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Thousands killed in Afghan earthquakes and the Taliban’s response

The death toll is over 2,500 civilians in one of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes, and people are still searching for their loved ones amidst the rubble and chaos. Not only has this earthquake killed many but it’s also injured and displaced many if western Afghanistan who have very little in the first place. On top of the thousands displaced within Afghanistan… Read more »

Kazakhstan looks to increase Kazakh language over social media, dethroning the Russian media majority.

Legislation in Kazakhstan met on October 6 to discuss future plans to change the language used on social media platforms in Kazakhstan, but as the week passes many doubt they will enact a law to replace Russian with Kazakh. In Kazakhstan social media is reported to use 70% Russian and 30% Kazakh, and while it has worked for most in… Read more »

Uzbekistan and China team up for joint electric vehicle venture

On October 6th, 2023, BYD auto(China) and Uzavtosanoat JSC(Uzbekistan) made even more progress towards their venture in making more electric and hybrid vehicles. BYD is a chinese owned auto business who in 2022 surpassed Tesla as the leading seller of electric vehicles while JSC is a mainly unimportant auto company stationed in Uzbekistan. The deal between the two auto companies… Read more »

Outlawed Sikh separatist movement has Indian authorities on edge

Although not terribly recent India has been having problems for a long time with the Punjab region in Northwestern India and its large Sikh and Muslim communities. Recently many Sikhs have called for an independent region of India called Khalistan and to declare a war for independence if they are unallowed to break free. The leader of this movement, Amritpal… Read more »

2023 G20 New Delhi summit and what it means to the rest of the world as well as India.

Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/11/g20-summit-what-india-showed-the-world-and-what-it Over the past few days India has hosted world leaders from all over to participate in the G20 New delhi summit. The summit has created many problems within New Delhi as many streets, schools, and offices have been closed in order to “escort” the VIP’s of the world through New Delhi and into the brand new… Read more »