Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
KABUL, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The Kabul Municipality on Tuesday opened a three-day ornamental flowers and plants exhibition to expand urban greenery, enhance the Afghan capital's aesthetic appeal, and foster a culture of environmental stewardship. The exhibition features thousands of ornamental flowers and plants cultivated in the nurseries and greenhouses of the municipality's greenery department. In parallel, priv
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Four of the 29 whales, dolphins and porpoises that washed ashore in Hong Kong waters last year are suspected to have died from human activity, with an annual report jointly released by the government and Ocean Park also finding an overall decline in strandings. A press statement with the findings was published on Tuesday for the Hong Kong Marine Life Stranding Report 2025, a collaboration between the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Tighter US sanctions on Cuba have led to a spike in infant mortality and plummeting survival rates for child cancer patients, the UN warned in one of its strongest rebukes of Washington’s pressure campaign against the island. US President Donald Trump’s push to force change in Cuba by cutting off almost all fuel shipments to the government is depriving the nation of 10 million people of access to water, food and healthcare, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Monday in a...
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The Astana Times
June 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has introduced simplified entry and stay procedures for foreign visitors to support tourism development, Minister of Internal Affairs Yerzhan Sadenov announced at a June 9 government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov. Photo credit: freepik Citizens of 105 countries can obtain electronic visas without visiting embassies. Kazakhstan has also introduced the Digital Nomad Visa for IT specialists and the Neo Nomad Visa for tourists, while arrival notifications can be submitted online by the host party, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. QR-coded tourist cards containing travel regulations and emergency contacts are being distributed at airports and major border crossings. The QazETA mobile application is also being developed to expand migration services. Tourist police units operate in all 18 regions, providing security at tourist attractions and national parks,…
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A frenzied fortnight of EU policymaking on China kicked off on Tuesday, amid signs that big member states may be willing to take a tougher stance on trade despite huge pressure from Beijing. Beijing’s commerce vice-minister, Ling Ji, was set to meet with new EU trade director Ditte Juul Jorgensen in Brussels and have talks with Chinese businesses in the Belgian capital before heading to forums in Berlin and Dusseldorf. At the same time, EU diplomats began preparations for next week’s blockbuster...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A Hong Kong court has reversed a former law student’s acquittal in a riot trial arising from the 2019 anti-government protests, finding her guilty based on “overwhelming” circumstantial evidence that she had encouraged other participants through her presence. The District Court on Tuesday convicted Alice Tong Ka-yan nearly seven years after her arrest during the unrest in Wan Chai on the night of August 31, 2019. Tong, who will turn 27 this month, was initially cleared of rioting in August 2021...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Hundreds of security guards and police officers were deployed on Tuesday to evict about 20 residents from a Hong Kong village as part of the government’s Northern Metropolis megaproject, despite residents saying their concerns remain largely unresolved. The operation by the Lands Department sparked heated confrontations with Tin Sam Tsuen villagers, who lived in properties built under the small-house policy. The government said about 60 households, involving more than 70 residents, were...
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday shared key transformations in India's foreign policy and the Ministry of External Affairs, 12 years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath.He highlighted how strides had been made in the last twelve years through facilities such as fullest support to Indians abroad through Embassies, expanded use of the Indian Community Welf
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Tajikistan News
June 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday shared key transformations in India's foreign policy and the Ministry of External Affairs, 12 years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath.He highlighted how strides had been made in the last twelve years through facilities such as fullest support to Indians abroad through Embassies, expanded use of the Indian Community Welf
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Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday shared key transformations in India's foreign policy and the Ministry of External Affairs, 12 years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath.He highlighted how strides had been made in the last twelve years through facilities such as fullest support to Indians abroad through Embassies, expanded use of the Indian Community Welf
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Palestinian civilians are caught between “mass atrocities” of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas’ brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said on Tuesday. Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank are being “systematically and deliberately” subjected to severe rights violations, the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry said. The investigative team, which last year concluded that Israel had committed “genocide” in the war in Gaza, highlighted in a new report that...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Debate has erupted in Taiwan’s legislature over a proposed 12-fold increase in funding next year for a defence planning programme with the United States. The proposed rise in spending is for the Joint Force Design (JFD) programme, a bilateral defence planning mechanism used to assess the island’s military requirements, operational concepts and capability gaps. Findings for the JFD, formally known as the Taiwan-US Defence Department Cooperative Assessment Project, help shape force planning,...
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Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
(260609) -- ILOCOS SUR PROVINCE, June 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Hung Chia-Yao (back) of Chinese Taipei saves the ball during the pool A match between Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan at the 2026 AVC Women's Cup in Ilocos Sur Province, the Philippines, on June 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
(260609) -- ILOCOS SUR PROVINCE, June 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Hung Chia-Yao (back) of Chinese Taipei saves the ball during the pool A match between Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan at the 2026 AVC Women's Cup in Ilocos Sur Province, the Philippines, on June 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
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Tajikistan News
June 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
(260609) -- ILOCOS SUR PROVINCE, June 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Hung Chia-Yao (back) of Chinese Taipei saves the ball during the pool A match between Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan at the 2026 AVC Women's Cup in Ilocos Sur Province, the Philippines, on June 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
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BBC News
June 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Indonesia police allege the man killed the woman as he felt disrespected by her.
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BBC News
June 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Indonesia police allege the man killed the woman as he felt disrespected by her.
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Hong Kong Chu Hai College has sued its finance head, along with a company and its director, for allegedly embezzling more than HK$25 million (US$3.19 million) by disguising the transfers as academic and administrative expenses. The private institution filed the lawsuit in the High Court on Monday to reclaim what it said were misappropriated funds transferred to finance director Ray Yip Kam‑chun, Ho Chung-ling and Rivers Design Engineering “under the guise of payroll, autopay and academic...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Scepticism is rife about US President Donald Trump’s claims to have reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu over recent military escalations with Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran despite ceasefires negotiated by Washington. While Netanyahu’s apparent defiance is widely seen as an embarrassment to Trump, analysts say the mercurial US leader has done little more than wag his finger at his ally. In his latest interview with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid for US website Axios on...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A Chinese woman who went to great lengths to access her late brother’s blog has discovered his deep love for her 14 years after his death, moving many people online. Wenwen, 24, from southwestern China’s Sichuan province, had a brother 14 years older than her and her twin sister. In 2012, he died in a car crash with their father on their way to another city for work. He was only 24 years old. After they died, Wenwen’s mother worked hard to support the girls’ studies. Both have become...
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