Three generals have been added to the Anti-Corruption Agency in accordance with President Emomali Rahmon’s order signed on September 7.
-
A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey
A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) officials said that the quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border. The quake’s epicenter was in the province’s Defne district. Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said that there have been 26 aftershocks since two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in both countries.
-
Liverpool beat Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield
Liverpool have thrashed Manchester United 7-0 in the Premier League. It’s United’s heaviest defeat since Boxing Day 1931. It is the first time the Red Devils have lost by seven goals in any competition since that loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers more than 90 years ago. Former club captain Gary Neville said the performance had been an absolute disgrace, a shambles.
-
Did Xi Send Hidden Message to Oppressed Pamiri People?
Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded Paika Kalidibek, a 72-year-old veteran border guard, the national honorary title of “People’s Guardian” on the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Baika, an ethnic Tajik from the Pamir Plateau in Xinjiang, spent 37 years guarding China’s remote border with Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor.
