetings with globally influential leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính...
Russia Boosts The Taliban's Quest For Legitimacy. Who Will Be Next?
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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August 16, 2025
The Taliban's four-year quest for legitimacy received a major boost last month when Russia became the first country to formally recognize the group's rule in Afghanistan. While the Kremlin's decision is largely symbolic, it could still yield...
Global Film School Helps Kazakh Industry Find its Groove
The Astana Times
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August 16, 2025
ASTANA – The New York Film Academy (NYFA) has opened its first campus in Asia and second outside the United States, launching operations in Kaskelen, near Almaty. The campus marks a major milestone in Kazakhstan’s creative education landscape and...
I was flogged in public by the Taliban for going to the shop
The Times
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Having run out of stitching supplies, Hira, a 23-year-old embroiderer, went to her local market in northern Afghanistan to buy some more. But what started as a routine errand led to her being punished in public by flogging, as a crowd of men...
Central Asian Special Representatives on Afghanistan’s Meeting: Why Matters?
SpecialEurasia
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August 28, 2025
Executive Summary This report assesses the strategic and economic implications of the first meeting of Central Asian special representatives on Afghanistan, held in Uzbekistan on 26 August 2025. This report seeks to determine the value of this...
Maia Sandu to the new president of Poland, about deepening cooperation between states
IPN
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August 29, 2025
Since September 1, foreign citizens, including Moldovans, who are in the Russian capital, Moscow, are obliged to regularly notify the Russian authorities of their whereabouts. The notifications must be submitted via a mobile app, according to new...
Protests erupt in Jakarta over the death of a motorcyclist killed by police
Asia News
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August 29, 2025
Today's news: Kim Keon Hee, wife of former South Korean President Yoon, has been charged with several offences, including corruption. Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi is reportedly killed in Israeli raids in Yemen. The Afghan Taliban accuse...
Turkmenistan and Russia Foreign Ministers-Level Talks in Moscow to Strengthen Strategic Partnership
News Central Asia
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August 28, 2025
Russia and Turkmenistan emphasized the alignment of their positions on the international stage and expressed a mutual commitment to intensifying joint projects in the fields of transport, infrastructure, and energy. On August 28, 2025, a meeting...
Migrants in Moscow forced to announce their geolocation. A number of risks in case of deviations
IPN
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August 29, 2025
0 Since September 1, foreign citizens, including Moldovans, who are in the Russian capital, Moscow, are obliged to regularly notify the Russian authorities of their whereabouts. The notifications must be submitted via a mobile app, according to...
Vietnam: Three dead, more than 10 injured, thousands of homes devastated by Typhoon Kajiki
Asia News
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August 26, 2025
Today's news: An investigation into abuse at a wildlife park linked to the Ambani family has been opened. Tear gas and water cannons were used in Jakarta against protesters demanding cuts to lawmakers’ high salaries and benefits. Despite his...
An AIoT-Based Home Monitoring System for Arteriovenous Fistula Surveillance in Hemodialysis Patients: Development, Evaluation, and Clinical Potential
Dove Medical Press
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August 28, 2025
Introduction Hemodialysis is a common method for treating patients with kidney failure, helping to remove excess waste and fluids from the body. During hemodialysis, the patient’s blood is filtered through an artificial kidney, or dialysis...
Xi, Putin and Modi together at the SCO summit in China would be deeply symbolic
The National News
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The world’s largest regional grouping will meet on Sunday in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin. The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation may not be quite a household name, but its 10 member states encompass 42 per cent of the global...
Take Control of Your Cash Flow: Proven Strategies for AR Leaders
CFO Dive
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"A woman is not a stone, she is a human being." How readers of Asia-Plus reacted to the article about female suicides
Asia Plus
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08:40, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Readers agree on one thing: such stories should not be hushed up, and this is the result of systemic problems. Asia-Plus publication – "Suicide as a protest. Why Tajik women throw themselves into rivers" caused a...
SCO cooperation in full swing, offers impetus to global economy
Global Times
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This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2025 shows light poles adorned with banners marking the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in Binhai New Area, north China's Tianjin. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo) Driven by booming cross-border...
Voices of SCO Youth | Welcome to Xinjiang
People's Daily Online
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(People's Daily App) 10:13, August 29, 2025 The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit will be held in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1. Horses are a shared cultural symbol within the SCO family. Together with young friends...
Returnees Face Worsening Shortages in Afghanistan
The Diplomat
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August 28, 2025
In a June 7 Eid al-Adha message, Taliban Prime Minister Hassan Akhund called for Afghans who had fled the country to return to their homeland and “live in an atmosphere of peace.” His ill-timed comments came at the start of a massive wave of...