However, some central Asian countries have been able to reduce their dependence on Russia over the past decade or so. China ...

Guayule is a shrub native to the Chihuahua desert in Mexico, but farmers in Arizona are growing it and selling it to rubber manufacturers.

China isn’t a destination for the faint of heart — the crowds, the traffic, and the language are daunting. This can make it ...

Archaeologists uncovered 11,000-year-old pottery in Mongolia, pushing back the timeline of human innovation by nearly 2,000 ...

New research shows the dried Aral Sea region is rising due to Earth’s mantle, adjusting to lose water weight. The man-made ...

Thailand is among Southeast Asian nations hardest hit by U.S. President ... The baht has moved in line with regional peers, he said, adding the central bank would smooth out excessive volatility ...

Since 2013, the World Bank Group has increased sixfold its investments in Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Europe and Central Asia, from $50 million to $314 million, covering 12 countries. In ...

ADB Director General for Central and West Asia Yevgeniy Zhukov described the agreement as a “defining moment” for the development of a green energy corridor connecting Central Asia and the South ...

The Arabian Desert, today the largest expanse of windswept ... establishing the area as a verdant crossroads between Africa and Asia. Anthropologist Miriam Belmaker, who was not involved in ...

Economic analysts in Central Asia and the Caucasus believe the immediate impact of US tariff policies on their exports will be limited, but they worry about unforeseen consequences from a global ...

Several Central Asian countries presented successful initiatives such as ... The drying of the Aral Sea, now transformed into a desert, serves as a striking example of the environmental crises faced ...

Hosted by Asian Crossroads at Yale, the Office of International Students and Scholars and the Persian Students Association, this year’s event transformed Kroon into a kaleidoscope of color, sound and ...