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Typhoon Talim

Typhoon Talim makes landfall in southern China as authorities evacuate thousands

The state media reports warned of 'violent' waves as tall as six to nine metres (20 to 30 feet) were expected to hit northern parts of the South China Sea through Tuesday

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File photo of Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Kazakhstan President dissolves parliament, calls for snap election on March 19

In a message to the citizens published by the presidency, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said he hoped that the snap election will give new impetus to the modernisation of Kazakhstan. 

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India's National Security Adviser at the first India-Central Asia NSA meet

Central Asia NSA meet: India's Doval calls for connectivity, counter-terror cooperation

The joint statement of the first India-Central Asia NSA meet asserted that no terrorist organisation including those designated by UNSC resolution 1267 should be allowed to use the territory of…

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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

This Central Asian country banned the word 'coronavirus' to suppress information about the pandemic

Media houses are calling it a radical move by Central Asian country to suppress all information about the pandemic.

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Women activists

Women's rights activists attacked then detained in Kyrgyzstan

The activists gathered in one of the squares of capital Bishkek in the Central Asian country, to stage a march of solidarity against violence on International Women's Day.

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