After three decades in power Nursultan Nazarbayev relinquishes power as President of Kazakhstan
The last Soviet era ruler in Central Asia, Nazarbayev elevated Kazakhstan’s profile in the international community
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Dalai Lama contemplates Chinese gambit after his death
China has said its leaders have the right to approve the Dalai Lama’s successor, as a legacy inherited from China’s emperors.
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UAE employers to continue to recruit from Asia in 2019
IT and health care professionals will continue to be recruited from Asia
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The view from Muzzafarabad
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Iran’s Rouhani signs trade pacts in Iraq to help offset U.S. sanctions
The visit also signals that Tehran still plays a dominant role in Iraqi politics.
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UNESCO #WIKI4WOMEN WORLD CONTRIBUTORY MOVEMENT INVISIBLE, NO MORE
#WIKI4WOMEN is an initiative led by UNESCO and Wikimedia
Work-related gender gaps persist but solutions are clear – new ILO report
International Women’s Day
Work-related gender gaps have not seen any meaningful improvement for 20 years, but a new ILO report says that the path to progress is clear.
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Why I Support Tulsi Gabbard as the next US President
We stand at interesting and rather daunting crossroads in global and domestic politics. The impact of the US General Election 2020 will be global and vast and will be scrutinized by all the nations of the world. The current President of the United State, Donald Trump, will run as the Republican nominee. What we do not know is, who will be the candidate on the opposite side. The social media is the modern day news carrier and so far we know that the following candidates have announced their intention to run for Presidency for certain: Elizabeth Warren, Julian Castro, Kamal Harris, and Tulsi Gabbard, among others to come. Of them the three are women and one is a “woman of color”. This spread of gender and ethnic identity is indeed quite spectacular.
Why is Afghanistan batting for India in this round of India-Pakistan hostilities?
So deep is the mistrust against Pakistan amongst Afghans that some even doubt the authenticity of supports of restraint.
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Pakistan to lodge U.N. complaint against India for ‘eco-terrorism’ forest bombing
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