UK slams sanctions on Russia’s oil giants and shadow fleet
Britain stepped up its sanction regime on Russia, targeting its two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, along with 44 tankers from the so-calle...
Uzbekistan is stepping up to become a leading tourism hub in Central Asia, unveiling an ambitious roadmap under Presidential Decree No. PD-87 with transformative targets for 2025–2026."
By the end of 2025, the country plans to welcome 15.8 million foreign visitors and increase tourism export revenue to $4 billion. Domestic tourism will also receive a major push, with an expected 40 million local trips and the launch of 378 new tour operators.
From June 1, 2025, citizens of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman will benefit from visa-free entry for up to 30 days, facilitating easier travel to Uzbekistan.
Starting in 2025, regional tourism programs will be developed and approved annually by November 30. The country will also hold an International Tourism Week every third week of November to boost the sector’s visibility.
To support tourism infrastructure, entrepreneurs investing in modular hotels will receive one-time subsidies per room until January 1, 2027, with amounts varying by hotel category. Meanwhile, medical tourism staff training costs will be partially reimbursed through 2028, alongside ongoing international promotion of medical tourism services until 2030.
Additionally, by the end of 2025, a new “Tourism on the Great Silk Road” office will open in Samarkand, becoming a key hub for travelers and tourism professionals alike.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
Gold has smashed through the $4,000 mark — a level few thought possible this year. But what’s behind the surge? Is it a sign investors are losing faith in markets, or simply hedging against uncertainty?
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt is set to reopen for Palestinian movement, though no date has been announced as tensions flare and both sides accuse each other of breaching the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Israel said on Thursday.
Indonesia, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan are in early talks to provide troops for an international stabilization force in the Gaza Strip, according to U.S. officials and reporting by Politico.
Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday (15 October) and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing as Hamas handed over more bodies of dead hostages, following a dispute that had threatened the fragile ceasefire.
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