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The bounties ranged from $5,000 for an agent or officer to $50,000 for a high-ranking official, the department said.
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 year. This marks a remarkable recovery, as the species was nationally extinct in the country less than 20 years ago.
The Little Bustard was listed as extinct in the Red Book of Kyrgyzstan in 2006. However, recent ornithological surveys have discovered breeding populations in the Chuy and Talas valleys in the north of the country, thought to be between 1,400 and 1,900 individuals.
Signs of a wider recovery first appeared in 2009, with the discovery of four nests in the Talas valley. In 2019 a nest outside Bishkek suggested that Little Bustards were returning to the Chuy valley.
Once common throughout the country, the species’ decline was caused by the industrialization of Soviet Kyrgyzstan’s agriculture industry in the 1950s, which destroyed the birds’ natural habitat. By the 1970s only a few residual groups remained, in the non-cultivated steppe areas near the Kazakh border.
In recent years, surveys by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME) each spring have tracked their breeding activity, using listening points spaced through known and potential habitats.
While Little Bustards’ migratory and wintering patterns eastwards remain mostly unknown, recent observations suggest numbers in wintering areas may also be rising.
Despite the strong growth of its population, the bird remains vulnerable in Central Asia. Current threats to their habitats are a consequence of modern changes in farming, including increased use of pesticides, and the turning of traditional steppe into irrigated crops. Illegal hunting of Little Bustards is also a problem.
The species is currently classified in the national Red Book as Near Threatened. The Little Bustard is also considered Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te also said his country’s defense spending will exceed 3 percent of GDP starting next year.
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Maria Corina Machado Awarded 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, recognizing her for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela” and “her struggle for a fair and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” reports 24brussels.
Machado, 58, has lived in hiding for nearly a year due to political persecution by the government of Nicolás Maduro, making her the first Venezuelan to receive this prestigious honor. “As a leader of the democratic movement in Venezuela, María Corina Machado stands as one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Latin America in recent times,” stated Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Nobel Committee, during the announcement.
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The committee emphasized Machado’s critical role in uniting Venezuela’s historically fragmented opposition, attributing to her the success in creating a consolidated front advocating for free elections and a representative government.
The daughter of a prominent steel entrepreneur, Machado was the leading figure in the opposition during the 2024 presidential elections but faced disqualification by the pro-government Comptroller General. In the October 2023 opposition primaries, she secured an overwhelming 92.5% of the vote, solidifying her position as a key opposition leader.
After the contested July 2024 elections, which drew widespread condemnation from the international community, Venezuela’s Attorney General launched an investigation into Machado, alleging her support for U.S. sanctions against the Maduro regime. Consequently, she has remained in secrecy, with a brief return in January during protests against Maduro’s inauguration.
In a statement following the announcement, Machado declared, “This award is not for me, but for all Venezuelans who continue to believe in freedom and democracy despite repression.”
The Nobel Peace Prize, awarded annually since 1901, recognizes individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to promoting peace and fraternity among nations. In 2024, the honor was bestowed upon Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s national association of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.