ALMATY, Kazakhstan (MNTV) – Danna Karagusova, a 43-year-old entrepreneur from Kazakhstan, is set to make history as the first woman from Central Asia to travel into space, according to Blue Origin, the American aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos. Karagusova will join five other passengers on the suborbital flight, including entrepreneur J...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (MNTV) – The World Crafts Council has officially named Almaty a World Craft City, honoring its efforts to preserve cultural heritage and promote traditional craftsmanship, Kazinform News Agency reported. The announcement was made on October 5 during ALA CRAFT 2025, an international festival held in front of the Palace of the...
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) – The city of Osh, one of the oldest urban centers in Central Asia and Kyrgyzstan’s second largest city, is marking its 3,025th anniversary with a mix of celebration, urban renewal, and cultural reflection. Festivities began with the raising of a 95-meter national flag in the city’s central square — a new […]...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) – In the mountains of Kegeti Gorge, a young Kyrgyz environmentalist, Israzhidin Zaripov, has turned personal loss into a green legacy by organizing Zhashyl Dem, a large-scale tree-planting festival dedicated to his late father. The initiative brought together more than 300 volunteers who helped plant 14,000 saplings ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) – A Kyrgyz tech startup, NineNineSix, has developed KaniTTS, an advanced AI-powered system that transforms text into lifelike speech in multiple languages, according to the High Technology Park of Kyrgyzstan. The technology can generate 15 seconds of realistic, emotionally expressive audio in just one second, matchin...
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (MNTV) – Farmers and food processors in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have taken their first steps toward meeting national and international food safety and halal standards, through a new initiative led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the region’s Minis...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — As tensions deepen between the world’s two largest economies, Malaysia’s trade minister has offered a stark assessment of the challenges facing Southeast Asia: companies will need to build “two kitchens” to survive the escalating US-China trade war. “Our factories, our companies have to start preparing for havin...
HAYAMA, Japan (MNTV) – Bangladeshi researcher Islam Moutushi has received the Dean’s Award from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) in Japan, recognizing her exceptional doctoral research and contributions to life sciences. Moutushi completed her PhD in September as part of the Molecular Cell Engineering Laboratory at Japan...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) – Preparations for the upgraded “Dual-View 1” satellite, Iran’s first hybrid remote sensing and communications satellite, have been completed, with plans underway to launch it into orbit in coming weeks. Hossein Shahrabi, CEO of a knowledge-based company that has manufactured the satellite, told Tasnim news agency that it h...
HERAT, Afghanistan (MNTV) – Local officials in Herat say that nearly 13,000 people who were recently deported from Iran are now employed in the province’s industrial park. Industrialists in Herat told TOLOnews that they have increased the salaries of these newly returned workers, along with all other employees, by 30 percent. “We have pl...
