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AP PHOTOS: Fermented horse milk season on in Kyrgyzstan

High up in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the season for making the fermented drink known as kumis is in full swing.

The Independent UK

The grey Zara market: how ‘parallel imports’ give comfort to Russian consumers

Western brands that pulled out are still on sale, due to legal changes that have fuelled entrepreneurship

The Guardian - UK

Fake passport used to pass off transplant as between relatives

The price per kidney was 15,000, dollars the equivalent today of about 2 million yen. The kidney transplant for the Japanese patient was conducted in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. A Japanese nonprofit organization acted as an intermediary. A passport was forged for the Ukrainian donor to make it…

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Nomad Fashion Show Mixes Ancient, Modern

On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival. The event, now in its third year, drew designers and fashion-industry figures from about 20 countries…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nomad fashion show mixes ancient, modern

On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strut and sashay in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival

The Independent UK

Tokyo retiree donates canes to Kyrgyzstan association Tokyo man sends canes to help keep Kyrgyzstan people in need on their feet

A rehabilitation center in Kyrgyzstan has received a shipment of canes donated by a Tokyo man who has been helping visually impaired people in the central Asian country.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kyrgyzstan promotes its traditional mare's milk to lure tourists

Kyrgyzstan is seeking to attract more tourists by promoting its traditional kumis - fermented mare's milk - which locals drink and bathe in and say is good for their health.

Reuters

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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

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.…

ABC News

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.

Daily Mirror

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

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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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