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World AFP Prayers for the Dalai Lama in the heart of Mongolian Buddhism
Incantations ring out at Mongolia's largest monastery as worshippers pray alongside pictures of the Dalai Lama, whose 90th birthday on Sunday has raised fresh questions about the future of the 600-year-old Tibetan spiritual institution. Buddhism...
Wood to deliver feasibility study for Mongolia’s Khalzan Buregtei rare earth elements project

Dandadan season 2 episode 1 review: Science SARU turns things creepy with the Kito Family
Dandadan season 2 episode 1, titled Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake, premiered on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at 12:26 am JST. Following the anime's successful first season, fans have eagerly anticipated the premiere of Dandadan season 2...

Mongolian National Team Playmaker Nandinkhusel Joins Florida’s “Panthers”
Ulaanbaatar, July 2, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Florida Institute of Technology’s “Florida Tech Panthers” team, which competes in NCAA Division II, has announced the addition of Nandinkhusel Nyamjav, the playmaker of Mongolia’s national 3x3 basketball team...

Mongolia Hosts Executive Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union
Ulaanbaatar, July 2, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia hosts the Executive Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union (APPU), from June 30 to July 5, 2025. APPU is a regional branch of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a specialized agency of the...

Japan plans to expand OSA aid to align with US' Indo-Pacific strategy and pursue military ambitions, analysts say
Latest news Japan plans to supply defense equipment to Thailand, Tonga and six other nations in the current fiscal year as security aid, a government source said Friday, with the aim to ensure safe sea lanes in the Indo-Pacific region where China...

The New Nuclear Arms Race
Keiko Ogura was just 8 years old when the atoms in the Hiroshima bomb started splitting. When we met in January, some 300 feet from where the bomb struck, Ogura was 87. She stands about five feet tall in heels, and although she has slowed down...

Kyrgyzstan Seeks Foreign Investment in Critical Minerals Sector
Kyrgyzstan is emerging as a potential player in the global critical minerals market and is actively seeking international partnerships to develop its untapped geological resources. Speaking at the International Forum on Critical Minerals 2025 in...

Scientific Conference Highlights Achievements in Safeguarding Mongol Biyelgee
Ulaanbaatar, July 1, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The International Scientific Conference under the theme “Safeguarding and Strengthening the Viability of Mongolian Bii Biyeleg (Folk Dance)” was held in Ulaanbaatar on June 30, 2025. The Conference was...

Mongolia Hosts High-Level Policy Dialogue in East Asia on AI-Enabled Higher Education
Ulaanbaatar, July 1, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia hosted the 2025 High-Level Policy Dialogue in East Asia under the theme “Fostering an AI-Enabled Higher Education Ecosystem” on June 30, 2025. The High-Level Policy Dialogue in East Asia aims to...

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Mongolia, Thailand to cooperate on artificial weather modification in Gobi region
Mongolia, Thailand to cooperate on artificial weather modification in Gobi region AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat and Director of the National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring Battulga...

Mongolia proposes Kyrgyz side to lift quarantine ban on supply of meat products
AKIPRESS.COM - The 5th meeting of the Mongolian-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation took place in Bishkek on June 26-27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia said. The...

“Verdant Miles: The Steppe Silk Road in the 10th to 12th Century” Exhibition Set to Open in Hangzhou
HANGZHOU, China, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The “Verdant Miles: The Steppe Silk Road in the 10th to 12th Century” exhibition is officially about to open on July 11 at […] HANGZHOU, China, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The “Verdant Miles: The Steppe...
Copper shortage could hit chip production by 2035, PwC says
Amsterdam — About 32% of global semiconductor production could face climate change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling from current levels, advisory firm PwC said in a report for business leaders on Tuesday. Chile, the world’s...

TMK Energy brings Canadian drill partner back for one last Gurvantes XXXV pilot well
Join our daily newsletter At The Bell to receive exclusive market insights TMK Energy (ASX:TMK) has this week contracted Canadian-listed Major Drilling Group to complete the LF-07 Production Well at the company’s Gurvantes XXXV Coal Seam Gas...

Emperor Looks Forward to Mongolia Trip; Set to Visit Memorial for Japanese Detainees
Pool photo / The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor speaks to reporters at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:20 JST, July 3, 2025 The Emperor held a press conference on Wednesday ahead of an official visit...

PwC warns global chip production at risk from copper disruptions
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revealed in a report that about 32% of global semiconductor production is under the threat of copper supply disruptions related to climate change by 2035. According to the study, the copper supply disruptions could...

International Standards for Biodiversity Conservation to Be Localized in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, July 3, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chief Executive Officer of "BirdLife International" Martin Harper on July 2, 2025. The memorandum aims to...

‘It could be the last time’: baptism of ice for Adelaide filmmakers’ Mongolian epic
In December 2023, two young Mongolian men embarked on a 150-day winter quest to lead 2000 horses across the icy Tsaikhir Valley. The vast steppe of Mongolia has traditionally been open grazing for the herds of shaggy horses that are central to...