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Navoiy and Chirchiq residents to file annual income declarations in two-year pilot
Adults permanently registered in the two cities must declare all income and major expenses for 2026 and 2027 through a tax portal or mobile app, though no legal penalties will follow from the data collected.
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Musk pledges a SpaceX share for every American child as company posts $4.4bn profit
SpaceX reported third-quarter revenue of $14.58 billion — up 161% year-on-year — beating analyst forecasts, while Musk announced plans to distribute…
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Car output climbs 9% as Cobalt leads Uzbekistan’s eight-month production tally
Factories assembled 310,389 passenger vehicles in January–August 2026, with the Chevrolet Cobalt accounting for more than a third of total output,…
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MPs demand answers from waste agency over phantom charges and unsafe landfills
Nearly half of all ecology complaints concern rubbish collection, and one in five involves fees for services never rendered — problems…
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Mirziyoyev Visits Chim Mahalla in Qamashi, Hears from Residents as 55 Billion Soums in Works Take Shape
The president toured new schools, a kindergarten and greenhouses in a Kashkadarya settlement being developed as a model neighbourhood, and told…
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Yandex replaces dozens of recommendation algorithms with a single AI model called Sona
The Russian tech giant says its new generative model, trained from scratch on Yandex data, lifted music listening time by 6.3…
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Norway moves to ban AI smart glasses in public spaces — a world first
Oslo plans temporary legislation restricting AI-equipped eyewear in parks, beaches, schools and hospitals, citing the risk of covert recording without consent.
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The Paris kidnapping: a banker seized in the 16th arrondissement
The facts of 23 June 2025, so far as they are publicly established through French and international reporting, are these. An…
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Saudi Arabia leads global digital development index; Uzbekistan scores 88.8
The ITU's 2026 ICT Development Index ranks 159 economies on universal and meaningful connectivity, with Middle Eastern nations dominating the top…
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Musk warns against ‘torturing’ AI, says a superintelligence might want revenge
The xAI founder compared raising a superintelligent system to parenting a child who cannot simply be programmed to be good, and…
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