Queues build up at Mongolian border as people flee Russia call-up
Altanbulag, Mongolia (AFP) Long lines of vehicles were seen at a border crossing between Mongolia and Russia on Sunday…
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Rio Tinto begins underground work at vast Mongolia copper mine: state media
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AFP) - Underground operations have finally begun at a copper mine in Mongolia, official media has reported, ending…
4 years ago
Mongolian doctors trek to remote areas to give herders jabs
by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse DUNDGOBI, Mongolia (AFP) - Nurse Sodkhuu Galbadrakh clutches a box of Covid-19 vaccines on his…
4 years ago
Isolated and unpaid, Mongolian coal drivers queue at Chinese border
by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse TSAGAAN KHAD, Mongolia (AFP) - Snaking across the barren Mongolian desert, a convoy crawls along…
5 years ago
Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigns
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, resigned Monday amid rising…
5 years ago
Strong quake hits Mongolia-Russia border: USGS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Tuesday in northern Mongolia not far from the border with…
5 years ago
Pompeo to cut short Asia visit amid Trump hospitalization
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cut short his trip to Asia this…
6 years ago
Man dies of bubonic plague in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AFP) -- Bubonic plague has killed a man in western Mongolia, the country's health ministry said Wednesday, the…
6 years ago
Teenage boy dies of plague in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AFP) -- A 15-year-old boy has died from the bubonic plague in Mongolia, health authorities said Tuesday, one…
6 years ago
Russia urges against marmot hunt over plague fears
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian authorities have warned residents of regions near Mongolia against hunting marmots but stressed there was…
6 years ago
Part of China’s Great Wall not built for war: study
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — The northern segment of the Great Wall of China was built not to block invading armies but…
6 years ago
Mongolia locks down cities after reporting first virus case
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AFP) -- Mongolia on Tuesday barred anyone from entering or leaving its cities for six days after…
6 years ago
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