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Once Lost from Kyrgyzstan, Little Bustard Population Soars in Northern Valleys - The Times Of Central Asia

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The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com · 14h

The latest from our Jonathan Campion the Little Bustard makes a comeback in Kyrgyzstan with nearly 1,900 nesting birds after being nationally extinct 20 years ago https://ow.ly/BpXn50X9QPI #LittleBustard #KyrgyzWildlife #BirdConservation #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeRecovery

The Little Bustard, a pheasant-sized bird native to Asia and southern Europe, has reached a nesting population of around 1,900 individuals in Kyrgyzstan this

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 23h

'Once Lost from Kyrgyzstan, Little Bustard Population Soars in Northern Valleys' – my latest for @timesca.com:

timesca.com/once-lost-fr...

Once Lost from Kyrgyzstan, Little Bustard Population Soars in Northern Valleys - The Times Of Central Asia

The Little Bustard, a pheasant-sized bird native to Asia and southern Europe, has reached a nesting population of around 1,900 individuals in Kyrgyzstan this

My first book Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team’s Last Stand on the Front Lines of War was published in 2024. Getting Out is the story of how Ukraine’s cricketers helped the peopl…

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 1d

Very pleasantly surreal having a Ukrainian concert in my little town in West Sussex. Once upon a time I moved to Kyiv to live in the most different culture I could imagine. Anyway, anyone fancy coming to this with me next Saturday?

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 1d

My website has a page for my work in #cricket – stories from the global game that never make the headlines:

🏏 Writing for the Wisden Almanack and others;
🏏 A book, Getting Out, about Ukrainian cricket;
🏏 Podcasts, talks & interviews.

See, hire and connect with me here ⬇️
jonathancampion.com/cricket

CRICKET

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 2d

Let's be honest, it's the bowlers landing 40mph googlies on a handkerchief without taking their caps off that have completed cricket.

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 2d

Oh god I misread your post and nearly mansplained search-all to you 🤦🏻

Uzbekistan Signs Fabio Cannavaro as Coach Ahead of World Cup - The Times Of Central Asia

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 2d

This is how we win.

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 2d

This is how we win.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 3d

In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan

mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...

Kazakhstan's Mangystau plateau, near the border with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, at sunset. Layers of ancient salt deposits resemble fjords of white, pink, red and orange icing spilling into a vast gray plane

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The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com · 3d

Fabio Cannavaro takes charge of Uzbekistan’s national team ahead of its historic first FIFA World Cup appearance in 2026 timesca.com/uzbekistan-s... #WorldCup2026 #Football #Soccer #UzbekistanFootball #CannavaroCoach #FIFAWC2026

Fabio Cannavaro has signed a contract with the Uzbekistan Football Association to coach the national team, which qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the

State-Connected Oligarchs and Looted Public Funds: Tracking Illicit Money Across Asia

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Sher Khashimov @skhashimov.bsky.social · 3d

Investigative journalism in Asia continues to do important work despite a challenging press freedom environment. For @gijn.org, I spoke to journalists in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Bangladesh about their experiences, challenges, and the value of cross-border collaboration.

gijn.org/stories/asia...

In this installment of GIJN's Asia Focus project, we look at how investigative journalists across the continent are exposing kleptocracy and documenting official corruption.

gijn.org

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 3d

Not suggesting I could bat against anyone at this #CWC25 🏏, but facing Marufa Akter would absolutely petrify me.

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 3d

More (Ritu) Moni, more problems.

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 3d

I'll be there! Definitely around for a drink after too...

Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan by Joanna Lillis

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 4d

"Give it to Iliman Ndiaye", I can start on Monday.

Gary Taphouse @garytaphouse.bsky.social · 4d

Vacancy: Strategy manager at Everton FC
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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 4d

New event on the Silk Mirage tour: please join me at University College London on 27 Nov www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Full list of events here joannalillis.substack.com/p/silk-mirag... - from Clifton LitFest with @peterleonard1.bsky.social + RSAA Reading Room to Pushkin House + Oxford University

A SSEES Politics and Sociology seminar with journalist and author Joanna Lillis

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Info Shymkent @infoshymkent.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning everyone! 🌞 The sun is shining bright in the Monument Valley of the Mangystau region in #Kazakhstan. 🗻 Would you like to be there, too?🏜️ We wish you a sunny Monday, too! 🤗

#Photography #Landscape #Mountains #ThePhotoHour #Bluesky #BlueskyMonday #Nature #CentralAsia #MountainMonday

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 10d

'Silk Road Shipwrecks: Virtual Museum Opens Maritime Section' – my latest for @timesca.com.

With thanks to @peterfrankopan.bsky.social for contributing to a lovely story:

timesca.com/silk-road-sh...

Silk Road Shipwrecks: Virtual Museum Opens Maritime Section - The Times Of Central Asia

One of Central Asia’s most engaging new cultural projects took on a new dimension last month. The Silk Road Virtual Museum, an online collection of over 20

First Kazakh Woman Heads to Space with Blue Origin - The Times Of Central Asia

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 10d

My friend [subs pls check] @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is in Kyiv organising this year's Vladimir Putin Do Fuck Off! Festival (#VPDFO).

Hit the link in his post below to read more, and support some Ukrainian charities. There is merch 🇺🇦

johnsweeneyroar @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social · 10d

War Diary Day 1,315
Back in Ukraine for Vladimir Putin: Do
Fuck Off! Festival 2025.

Support Ukraine charities!

Give Putin the middle finger.

crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mWNd2g9y?…

VPDFO.com

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The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com · 7d

Danna Karagussova becomes the first Kazakh woman to fly to space with Blue Origin timesca.com/first-kazakh... #Kazakhstan #Space #BlueOrigin #WomenInSpace #STEMWomen

Kazakh entrepreneur Danna Karagussova is set to make history as the first woman from Kazakhstan to travel into space. She will join Blue Origin’s upcoming New

My first book Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team’s Last Stand on the Front Lines of War was published in 2024. Getting Out is the story of how Ukraine’s cricketers helped the peopl…

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Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 8d

My website has a page for my work in #cricket – stories from the global game that never make the headlines:

🏏 Writing for the Wisden Almanack and others;
🏏 A book, Getting Out, about Ukrainian cricket;
🏏 Podcasts, talks & interviews.

See, hire and connect with me here ⬇️
jonathancampion.com/cricket

CRICKET

Drinking camel’s milk (shubat) and horse’s milk (kumys) in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 8d

Drinking horse and camel milk in Kazakhstan:

jonathancampion.com/2019/12/11/s...

Kazakh nomads say that shubat and kumys lower blood pressure, and swear that they cure all sorts of illnesses and diseases. They are popular throughout Central Asia: on my first trip to Kazakhstan …

Silk Road Shipwrecks: Virtual Museum Opens Maritime Section - The Times Of Central Asia

Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 10d

'Silk Road Shipwrecks: Virtual Museum Opens Maritime Section' – my latest for @timesca.com.

With thanks to @peterfrankopan.bsky.social for contributing to a lovely story:

timesca.com/silk-road-sh...

One of Central Asia’s most engaging new cultural projects took on a new dimension last month. The Silk Road Virtual Museum, an online collection of over 20