The "Melodiya" Orchestra, conducted by Annaoraz Dovletov, performed to a full house at the "Vatan" Cinema and Concert Hall in Ashgabat. The "Legends of All Time" program featured interpretations of world classics, popular hits, and Turkmen melodies
While the world waits in anticipation of the referee's starting whistle, we'll take a look inside the semi-finalists' camps, weigh their strengths and weaknesses, evaluate their medical reports, and try to unravel their tactical puzzles
Tomorrow at midnight (Ashgabat time), the first semifinal of the 2026 World Cup will take place in Arlington, USA, and the second will take place the day after in Atlanta. The penultimate battle will pit two of football's greatest titans – France against Spain and England against Argentina.
Summer break is a perennial dilemma for parents and teachers. On the one hand, children need a meaningful break from the school routine, but on the other, they don't want three months of summer spent solely staring at smartphones, watching meaningless videos
On July 1, the Communist Party of China celebrated its 105th anniversary. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech in which he profoundly summarized the CPC's glorious path and great historical achievements, and revealed the key reasons for its success
Researchers from Stanford University have made a breakthrough in understanding the mechanisms of aging and demonstrated that memory loss is not an irreversible process of the brain itself. Experiments revealed that deteriorating communication between the gut and the central nervous system plays a key role in age-related cognitive decline
Summer in Ashgabat this year has been pleasantly mild—climate trends are noticeably changing, and the usual sweltering heat is not here yet. However, midsummer is always a challenge for our bodies. While we adapt to the July sun, invisible processes occur within us that affect both our thinking and our daily habits
The CGTN documentary shows how generations of Hainan fishermen sailed the South China Sea without GPS, relying only on the ancient handwritten book Genglubu.
June 2026 was the hottest June on record in Western Europe. Copernicus reports extreme heatwaves, rising global temperatures, and record ocean warmth.
As the North American World Championship rapidly moves through the playoff bracket, having completed the rounds of 16, sports analysts are debating tactical schemes and coaching changes. However, the main storyline of these stages, hidden from the superficial eye, is unfolding not in the coaches' notebooks, but in the referees' rooms
The UN chief calls to strengthen the R2P norm amid rising geopolitical risks, tech-driven threats, and a growing sense of global impunity.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges global AI governance at Geneva dialogue, calling the rapid deployment of AI an unsustainable experiment.
Cappadocia, Türkiye’s world-renowned destination famous for its fairy chimneys, cave hotels, underground cities, and a wide range of tourist activities, beginning with sunrise hot air balloon tours, welcomed more than 4.5 million visitors in 2025, further solidifying its position as one of Türkiye’s leading cultural tourism destinations
The football festival is in full swing. The 2026 World Cup has reached the Round of 16. But I'm beginning to think that the era of "football overlords" has come to an end. What does this mean?
At 12, he sings Gubaidulina's complex avant-garde with the Russian National Orchestra, wrestles with Alyabyev's classical harmonies, and dreams of taking Mozart on a walk through modern Moscow to show him theater posters. Darius Guseinov's name is increasingly heard on Russia's leading academic stages, from the Bolshoi Theater to Zaryadye. But for ORIENT's audience, this young treble singer is also intrigued by his subtle, almost tangible connection to Turkmenistan, where his father hails from
