Latest from our @pannierb.bsky.social Turkmenistan may cancel cost of living increases despite shortages inflation and poverty timesca.com/high-praise-... #Turkmenistan #Economy #Crisis #Poverty #CostOfLiving

Central Asian leaders at #UNGA80 urged UN reform highlighted ecology and sealed major US deals showing the region’s growing global role timesca.com/from-reform-... #CentralAsia #UN #UNGA80

Central Asia’s stages are turning into political battlegrounds as concerts and cultural events face mounting cancellations tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine, even as festivals like Intervision-2025 showcase regional talent timesca.com/global-confl... #CentralAsia #Culture #UkraineWar #Intervision2025

Uzbekistan’s Mirziyoyev clinches Boeing, energy, and investment deals in New York while pushing WTO accession timesca.com/billion-doll... #Uzbekistan #UNGA80 #Boeing #WTO #Investment

Kazakhstan and the US boost ties with $100B+ investment and a $4.2B Wabtec deal timesca.com/tokayev-in-n... #Kazakhstan #USA #Energy #WabtecDeal

'Asia's Top Three Towns for Air Quality All in Kazakhstan, Finds New Study' – my latest for @timesca.com: timesca.com/asias-top-th...

A Chinese citizen in Tashkent was jailed for 5 days for brutally torturing a cat sparking calls for his deportation timesca.com/chinese-man-... #Uzbekistan #AnimalRights #Tashkent #JusticeForAnimals

Latest from our @robertmcutler.bsky.social Kazakhstan steps onto the UN stage as a rising middle power driving peace energy and regional unity timesca.com/tokayev-at-t... #Kazakhstan #UNGA #CentralAsia #MiddlePower

Almaty hosts new UN SDG hub tackling climate water and security challenges for Central Asia and Afghanistan. timesca.com/opinion-alma... #Almaty #UN #SDGs #CentralAsia #ClimateAction #UNSDGs

Backstreet Boys to headline Almaty’s City Day with a sold-out Central Stadium concert. timesca.com/backstreet-b... #Almaty #CityDay #BackstreetBoys #Kazakhstan #AlmatyEvents #BackstreetBoysLive

Kyrgyzstan faces severe winter power shortages as Toktogul reservoir nears critical lows timesca.com/kyrgyz-energ... #Kyrgyzstan #EnergyCrisis #Toktogul

Thank you, @timesca.com for posting my latest report. timesca.com/montenegro-w...

Russia’s tough new migration rules force Central Asia to rethink labor flows and remittance reliance timesca.com/russias-crac... #CentralAsia #Migration #Russia #Remittances #MigrationPolicy

Almaty opens its first contemporary art museum with Almagul Menlibayeva’s powerful solo show, marking a new era for Kazakh and Central Asian art timesca.com/kazakhstans-... #Kazakhstan #Almaty #ContemporaryArt #CentralAsia #AlmagulMenlibayeva #KazakhArt #ArtMuseumOpening

Latest from our @joelucbarnes.bsky.social Uzbekistan and the Taliban spar over helicopters but the real battles are over rail links and Amu Darya water timesca.com/rail-water-a... #Uzbekistan #Afghanistan #CentralAsia #WaterSecurity #GeopoliticalAnalysis

IF only we applied such efforts to ending fossil fuel use

Kazakhstan has criminalized forced marriage and bride kidnapping, introducing penalties of up to 10 years in prison to protect women and minors from coercion timesca.com/kazakhstan-c... #Kazakhstan #HumanRights #EndBrideKidnapping #CentralAsia

China’s 40-year effort to build a green belt around the Taklamakan Desert & Central Asia’s reforestation of the Aral Sea show how determined action can turn lands of despair into fields of hope timesca.com/opinion-turn... #Desertification #ClimateAction #CentralAsia #China #Reforestation #AralSea

Kazakhstan faces soaring inflation squeezing wages and households as import costs and tariffs rise timesca.com/inflation-in... #Kazakhstan #Inflation #Economy #CentralAsia #CostOfLiving

Latest from our @stephenmbland.bsky.social Central Asians are caught in Ukraine’s war with volunteers aiding Kyiv and migrants pressured to fight for Russia timesca.com/central-asia... #Russia #CentralAsia #UkraineConflict #WarImpact

Kazakhstan’s mysterious Akbaur complex known as the Kazakh Stonehenge continues to puzzle archaeologists with its petroglyphs sky window and Bronze Age secrets timesca.com/east-kazakhs... #Kazakhstan #Akbaur #Archaeology #History #ArchaeologicalSite #HistoryMysteries

Kazakhstan wins team gold at the first World Boxing Championships in Liverpool with seven titles edging Uzbekistan timesca.com/kazakhstan-w... #boxing #Liverpool #sports #WorldBoxingChampionships #BoxingCommunity #TeamKazakhstan

Latest from our @olaskoolkitchen.bsky.social step into Uzbekistan’s Garden of Knowledge at Osaka Expo 2025 where tradition meets tomorrow timesca.com/uzbekistans-... #Uzbekistan #OsakaExpo2025 #GardenOfKnowledge #Pavilion

Chengdu rolls out the red carpet for the Golden Panda Awards where Kazakh famine epic Qash joins global contenders in a festival blending cinema street life and Sichuan spice timesca.com/kazakh-film-... #GoldenPandaAwards #Chengdu #Qash #FilmFestival #SichuanCinema #KazakhCinema #QashFilm

Latest from our @robertmcutler.bsky.social Power of Siberia 2 lingers on paper but already shapes China’s gas talks with Turkmenistan Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan timesca.com/the-power-of... #Energy #Gas #China #Russia #CentralAsia #PowerOfSiberia2

My latest for @timesca.com Uzbekistan shines at Osaka Expo 2025 with a Garden of Knowledge pavilion where heritage meets innovation timesca.com/uzbekistans-... #Uzbekistan #OsakaExpo2025 #GardenOfKnowledge #Pavilion

Kazakhstan’s Old Austrian Road winds through stunning mountains and centuries of history built by WWI prisoners now reborn as a tourist and cultural landmark timesca.com/a-road-not-f... #History #Culture #CentralAsia #HistoricalLandmarks #KazakhstanTravel

Kazakhstan outraged after Almaty blogger calls to “kill autistic people,” triggering a criminal probe and fresh debate on inclusion timesca.com/attitudes-to... #Kazakhstan #AutismAwareness #Inclusion #HumanRights #Almaty #DisabilityRights

#Arqueologia #ÀsiaCentral #Kazakhstan

Almaty’s Soviet-era Tselinny cinema has been reborn as the Tselinny Center for Contemporary Culture a stunning new hub for art, dialogue, and community timesca.com/contemporary... #Almaty #ArtCulture #ContemporaryArt #TselinnyCenter #KazakhstanArt

Kyrgyz screenwriter Gulzhan Toktogul returns from Hollywood to Bishkek after years navigating million dollar scripts guild rules and the passion of cinema timesca.com/behind-the-s... #Kyrgyzstan #Hollywood #Film #Screenwriting #ScreenwriterLife #GulzhanToktogul

Kazakhstan’s dry season reveals Paleolithic tools Bronze Age treasures Saka jewelry and ruins of a lost medieval city showcasing millennia of history across the steppe timesca.com/underwater-s... #Kazakhstan #Archaeology #History #SilkRoad #Discoveries #ArchaeologicalFinds

Tokayev’s call to scrap Kazakhstan’s Senate and return to a single chamber parliament has stirred sharp debate with critics warning of lost regional voices and allies seeing a leaner system that strengthens his reform agenda timesca.com/kazakhstan-w... #Reform #Parliament #TokayevReforms #Kazakhstan

Would love go to this

Prez. KassJo T.....please give me a confiscated mansion in the hills outside Almaty 🙏

'Kyrgyzstan Adopts the Snow Leopard as its National Symbol' – my latest for @timesca.com:

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Impressive work in Kazakhstan

Latest from our @jonathancampion.com Kyrgyzstan adopts the snow leopard as a national symbol reflecting strength freedom and heritage while boosting conservation efforts timesca.com/kyrgyzstan-a... #Kyrgyzstan #SnowLeopard #Conservation #WildlifeProtection #EndangeredSpecies

Kazakhstan is reclaiming billions in corrupt assets and converting luxury mansions, cars, and even ancient jewelry into schools, hospitals, and public projects to fight inequality and rebuild trust timesca.com/from-mansion... #Kazakhstan #AntiCorruption #AssetRecovery #TokayevReforms

Bukhara launches its first Biennale blending contemporary art heritage and healing with global works from palm waste prayer spaces to golden thread restorations timesca.com/recipes-for-... #Uzbekistan #Bukhara #Biennale #Art #Culture #CentralAsia #Heritage #Creativity

Latest from our @stephenmbland.bsky.social Trump calls Tokayev and Mirziyoyev signaling renewed US focus on Central Asia as tariffs strain ties and rivals China and EU expand influence timesca.com/trump-reenga... #USA #Kazakhstan #Uzbekistan #Trump #Tokayev #Mirziyoyev #Geopolitics #Trade

Kazakhstan’s youth balance deep clan traditions of zhuz and ru with modern ambitions showing how ancestral identity and merit based achievement coexist in a globalized future timesca.com/kinship-clan... #Kazakhstan #Zhuz #Ru #Tradition #Youth #Identity #Culture #CentralAsia

Uzbekistan will bring many things to the World Cup not least their fantastic shirt like Croatia whose shirt-game matches the quality of their football

Latest from our @stephenmbland.bsky.social Russia’s extended gasoline export ban spares Central Asia for now but exposes deep regional dependence and drives push for diversification timesca.com/russias-gaso... #Russia #Gas #CentralAsia #Energy #EAEU #MiddleCorridor

Paulo Bento rejects offer to coach Uzbekistan despite team’s first ever World Cup qualification as nation eyes football reforms timesca.com/paulo-bento-... #PauloBento #Uzbekistan #Football #WorldCup2026 #Sports #CentralAsia #SoccerNews

Pamir and Karakoram glaciers once seen as stable are now melting fast since 2018 threatening Central Asias rivers water security and regional stability timesca.com/pamir-loses-... #ClimateCrisis #GlacierMelt #CentralAsia #Karakoram #WaterSecurity #PamirGlaciers

Kazakhstan aims to become a Eurasian education hub with global campuses, AI training, and 150k foreign students by 2029 timesca.com/kazakhstans-... #Kazakhstan #Education #AI #CentralAsia #SayasatNurbek

'Kazakhstan Gifts 1,500 Saiga Antelopes to China' – my latest for @timesca.com: timesca.com/kazakhstan-g...