14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (406+ words) Kyrgyzstan recorded 348 mudflows during the first half of 2026, the highest number in 30 to 40 years, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Kyrgyzhydromet. These violent torrents of water, mud, and boulders killed eight people and injured three. Roads, villages, and…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (873+ words) Computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence has joined fossil fuel reserves and transport corridors on the list of the world’s most valuable strategic assets. The United States, Gulf states, and China are investing tens of billions of dollars in vast data-center…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (443+ words) Kazakhstan has begun upgrading its national satellite infrastructure by financing the development of a new communications satellite, KazSat-3R, which is expected to replace the existing KazSat-3 by the end of the decade. The government is also working to expand the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (573+ words) The World Bank has announced a $20 million grant to strengthen transboundary water cooperation in Central Asia. The project is intended to improve management of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya basins as climate change, ageing infrastructure, and rising demand increase…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (900+ words) Artist's impression; image: TCA Temperatures above 40°C are common in parts of the region, but prolonged heat can strain several systems at once. Demand for cooling rises, road surfaces reach damaging temperatures, and health risks increase. The World Bank says…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1764+ words) All images from Assel Baimukanova‘s personal archive Kazakh zoologist Assel Baimukanova has spent the past 13 years studying the Caspian seal alongside her father, renowned scientist Mirgaliy Baimukanov. Their work takes them to remote islands in the northern Caspian, where…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (388+ words) Between July 5 and 11, Kazakhstan’s state forest fund recorded 43 wildfires as an intense heatwave pushed much of the country into conditions of high and extreme fire danger. The Ministry of Ecology said all of the fires were contained before they could…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (982+ words) In Kyrgyzstan, much of the country’s plastic waste remains unsorted and ends up in landfills, while recycling infrastructure is limited. A growing number of local initiatives are treating discarded plastic as a usable material. One of them is UpKel, a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) Open flames at a 60-hectare forest fire in Kazakhstan’s Semey Ormany reserve had been extinguished by early July 17, although hundreds of personnel remained at the site tackling isolated smouldering hotspots. The fire prompted the evacuation of 190 children and 20 adults from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (770+ words) Image: TCA, Stephen M. Bland In Barvoz village in the Western Pamirs, Zarifkhon Gulchinov watched a green forest near his home become a semi-desert during the 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Tajikistan’s civil war left the isolated region short…...