Author: Lawrence Alvarado

Washington 6 Nov (50). Russian officials and proxy authorities in Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine are undertaking a monumental effort to “filter” the population as a means of suppressing Ukrainian resistance and enforcing loyalty among the remaining population. The United States condemns Russia’s “filtration” operations, forced deportations, and disappearances in Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine in which Russia’s forces and proxies have interrogated, detained, and forcibly deported Ukrainian, according to a broad range of sources, between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including thousands of children. Ukrainian citizens are being taken to filtration camps in a concerted effort to suppress their resistance.…

Women’s clothes are high on the government’s agenda once again in Tajikistan, where authorities and Islamic leaders are working on new guidelines on what women should wear to work and during their leisure time. The new dress code — the second of its kind in six years — is expected to be made public in the coming days, and a special event is reportedly being planned for the capital, Dushanbe, in August to showcase compliant clothes. Sulaimon Davlatzoda, the head of the state Committee for Religious Affairs and the Regulation of Traditions, told a press briefing in the capital this week that…

The European Union announced on Friday that it will begin accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova to join the 27-member political and economic bloc starting next week. All 27 members agreed to the Ukraine and Moldova joining the European Union. Negotiations will begin for both countries on Tuesday in Luxembourg, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union said on X. The move comes at a critical time for both nations with Ukraine in the middle of an invasion by Russia and Moldova facing a Russian-led insurgence by a breakaway state. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the European Union for its “robust political…

Republicans seeking their party’s nomination squared off Wednesday night in what marked the first of several presidential debates, highlighting great divides within the party, including over former President Donald Trump. The debate, which was repeatedly punctuated by testy and fierce exchanges between the candidates, took place in the shadow of Trump’s decision not to attend the Milwaukee, Wisconsin showdown, which inaugurates the more heated phase of the 2024 White House race. The ex-president has said he would not join the contest because of his significant lead in polling and has refused to sign on to a pledge from the Republican…

Brussels (27/10 – 50) Just in September this year, ten “distinguished” people in Tajikistan have been awarded general ranks. The decree on conferring general ranks was signed by the country’s president, Emomali Rahmon, on September 7th. According to this decree, there are now three more generals in the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption. The rank of Major General of Justice was awarded to the head of the Finance and Economic Department, Fazliddin Khodjazoda, the head of the Special Operations Department, Abdurakhmon Davlatzoda, and the head of the Agency for GBAO, Zoir Gafurzoda. The rank of Major General of…

It is critical for the American economy to be in full swing before the Federal Reserve starts to step on the monetary breaks and make rate hikes, an expert told Anadolu Agency on Thursday. “I don’t think the Fed should begin to raise rates until it is clear the economy has returned to full employment and inflation will remain consistently above the Fed’s 2% target,” chief economist at Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi said in an e-mail. The Fed signaled Wednesday that it would raise interest rates in 2023 to tame rising inflation. Its federal funds’ rate projection for 2023 was…

Google and Meta may soon be paying money to New Zealand for news content as the country is mulling a new law in this regard. New Zealand Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson has confirmed that the proposed law “will act as a backstop in case the internet giants do not voluntarily strike deals with the media outlets.” “We’ve probably lost 50% of journalists in the last 10 years. We’ve got to give hope to the small players out there. I’m proud to bring forward this legislation to support them,” Jackson told the media on Sunday. “It’s not fair that the big…

OFF THE COAST OF GALVESTON, TEXAS — Divers descending into azure waters far off the Texas coast dip below a horizon dotted with oil and gas platforms into an otherworldly landscape of undersea mountains crusted with yellow, orange and pink coral as far as the eye can see. Some of the world’s healthiest coral reefs can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Texas coast. Sheltered in a deep, cool habitat far from shore, the reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary boast a stunning amount of coral coverage. But scientists…

The second edition of the 2023 Istanbul Photo Awards, an international news photography competition organized by Anadolu, opened Wednesday in New York. The exhibition will run through Nov. 8 at the Blue Gallery. It was attended by the president and CEO of Anadolu, Serdar Karagoz, New York City’s Commissioner for International Affairs Edward Mermelstein and Reyhan Ozgur, the Turkish Consul General in New York, as well as foreign representatives, academics and prominent figures in the photography world. Notable attendees included Aaron Jackson, photo desk manager at the Associated Press’s headquarters in New York, and award-winning photographer Alain Schroeder, who had…

One person was killed and nearly two dozen others were injured after multiple tornadoes tore through the southern US state of Mississippi, officials said Monday. Over 49,000 people are without power, and Gov. Tate Reeves said first responders are conducting search and rescue operations and damage assessments in Rankin and Jasper counties, which are located in the center of the state. Drones are being used in areas where overland vehicles are unable to pass due to downed power lines. “Multiple damaged homes and road closings in both communities. Be careful! Command centers and Shelters are opening,” Reeves said on Twitter.…