30 h. ago Kazakhstan v Wales live: Visitors cling on for narrow win in far

Kazakhstan 0-1 Wales: Craig Bellamy’s side earn potentially vital win after a close game in Astana

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31 h. ago Kazakhstan v Wales live: Visitors clinging on to narrow lead in far

Wales beat Kazakhstan 3-1 when the two sides met in Cardiff in March

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32 h. ago Kazakhstan v Wales live: Kieffer Moore pokes visitors ahead in World Cup qualifier after mammoth trip

Wales beat Kazakhstan 3-1 when the two sides met in Cardiff in March

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33 h. ago Kazakhstan v Wales live: Craig Bellamy’s side face World Cup qualifier after mammoth trip to central Asia

Wales beat Kazakhstan 3-1 when the two sides met in Cardiff in March

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump and India: the tariff war that boosted China | Editorial

The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will receive tributes. Yet his latest move – punishing India with 50% tariffs for Russian oil purchases once encouraged by the US – has produced not submission but spectacle. It has sent India’s Narendra Modi to China for the first time in seven years as Xi Jinping hosted more than 20 leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. And it is in Tianjin, not Washington, where it looks as if the hinge of history is moving.The SCO is easy to dismiss: the bloc is a bundle of contradictions. India and Pakistan remain adversaries. China and India still stare across a garrisoned Himalayan frontier, though relations have thawed since last October’s border breakthrough. Russia and China vie for influence in Central Asia. Unl...

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9 d. ago Wales leaving no stone unturned in planning for ‘challenging’ Kazakhstan trip

Craig Bellamy’s squad will make a 6,000-mile round trip to and from Central Asia next week.

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2 w. ago Immigrants from Central Asia find hostility and violence in Russia

Russia needs more workers, primarily due to its war in Ukraine

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2 w. ago Islamic State extremists exploit instability in Africa and Syria, UN experts say

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe

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4 w. ago Caroline Eden on the delights of Central Asia at Edinburgh Book Festival – 'There’s just something about that region that draws me back'

Ahead of her Edinburgh Book Festival appearance, writer Caroline Eden talks to David Robinson about the wonders of food and travel in Uzbekistan and beyond

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