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Videos of the week: Giant avalanche sweeps over hikers in Kyrgyzstan

In this week’s selection of videos, TND takes a look at the moment a mammoth avalanche sweeps over unsuspecting hikers in Kyrgyzstan.

The New Daily

Tian Shan mountains: The moment British tourists survive avalanche in Kyrgyzstan

One of those on the trip said: ‘I thought I might die’

Evening Standard

Terrifying footage shows tourists caught in the path of ice avalanche in Kyrgyzstan

A tourist was taking pictures when he heard the sound of “ice cracking” and saw the avalanche hurtling down the mountain

Irish Mirror

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Shocking moment avalanche plunges towards tourists in Kyrgyzstan

‘If we had walked five minutes further on our trek, we would all be dead,’ writes shell-shocked hiker

The Independent UK

British tourists survive avalanche in Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan

The group of 10 people, including nine from UK, managed to take shelter when avalanche struck

The Guardian - UK

Putin orders talks on unified regional air defence with Kyrgyzstan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the defence and foreign ministries to begin talks with Kyrgyzstan on a common regional air defence system, according to the text of the order posted on a government website.

Reuters

Indian freestyle wrestlers claim Asian team title in U-17 category

NEW DELHI: Indian freestyle wrestlers won the team title at the under-17 Asian Championship in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan by finishing with eight medals, including four gold.

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Indian women win 4 gold, 1 bronze at Asian U-17 Wrestling Championship

NEW DELHI: The Indian cadet women wrestlers clinched four gold and a bronze at the under-17 Asian Wrestling Championship in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The Times of India

Saudi King Receives Written Message from President of Kyrgyzstan

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has received a written message from President Sadyr Japarov of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, regarding bilateral relations between the two countries and peoples, and ways to strengthen them in various fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Black Death pandemic originated in Kyrgyzstan, ancient DNA from plague victims' teeth suggests

DNA analysis of seven people who died in the 14th century suggests the Black Death may have originated in modern-day Kyrgyzstan.

ABC News

Mystery of where Black Death began solved - and it took 10 years to reach UK

The bubonic plague outbreak ravaged the world from 1346 to 1353 and is the most deadly pandemic recorded in human history killing around 200 million people

Daily Mirror

Mystery of Black Death’s origins solved, say researchers

International team link spike in deaths at cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan in 1300s to start of plague pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Place where Black Death emerged is discovered after more than 600 years

The medieval plague, which killed millions, is believed to have emerged in North Kyrgyzstan in the late 14th century.

The Independent UK

Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyzstan of provoking latest border clash

Tajikistan on Saturday accused neighboring Kyrgyzstan of provoking a border clash, the latest in a series of armed confrontations between the two small impoverished Central Asian nations.

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Save your breath: traditional Kyrgyz dance helps ease chronic lung disease

Exercise to help COPD hospital patients is being rolled out across Kyrgyzstan and to neighbouring countries

France 24

‘The Hill’: Cannes film revisits the Soviet Union’s smouldering remains

The violent legacy of the break-up of the Soviet Union is dissected in “The Hill” by Lina Tsrimova and Denis Gheerbrant, an astonishing documentary shot entirely on a gargantuan rubbish heap in Kyrgyzstan and screened this week at the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel section ACID.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UAE President Receives More Condolences From World Leaders, Including Erdogan

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday several world leaders, who offered their condolences over the death of late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed accepted the condolences of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t feel like I am king’: Bivol preaches humility after shocking Canelo

After his landmark win against Saul Álvarez, the Russian showed he is not a fighter who goes in for bluster and bombast

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Dmitry Bivol waits for his big moment in the shadow of Canelo and Putin

The unbeaten world light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has been reduced to a ghostly figure in Las Vegas but the Kyrgyzstan-born Russian remains quietly confident of upsetting Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan to Sign 30 Cooperation Agreements During President's Visit to Riyadh

The upcoming visit of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov to Saudi Arabia will witness the signing of 30 new draft agreements and 23 international treaties and deals to enhance comprehensive cooperation with Saudi Arabia. The third meeting of the Kyrgyz-Saudi Joint Intergovernmental Committee on high-level cooperation is scheduled to be held…

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree to pull back some forces after border clashes -Interfax

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed to pull back some forces from their shared frontier after border guards from the two central Asian states exchanged fire twice on Tuesday, the latest in a series of clashes, Interfax news agency said.

Axios

Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives in U.S. as key witness to abuses

Ovalbek Turdakun will provide evidence for a case submitted to the International Criminal Court.

The Times of India

Central Asia, Russia new hubs for Tamil Nadu medical students

CHENNAI: The war and Covid-19 has kept Ukraine and China off-limits for foreign students, while making Russia and other central Asian countries like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as the likely destinations for medical aspirants from Tamil Nadu for 2022-23. Poland and Baltic countries like Lithuania and Latvia could also generate interest,…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war: Is Central Asia loosening ties with Russia?

After Uzbekistan’s unexpected pro-Ukraine statement, analysts say traditional regional dynamics could be shifting.

The Independent UK

Ten reasons to visit Kyrgyzstan

Post-Soviet chic meets nomadic culture in central Asia’s worst-kept secret, writes Liz Dodd

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