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Tajikistan and Kazakhstan enter a new level of cooperation
Asia Plus
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16:27, december 11Author: Asia-Plus The year 2024 has been a breakthrough for Kazakhstan-Tajikistan relations. A treaty on allied relations, over 15% growth in trade turnover, and joint investment projects have elevated the partnership between the...
NYC illegal immigrant who posed with AK-47s busted for supporting ISIS — after ex-wife rats him out for ‘sham marriage’ to stripper
Bleeding Green Nation - Pennsylvania
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February 27, 2025
A machine gun fanatic living in the country illegally was charged Wednesday with supporting ISIS — after his ex-wife ratted him out for getting a “sham” green-card marriage to a Bronx stripper, The Post has learned. Mansuri Manuchekhri, a...
Roots Millennium Education hosts Annual Parents Day with a Call for Environmental Responsibility
The Nation
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February 24, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Roots Millennium Education Group and Future World School & Colleges celebrated their highly anticipated Annual Parents Day 2025 at Pakistan China Friendship Center, Islamabad, showcasing a remarkable fusion of creativity, advocacy, and...
Kazakhstan, Belgium Unite for Global Business Education
The Astana Times
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February 27, 2025
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Belgium have launched their first international dual-degree program, the Global Executive MBA (GEMBA), developed by Almaty Management University (AlmaU) in partnership with Antwerp Management School (AMS) in Belgium. The...
St. Petersburg plans to introduce ethnicity recognition to monitor migrants
Biometric Update
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February 21, 2025
The Russian city of St. Petersburg plans to equip 8,000 cameras with ethnicity recognition capabilities to monitor its migrant population, city authorities announced this week. The controversial software was purchased from an unidentified vendor...
Why is the problem of domestic violence in Tajikistan still unresolved?
Asia Plus
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16:03, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Larisa Alexandrova is not only a human rights activist in her professional life but also at home. She actively advocates for criminal punishment for domestic violence in Tajikistan, where there is still no specific...
Taliban's new laws further degrade women's rights
Independent Australia
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New laws have been introduced in Afghanistan that prohibit women from being seen or heard in public, attracting the ire of both the United Nations and world leaders. Johanna Higgs reports. I REMEMBER walking into Afghanistan, nervous because it...
St. Petersburg plans to introduce ethnic recognition to monitor migrants
Biometric Update
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February 21, 2025
The Russian city of St. Petersburg plans to equip 8,000 cameras with ethnicity recognition capabilities to monitor its migrant population, city authorities announced this week. The controversial software was purchased from an unidentified vendor...
St. Petersburg, Russia Adds ‘Ethnicity Recognition Software’ to Surveillance Cameras
Breitbart
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February 21, 2025
City officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, announced on Thursday that the city’s closed-circuit TV (CCTV) surveillance cameras will be upgraded with “ethnic recognition software” to “prevent social tension” by monitoring “the formation of ethnic...
Tajikistan authorities advised to urgently change the economic development model
Asia Plus
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14:42, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Analysts from the World Bank say Tajikistan needs to take urgent measures to improve its growth model and diversify its economy, as the current approach has led to a reduction in natural resource reserves and has not...
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked deadly clashes
The Straits Times
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February 21, 2025
BISHKEK - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, two ex-Soviet Central Asian states, said on Friday that they had resolved a decades-old border dispute that had sparked clashes between different ethnic groups that had killed over a hundred people. Top...
Police in Russia to use ethnicity-recognition software in security cameras
The Washington Times
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February 20, 2025
The Russian city of St. Petersburg is equipping thousands of city surveillance cameras with software that will let police track crowds by focusing on characteristics such as skin color and ethnicity. About 8,000 of the city’s 102,000 CCTV cameras...
CAREC conducted two national training sessions in Dushanbe for specialists in Tajikistan's water management sector.
The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
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Publication date: 19 February 2025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan – On February 11-12, CAREC conducted national training sessions for Tajikistan's water management organizations in Dushanbe. The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held...
Officials in St. Petersburg are about to equip surveillance cameras with ‘ethnic recognition’ technology
Meduza
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Officials in St. Petersburg plan to use surveillance cameras to identify individuals’ ethnic backgrounds in an effort to “monitor” migrants. The move has drawn criticism from human rights advocates, who warn it will fuel xenophobia and...
Water project for Gwadar from Tajikistan feasibility study finalized
The Nation
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February 20, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Feasibility study of water project, supplying water to Gwadar from Tajikistan has been finalised, Gwadar Pro reported on Wednesday. President Asif Ali Zardari announced the completion of a feasibility study for a water supply project...
Major step for Gwadar as Pakistan submits Tajikistan-Gwadar water project plan to China
Pakistan Today
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February 19, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The government has finalised the feasibility study for an ambitious water supply project aimed at providing water to the port city of Gwadar from Tajikistan, and submitted it to China, President Asif Ali Zardari announced on Wednesday....
Russia remains Tajikistan’s top trade partner, accounting for 20% of foreign trade
Daryo
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Russia remains Tajikistan’s top trade partner, accounting for 20% of foreign trade Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Tajik counterpart, Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, held a joint news conference following talks in Moscow on February 13. The...
Tehran, Dushanbe to push for stronger trade and investment: Iran VP
Tehran Times
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February 17, 2025
TEHRAN – Mohammad Reza Aref, Iran’s First Vice President, highlighted insightful bilateral negotiations with Tajikistan’s Prime Minister, Kohir Rasulzoda, during a joint press conference in Tehran on Monday. Aref highlighted the significance of...
Three Tajik migrants killed in a Russian security forces raid in Pskov oblast
Asia Plus
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09:49, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) reported on February 13 that activities of an unnamed “international terrorist organization” had been thwarted in Pskov, with “members, citizens of one of the Central Asian...
Do We Really Have to Go with the Flow? – The Reality behind Remittances
ABILITY Magazine
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When I was an MA student at the University of Arkansas, I used to get calls every week from my friends in Morocco. “How much do you make a month?” they’d ask. I’d tell them, “1,300 US dollars.” This was the stipend I got from the Fulbright...