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‘It could be the last time’: baptism of ice for Adelaide filmmakers’ Mongolian epic
In Daily
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July 3, 2025
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...
PwC warns global chip production at risk from copper disruptions
Cryptopolitan
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July 8, 2025
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...
Trump sends out tariff letters: How China still holds the 'critical' key to trade war — and still sets the price
The Times of India
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July 8, 2025
US President Trump on Monday imposed a 25% tariff on imports from Japan and South Korea, while also announcing steep tariff rates for more than a dozen other countries. At the same time, he extended the deadline for implementing reciprocal tariffs...
7/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
Small Wars Journal
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July 8, 2025
Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News Content: 1. Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Ukraine Military Aid 2. Trump Told Zelensky He Wasn’t Responsible for Weapons Holdup 3. If We...
Mongolia Cooperates with Thailand in Weather Modification in the Gobi Region
Montsame News Agency
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Ulaanbaatar, June 30, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat and Director of the National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring Battulga Erkhembayar received representatives and officials from the...
Sandvik grows Mongolian fleet
The Australian Mining Review
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July 3, 2025
(Image source: Sandvik) Sandvik is the sole supplier of loaders and trucks at the Oyu Tolgoi project which currently operates a fleet of 58 Sandvik machines. Sandvik Mining has been contracted to supply 17 loaders and two trucks to Rio Tinto’s...
Japan's emperor says he will honor Japanese POWs who were held in Mongolia
The Independent
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July 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Decoding China's Ethnic Engineering In Lhasa, Strategy To Control Dalai Lama Succession | Exclusive
News18
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July 2, 2025
Last Updated:July 02, 2025, 17:47 IST China’s plan to select a new Dalai Lama, as seen in its earlier Panchen Lama power grab, is designed to erase Tibetan resistance spiritually and politically, said sources The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso,...
Israeli dig reveals life on Mongolia’s old frontier
Ynet
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July 2, 2025
In the remote reaches of northeastern Mongolia—far from the grand courts and bustling cities of medieval East Asia—archaeological discoveries buried beneath the earth are shedding light on a hidden chapter of empire: a story of survival,...
The New Nuclear Arms Race
The Atlantic
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July 8, 2025
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...
Air China C909 makes international debut flight on Mongolia route
China Daily
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An Air China C909 aircraft prepares for departure from Hohhot Baita International Airport in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Tuesday. TAO RAN/FOR CHINA DAILY An Air China C909, a domestically developed regional aircraft, arrived in...
"Through 21 years of partnership in Khaan Quest, we had the opportunity to experience Mongolian culture"
Gogo Mongolia
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The international field training exercise "Khaan Quest 2025" for peace support operations was successfully held from June 14 to 28, 2025. The primary objective of the "Khaan Quest" exercise is to train and prepare peacekeepers from United Nations...
“Verdant Miles: The Steppe Silk Road in the 10th to 12th Century” Exhibition Set to Open in Hangzhou
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 8, 2025
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...
Liaoning embracing technology to advance agricultural profits
China Daily
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A farmer harvests rice in Ning'an, Heilongjiang province, in September. ZHANG TAO/XINHUA As locally produced rice varieties reach global tables and hydroponic vegetables redefine urban diets, Northeast China's Liaoning province is reshaping global...
Mongolia’s Government Transition: Democracy in Action or Foreign Interference?
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
Mongolia’s recent change in government has been widely debated, with some international media outlets speculating about foreign interference. Such claims overlook the deeper democratic processes at play. Far from it, the leadership transition...
Bulgarian Expedition Explores Traces of Ancient Shamanism in Mongolia
Bulgarian News Agency
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The first Bulgarian scientific expedition to the foothills of the Sayano-Altai mountain range in Mongolia has returned, archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov said on Tuesday. The expedition, led by Ovcharov and Mladen Stanev, Chair of the Association of...
TMK Energy brings Canadian drill partner back for one last Gurvantes XXXV pilot well
The Market Herald
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July 8, 2025
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...
Japan plans to expand OSA aid to align with US' Indo-Pacific strategy and pursue military ambitions, analysts say
Global Times
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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...
China maintains thriving cross-border exchanges with Mongolia and Russia
People's Daily Online
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Photo shows the National Gate Resort in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Photo/Zhang Peng) In most places, parents take their kids out to play near home. But in the border city of Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia...
Closing Bell: ASX ends flat as info tech rally falters
Stockhead
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July 1, 2025
With the tech rally fading, the ASX’s momentum also disappeared, finishing just about dead flat. Pic: Getty Images ASX slips back to even, losing just 1.2 points Info tech sector reverses course, retreating from 1.2pc gain to just 0.2pc Gold...