1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (285+ words) Mongolia is hosting a United Nations (UN) conference on combating desertification this month, with delegates from Central Asian countries discussing cooperation on the challenges of climate change, water scarcity, and sustaining vast ecosystems such as the Eurasian steppes. His comments…...

13+ hour, 36+ min ago   (768+ words) North of Akbasty, Aral Sea; image: TCA, Stephen M. Bland After decades in which the Aral Sea became a global symbol of ecological collapse, Kazakhstan has achieved a measurable recovery in its northern basin. Built over two decades, the turnaround is…...

16+ hour, 15+ min ago   (398+ words) Uzbekistan is building its first nuclear power plant and preparing a second, while Kazakhstan intends to build at least three. Central Asia’s two largest economies are entering nuclear power at almost the same time. Even before their first reactors come…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago   (737+ words) The new conveyor inside Bogatyr coal mine; all images: TCA, Manon Madec For now, it is only a vast construction site lost in the steppe, a few kilometers from Ekibastuz, a mining city in northern Kazakhstan. Cranes move behind fences…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (728+ words) From personal archive of Akhmedkhodjaev Cerberus took first place in the regional final on August 12. WeGlobal AI finished second, followed by LOOQ. Twenty-two startups reached the final after being selected from 726 applications from 39 countries. Uzbekistan was represented by six projects....

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (286+ words) Satellite imagery purportedly showing damage from a Ukrainian missile strike at a key Russian space center is circulating online, although there is no independent confirmation of whether Soyuz rocket facilities at the site were hit. ExileNova+, a Ukrainian channel that…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (415+ words) All images: image: The Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan won one silver and three bronze medals as Tashkent hosted the International Olympiad in Informatics for the first time. The 38th edition of the annual competition ran…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (466+ words) The first data center is already under construction in the Pavlodar region, one of Kazakhstan’s main energy-producing areas. The main buildings are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026, with commissioning work to be finished in May and the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (483+ words) Image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn Kazakhstan launched the project in Turkestan on May 16, targeting more than 911,000 hectares of arable land in the country’s leading cotton-belt. The government puts the potential economic benefit at up to 35 billion tenge, roughly $75 million a year....

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1250+ words) Image: Arman Ibrayeva’s personal archive What should a robot do after making a mistake? The answer becomes more complicated when the person nearby does not explicitly say something has gone wrong, but merely hesitates, looks confused, or begins to lose…...