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News Articles: Uzbekistan

Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to put his nets in the water for fish on the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan.

Central Asia’s Ticking Time Bomb: Water

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

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By:
  • Valerie Kipnis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 2 more
The U.N. logo on a door at the United Nations headquarters in New York. President Biden and other world leaders will meet there next week for the annual general assembly.

Biden is meeting with leaders from Israel, Brazil, Ukraine and the 'Stans' this week

President Biden will hold a series of talks with world leaders this week around U.N. meetings — including a first-ever summit with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Tamara Keith
A group pauses in 2017, with some in prayer, at a makeshift memorial on a New York City bike path that that honors victims of an attack who were stuck and killed by a rental truck driven by Sayfullo Saipov. The Islamic extremist was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday and could face the death penalty.

A man who killed 8 bicyclists in Manhattan is convicted and may face the death penalty

Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty of running down riders with a rental truck on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. Prosecutors said the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State.

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By:
  • The Associated Press
China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose during their trilateral meeting with Mongolia on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Thursday.

Xi Jinping travels out of China to see Putin and other leaders. Here's why it matters

The leaders of China and Russia have joined other foreign leaders in Central Asia. Top concerns include Russia's war in Ukraine.

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By:
  • Emily Feng