Gazprom's record net loss follows a decline in revenues, according to an earnings report Russian energy major Gazprom reported its first annual loss since 1999 on Thursday, in the wake of dwindling gas exports due to the Western-sanctions pressure. According to the state-owned company's earnings ..read more

© Provided by Xinhua URUMQI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Airkir Duliki, the 27-year-old ethnic Tajik train conductor, was born and raised amidst the snow-capped mountains and grasslands in a vi ..read more

(Berlin, May 2, 2024) - Azerbaijani authorities should immediately free a prominent human rights defender, Anar Mammadli, and drop the charges against him, the Human Rights House Foundation said this week ..read more

Astana [Kazakhstan], May 2 (ANI): Indian boxers Mandengbam Jadumani Singh, Nikhil, Ajay Kumar and Ankush registered impressive victories to move into the men's U-22 semi-finals at the ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Thursday. Jadumani led India's charge with a convincing 5-0 over Bhutan's Phuntsho Kinley in the 51kg quarter-finals bout. Nikhil (57kg) put up a similar display of ..read more

AYBAK, Afghanistan, May 2 (Xinhua) -- At least five commuters were killed and 21 others injured in a road accident in north Afghanistan's Samangan province on Thursday, a hospital source said. The incident happened on a road in the Chapchal region along the highway linking Samangan with neighboring Balkh province when a vehicle veered off the road and overturned, leaving five dead including a child on the spot a ..read more

KABUL, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Climate change has become a precarious menace to the people of Afghanistan after temperatures in the southern regions of the country have increased by 2.4 degrees Celsius over the past century, according to a report released Thursday. Temperatures went up in Hindu Kush regions by 1 degree Celsius, central and northern highlands by 1.6 to 1.7 degrees Celsius, and eastern regions of Afghan ..read more

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 2 (ANI): Different parts of districts of Bamyan province have witnessed snowfall in recent days, resulting in damage to fields and crops, the farmers said, as they raised concerns regarding the damage caused by snowfall, TOLOnews reported. Some farmers claimed that the wheat and potato seeds they have sown in their fields may perish due to the growing cold. "The weather has become very cold, and t ..read more

ULAN BATOR, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's central bank has purchased a total of 4.3 tons of gold from legal entities and individuals since the beginning of this year, the bank said Thursday. Purchasing gold is one of the key ways for the central bank to ensure the country's economic stability by consistently increasing foreign exchange reserves, according to the Bank of Mongolia. The Asian country's forex ..read more

ULAN BATOR, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has planted a total of 42 million trees across the country since the launch of its national tree-planting campaign in 2021, the country's presidential press office said Thursday. In addition, at least 63 million seedlings have so far been stocked, it said, urging the public to actively take part in the upcoming National Tree Planting Day. The land-locked Asian countr ..read more

Photo taken on May 1, 2024 shows a booth at an exhibition of agricultural products in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua) KABUL, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Local businessmen and farmers displayed their agricultural products and other ..read more