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Tiny city, big impact: Arxan emerges as cross-cultural bridge
People's Daily Online
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By Fan Wei, Jiang Bo, Wu Yong, Tian Liang (People's Daily) 15:31, July 07, 2025 Photo shows cityscape of Arxan, Xing'an league, north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (Photo provided by the publicity department of Arxan) Tucked away in...
Flynas Launches Three Direct Weekly Flights Between Riyadh And Moscow From August 1
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Asdaf News) Riyadh – Asdaf News: flynas, the leading low-cost airline in the world and the best LCC in the Middle East, announced launching three direct weekly flights between Riyadh and Moscow as of the first of August, this steps comes...
Larry Barnett: Immigration Policy – Cruelty or Kindness?
Sonoma Valley Sun - California
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July 7, 2025
Having moved two months ago from the home my wife and I lived in for nearly 30 years, I’ve been going through boxes, many of which were packed years ago and stored. Among them are boxes of material passed down to me by my father: family photo...
Lavrov Lists Russia Demands for Ukraine Peace
Newsweek
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July 7, 2025
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February...
Russia Grants Formal Recognition to Afghan Interim Government
News Ghana
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July 6, 2025
Afghanistan’s interim leadership has welcomed Russia’s decision to formally recognize it as the country’s legitimate government, marking a significant diplomatic shift. Chief Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid described the move as opening “a new...
The Main Intelligence Directorate revealed the theft of 110 cultural valuables in occupied Crimea.
Mezha
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July 7, 2025
As reported by GUR (Main Intelligence Directorate) The Main Intelligence Directorate has released data on 110 cultural valuables that were illegally appropriated by Russian occupiers in temporarily occupied Crimea. This information is available in...
The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided
The Guardian
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July 7, 2025
Who wrote the following: “When private property is abolished, there will be no necessity for crime”? In one of his plays the same writer has a female revolutionary cry: “How easy is it for a king to kill his people by thousands but we cannot rid...
Student family immigration rises sharply, interior minister criticises reform
Yle Uutiset
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July 7, 2025
Finland has seen a steep increase in the number of residence permit applications submitted by family members of international students, with the figure now eight times higher than in 2021, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). In...
India’s spiritual diplomacy : Leveraging spiritually and culture
The Times of India
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July 7, 2025
India is at a pivotal position in global geopolitics, navigating a multipolar world with strategic autonomy. As a rising global power, India is asserting itself in the Indo-Pacific region and strengthening ties with the US and other democracies....
Russia: 'Russian Seasons' exhibition opens in Beijing
Global Times
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Natalia Stepkina, minister-counsellor of the Russian Embassy in China and permanent representative to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat and Viktor Bout at the opening ceremony of the exhibition in Beijing, on July 3, 2025 Photo:...
Saudi Arabia’s Investments in Tajikistan’s Education: Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power Recalibration
SpecialEurasia
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July 7, 2025
Executive Summary This report examines Saudi Arabia’s recent $20 million investment in Tajikistan’s education infrastructure, which is part of a larger development program totalling $325 million. Using cultural diplomacy and soft power, such as...
Captive Audience: How Putin Shapes Russian Opinions
Newsweek
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July 7, 2025
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan were toasting the new millennium with their fellow journalists when former president Boris Yeltsin introduced Vladimir Putin as his surprise successor. But the KGB past of Russia's incoming head of state raised...
St Petersburg braces for historic flood as Neva River surges past warning levels
BNE Intellinews
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St Petersburg is bracing itself for the worst flood in 160 years as the water level in the Neva surges thanks to heavy rain. Authorities in Russia’s northern capital have declared a yellow-level danger warning as the Neva threatens to burst its...
flynas Launches Three Direct Weekly Flights Between Riyadh and Moscow Starting August 1
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- JUMMAR PR) Riyadh – July 06, 2025: flynas, the leading low-cost airline in the world and the best LCC in the Middle East, announced launching three direct weekly flights between Riyadh and Moscow as of the first of August, this steps...
Russia strips Azerbaijani cultural leader in Moscow of citizenship
News.Az
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Photo: Elshan Ibrahimov, the chairman of the Regional National-Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region Elshan Ibrahimov, the chairman of the Regional National-Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region, has been stripped...
Russian shelling kills two, injures 11 in Kharkiv region
Ukrinform
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Over the past day, Russian forces shelled the regional center and 13 other settlements in the Kharkiv region, killing two people and leaving 11 others injured. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, reported this on...
New California Museum exhibit ‘Revolutionary Grain’ preserves radical activism through photography
Sacramento Observer - California
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July 7, 2025
Get the latest news! Stay Informed Stay Connected: Subscribe to receive news daily. By Ozola Cody | Solving Sacramento Susanna Lamaina’s “Revolutionary Grain” photography exhibit opened at the California Museum on Saturday, June 14, only a block...
The Russian Prince-Turned-Priest of Western Pennsylvania
Providence
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July 7, 2025
In August 2023, as Russia’s war on Ukraine raged, Pope Francis told a gathering of Russian youth, “You are heirs of the great Russia—the great Russia of saints, of kings, the great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine II, the great, enlightened...
“It’s a product of a Russian world”- 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Andrei opposes Alexia’s reluctance to move to Moldova
Sportskeeda
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July 7, 2025
The much-awaited season 9 of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? premiered on July 6, 2025. It features couples from different shows of the 90 Day franchise and follows them as they try to fix their broken relationships one last time. The first...
Dragoljub Bajić appointed acting director of the National Theatre in Belgrade
Serbian Monitor
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July 8, 2025
Opera artist and music educator Dragoljub Bajić has been appointed acting director of the National Theatre in Belgrade. He was appointed following the dismissal of actor Svetislav Goncić from the position, as announced in the Official Gazette and...