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Mongolian model with the world’s second-longest pair of legs www.news.mn

Finding a normal skirt or pair of trousers is never an easy task for 29-year-old B.Rentsenkhorloo, who stands at 6 feet and 9 inches and officially has the world’s second-longest pair of legs.

Shopping often becomes a difficult chore for her as he legs that measure 52.18 inches from hip to heel doesn’t fit the size of regular clothing.

B.Rentsenkhorloo lives in the United States but is originally from Mongolia. She inherited her tall genes from her father and mother who stand at 6 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 1 in inch respectively.

After facing a challenging childhood and teenage years that were often marred by episodes of bullying, she became a model because of her unique height. She now embraces it fully and says being tall is ‘beautiful’.

“When I was younger, I felt so bad because of my height. Some people made me feel uncomfortable, but nowadays it seems like I’m seen more as unique, so that’s why I feel so good. In the last 15 years, I started to like my height and I’m really comfortable with my body and also long legs,” the 29-year-old told Mirror in an interview.

“Many people asked me: ‘are you a model?’ so I feel great when they ask me that. I do modelling part-time, and I just started to work with one brand, which is leggings for tall girls. Being tall is beautiful, and you can look so unique from other people,” she added.

As for the drawbacks of being tall, B.Rentsenkhorloo says she finds difficulties in finding clothes and shoes that fit. Also, she is often required to do some adjusting for small rooms and low doorways.

“The doorways are so short for me. I hate hitting my head on doorways. Finding clothes is really challenging. My shoe size is US 13 and you can’t find any shoes in Asia and even in Mongolia and Korea,” she said.

Ekaterina Lisina from Russia currently holds the Guinness world record for having the world’s longest pair of legs. However, her pins measure almost the same size as B.Rentsenkhorloo.

B.Rentsenkhorloo believes she has the longest pair but has no desire to enter the Guinness World Records.

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BoM purchases 2.3 tons of precious gold in June www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. In May 2020, the precious metal purchase of the Bank of Mongolia (BoM) was 2.3 tons, raising the BoM’s total precious metal purchase of 2020 to 10.8 tons, of which 9.1 tons were gold and 1.7 tons were silver. It means the amount of precious metal purchase increased by 4.8 tons compared with the same period of previous year.

In June, the BoM branches in Darkhan-Uul and Bayankhongor aimags bought 63.9 kg and 81.9 kg of precious metals respectively. The average price of BoM’s purchase of 1 gram of gold was MNT 156,422.38 in June.

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National wildlife crossing standards to be implemented www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ministry of Road and Transport Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has developed the national standards for wildlife crossings ‘MNS 6515:2015 Passages for wild ungulates along the highways and railways in steppe and gobi areas’ and ‘MNS 6735:2018 Mountain crossings for wildlife migration routes. General requirements’.

The development of a standard design for the wildlife crossings is currently underway to include it in road and railroad construction projects in the future. As part of the project, Ulaanbaatar Railway JSC issued a temporary regulation and the railway fences that serve the purpose of ensuring railroad transport safety have been opened in three locations with the highest rate of wildlife movement to be assessed for suitability.

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ADB to help address and prevent domestic violence in Mongolia amid COVID-19 www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $440,000 technical assistance (TA) grant to help address and prevent domestic violence amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic in Mongolia.

“Aside from its severe economic impacts, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on domestic violence in Mongolia,” said ADB Social Development Specialist Veronica Mendizabal Joffre. “With this TA, ADB's first focusing on increasing access to support services and prevention of domestic violence during a crisis, we aim to maintain critical response mechanisms for domestic violence and enhance preventive action.”

Police records for the capital city of Ulaanbaatar indicated a 63% increase in reported cases of domestic violence, with 3,100 during the first quarter of 2020 compared to 1,900 reported during the first quarter of 2019. Most of these cases included physical violence (77%), about 90% were committed in a household setting, and women constituted 93% of the victims. Reduced mobility during the quarantine period and social distancing measures have resulted in victims of domestic violence having reduced options for support and counseling. It is likely that many have been forced to remain at home with perpetrators.

Mongolia has 14 shelters and 15 one-stop service centers (OSSCs) that provide attention, counseling services, and short-term safe accommodation to victims of domestic violence. All shelters and OSSCs have remained open during the COVID-19 crisis. However, these critical institutions lack all needed personal protective equipment (PPE) to attend to victims in a safe manner. Further, no protocols are in place to reduce exposure of current residents to COVID-19 when new victims are received.

The TA will boost the safety of first responders during the pandemic through the procurement of basic PPE, first aid kits, and disinfection items for shelters and one-stop service centers, as well as first responder police units across the country. Three mobile ultrasound units for examination of victims will also be purchased, as well as information technology hardware to enhance digital counseling operations.

The TA will also support the expansion of information technology and digital infrastructure of the National Legal Institute and the nongovernment organization National Center Against Violence (NCAV) to complement existing hotlines and counselling services, such as using chatbots. In light of the increased demand for psychosocial counseling during the COVID-19 crisis, an additional counselor under the NCAV will also be provided for the duration of the TA. Virtual training programs will also be conducted for first responders on emergency response in cases of sexual violence, for shelter operators on stress management and mental health, and training of trainers for police psychologists.

The TA is estimated to cost $440,000 of which $400,000 will be financed on a grant basis from ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund. The Government of Mongolia will provide counterpart support. The TA further complements an ongoing grant project on Combating Domestic Violence Against Women and Children, financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction with $3 million.

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Xi vows closer ties with Ghana, Mongolia www.chinadaily.com.cn

China will deepen cooperation with Ghana in various fields under the joint construction of the Belt and Road and within the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

President Xi Jinping made the remark in an exchange of congratulatory messages on Sunday with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Ghana diplomatic relations.

In his message, Xi said he highly values developing bilateral ties and is willing to work with Akufo-Addo to take the 60th anniversary as an opportunity to carry forward traditional friendship in order to benefit the two countries and their peoples and contribute to the building of a closer China-Africa community with a shared future.

Over the past six decades, the traditional friendship between China and Ghana has grown stronger with practical cooperation yielding fruitful results, Xi said.

Bilateral relations have shown a good momentum for all-round development in recent years, bringing tangible benefits to both peoples, he added.

The president noted that China and African countries, including Ghana, have stood by each other in the joint fight against the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak, which has demonstrated their brotherly friendship.

As of Sunday, the pandemic had caused more than 11,800 deaths in Africa with over 463,300 people being infected, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

In his message, Akufo-Addo said that Xi has shown extraordinary leadership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and China has won worldwide acclaim for its anti-epidemic assistance and support to countries around the world, including Ghana.

Deepening cooperation

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has also exchanged messages with Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, chairman of the ruling Mongolian People's Party and prime minister of Mongolia, according to a news release published on Saturday.

In the message, Xi said that the CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the MPP to lead the China-Mongolia comprehensive strategic partnership to greater development and contribute to regional peace and prosperity.

Recalling that Khurelsukh sent a message to him recently on the occasion of the 99th founding anniversary of the CPC, Xi said it fully demonstrated the great importance Khurelsukh and the MPP attach to relations between the two parties and countries.

China is ready to strengthen anti-epidemic exchanges and cooperation with Mongolia and other countries, and jointly build a community of health for all, he said.

In a previous letter to Xi, Khurelsukh said that China's fight against COVID-19 has not only safeguarded the health of the Chinese people, but also made great contributions to protecting the health of people around the world, which he deeply admires.

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China bubonic plague: Inner Mongolia takes precautions after case www.bbc.com

Authorities in China have stepped up precautions after a city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region confirmed one case of bubonic plague.

According to state reports, the Bayannur patient - a herdsman - is in quarantine and in a stable condition.

Officials said they were also investigating a second suspected case, according to China's Global Times.

The bubonic plague was once the world's most feared disease, but can now be easily treated.

The first case was reported as suspected bubonic plague on Saturday at a hospital in Urad Middle Banner, in Bayannur city. It is not yet clear how or why the patient might have become infected.

The second suspected case involves a 15-year-old, who had apparently been in contact with a marmot hunted by a dog, a tweet from Global Times said.

A level 3 alert, which forbids the hunting and eating of animals that could carry plague and calls on the public to report suspected cases, has been put in place until the end of the year.

What is bubonic plague?
Bubonic plague, caused by bacterial infection, was responsible for one of the deadliest epidemics in human history - the Black Death - which killed about 50 million people across Africa, Asia and Europe in the 14th Century.

There have been a handful of large outbreaks since. It killed about a fifth of London's population during the Great Plague of 1665, while more than 12 million died in outbreaks during the 19th Century in China and India.

Black Death 'spread by humans not rats'
Why hasn't the US eradicated the plague?
But nowadays it can be treated by antibiotics. Left untreated, the disease - which is typically transmitted from animals to humans by fleas - has a 30-60% fatality rate.

Symptoms of the plague include high fever, chills, nausea, weakness and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin.

Could there be another epidemic?
Bubonic cases are rare, but there are still a few flare-ups of the disease from time to time.

Madagascar saw more than 300 cases during an outbreak in 2017. However, a study in medical journal The Lancet found less than 30 people died.

In May last year, two people in the country of Mongolia died from the plague, which they contracted after eating the raw meat of a marmot - the same type of rodent the second suspected case came into contact with.

However, it's unlikely any cases will lead to an epidemic.

"Unlike in the 14th Century, we now have an understanding of how this disease is transmitted," Dr Shanti Kappagoda, an infectious diseases doctor at Stanford Health Care, told news site Heathline.

"We know how to prevent it. We are also able to treat patients who are infected with effective antibiotics."

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Fast track border passage for China, Mongolia to reboot trade links www.globaltimes.cn

China and Mongolia have implemented a "fast track" entry agreement amid the lingering COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the orderly and safe flow of people and goods across borders at border cities since Friday, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday.

The green passage scheme will address the need for truck drivers driving freight across the national border and other key personnel needing to cross the border for business, logistics and production needs, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The ministry said the scheme will have a significant role in boosting the bilateral trade of goods and facilitate work and production resumption on key projects involving people from both countries.

China first piloted a fast-track entry mechanism with South Korea in April to keep the pandemic contained while kick-starting economic work and industrial production that inevitably involves personnel exchanges with its major trade partners. Fast track agreements with other countries, such as Germany and Singapore, followed.

However, most of these links were via international flights whereas land entry is of special significance for countries such as Mongolia.

Trade volume between Mongolia and China reached $8.9 billion in 2019, accounting for 64.4 percent of Mongolia's total foreign trade, public data showed in January.

The two countries have set a $10-billion target for bilateral trade in 2020.

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Former PM J.Erdenebat sentenced to six years in prison www.news.mn

A Mongolian court sentenced former Prime Minister J.Erdenebat to six years in prison for abuse of power and banned him for six years from working in government office in July 06. The trial of the politician has been continuing for three days in Ulaanbaatar at the Bayanzurkh, Sukhbaatar and Chingeltei District Court.

J.Erdenebat from the Mongolian People’s Party won a seat in the State Great Khural for a constituency in the Selenge Province in the parliamentary election, which took place on 24 June, while he was still in detention. Subsequently, a bi-election will be held in Selenge to elect a new MP.

J.Erdenebat was imprisoned on 16 June after failing to pay the ridiculously large MNT 10 billion bail issued by the court. The 45-year-old politician was accused of abuse of power for illegally owning protected areas with special licenses in Tost, in the Tosonbulba Mountain Range in the South Gobi Province whilst working as Prime Minister.

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Recovery rate in Mongolia reaches 85 percent www.news.mn

Three more Mongolians have been discharged from the National Centre for Communicative Diseases (NCCD) after having fully recovered from coronavirus.

So far, the country has 220 confirmed cases of coronavirus; 188 of whom have recovered. In other words, Mongolia’s recovery rate has now reached 85 percent.

Currently, under treatment at the NCCD there are 32 people with coronavirus; 30 of them have mild symptoms.

Further good news is that a third Mongolian woman has given birth to a girl while on coronavirus quarantine. The expectant mother was transferred to the NCCD from an isolation centre to give birth. The mother was in isolation for observation after having fully recovered from COVID-19.

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Eastern region refined coal factory under development www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The eastern region refined coal factory that will supply refined coal briquettes to households in the capital city is under construction in Nalaikh district. On July 5, officials led by acting Governor of the capital city and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar J.Batbayasgalan checked the construction progress.

The coal factory comprising of five workshops, three for the production of refined coal and two for coking and washing coal, will be opened this November. Currently infrastructure and installation works are underway on the construction site. On June 5, the first workshop was put into 72-hour trial operation.

The next two workshops will be opened in September. Each workshop will have an hourly capacity of 90 tons. The factory’s main building located underground is also expected to prevent the release of dust particles into the air.

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