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In "World / Asia"
December 22, 2025
In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians face devastating air strikes and a sham election
TASHKENT — On a cold morning in Chimbay, a small town in northwestern Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region, an elderly craftsman bends over a half-finished wooden frame. His hands move slowly but with certainty: Shaping, bending, adjusting. He is building a yurt the same way his father once did, and his grandfather before him.A few streets away, a young apprentice holds a bow of horsehair against an unfinished two-stringed instrument, trying to coax out a sound his teacher calls “as old as the steppe.”These scenes reflect a broader recognition across Central Asia. At the 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee in New Delhi, the bowed instrument Kobyz and the Yurt, jointly nominated by Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, were inscribed on UNESCO’s Lists of...
December 22, 2025
Kobyz and the Yurt: Central Asia’s living knowledge enters UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage Lists
SYDNEY — The two gunmen accused of killing 15 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach threw homemade explosive devices, including tennis ball bombs, which failed to explode, at a crowd attending a Hanukkah celebration at the famed beach, according to Australian police.The breakthrough comes after the police statement of facts was made public following the 24-year-old son, Naveed Akram's, video court appearance from a Sydney hospital on Monday.The pair also both conducted "firearms training" in a rural area of New South Wales outside of Sydney, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported, citing police documents. The pair had allegedly planned the attack for several months.The public broadcaster added that the 50-year-old father, who was shot dead by police at the scene, had...
December 22, 2025
Bondi gunmen threw homemade bombs that failed to detonate at Sydeny crowd
December 20, 2025
Three killed in knife attack and smoke bomb rampage in Taipei
December 19, 2025
Bangladesh newspaper staff recall 'gasping for air' as offices set ablaze
December 19, 2025
Australia announces gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack
December 19, 2025
Cambodia counts the cost of its border war with Thailand
December 19, 2025
Violence breaks out in Bangladesh after death of youth protest leader
December 19, 2025
'We are not from Bangladesh, we are Indian'
December 18, 2025
Bondi attack suspects had no visitors and barely left hotel during month-long Philippines stay, employee says
