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​Six citizens of Uzbekistan died in road accident in Zhyloi region (+photos)

Today, May 19, approx. at 10.30am on Atyrau – Aktau highway 80 km from Kulsary 6 people died in road accident. May 19 2015, 16:51 4 912 просмотрs

World News

Thousands attend counter-protest in Macedonia

Show of strength comes after opposition supporters accuse PM of corruption, phone tapping and inflaming ethnic tensions. May 19 2015, 16:07 1 297 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s major communications operator to be privatized

Some 49 percent of the shares of Kazakhstan's largest communications operator, Transtelecom, were sold as part of a privatization program in the country, Kazakhstan's national welfare fund Samruk-Kazyna said. May 19 2015, 15:42 1 264 просмотрs

World News

Death toll in multi-storey building fire in Baku reaches 13

The death toll in a fire in a multi-storey building in Azadlig Avenue in Baku, Azerbaijan, has reached 13, the representative of the Azerbaijani Healthcare Ministry, Safaya Ahm May 19 2015, 15:23 2 012 просмотрs

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​Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced to Death

After a trial that lasted over two months, a federal jury needed just 14 hours of deliberations to come to the unanimous decision that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be executed. Tsarnaev, who along with his brother, Tamerlan, planted bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, did not express any emotion in the courthouse as the verdict on his punishment was announced late this afternoon. In the immediate aftermath of the ruling, newly appointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the sentence “a fitting punishment for this horrific crime." May 19 2015, 15:00 1 116 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Rainy weather takes hold of Kazakhstan

It looks like shower rains, thunderstorms and stiff wind have taken hold of Kazakhstan this week. According to Kazhydromet, rainy weather will persist in the country for another three days. May 19 2015, 12:30 1 269 просмотрs

World News

Pakistani Christian erecting 140-foot cross in nation's biggest city

A Pakistani businessman who is building a 14-story cross in the heart of Pakistan's largest city claims he got the idea when God came to him in a dream. May 19 2015, 12:24 1 240 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

IMF Says Kazakhstan Can Withstand Pressure on Tenge for Years

The Kazakh central bank, which plans to make the tenge more flexible to avoid devaluation, has enough reserves to keep it stable for several years, “even if there's strong pressure," the International Monetary Fund said. May 19 2015, 11:02 1 483 просмотрs

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Thai ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra's negligence trial begins

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing at the start of her trial on charges of negligence. May 19 2015, 10:59 1 089 просмотрs

Economy

​Kashagan: new islands to appear in the Caspian sea

Remedial activities are ongoing at the North Caspian project on section of field pipelines running between D island and Bolashak plant. Meanwhile the Consortium is going to submit to Kazakhstan a new concept of full-scale development of Kashagan. May 19 2015, 10:00 8 141 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Russian Proton-M rocket explodes on launch in Kazakhstan

It's not much fun being a Russian rocket scientist at the moment. On Saturday they suffered the latest in a string of high-profile disasters, after a Proton-M rocket failed during the third stage of the launch. A Proton-M launched last May failed as well, as did one in 2013. May 19 2015, 09:35 1 307 просмотрs

World News

Eurovision 2015 Opening: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conchita Wurst And Lidia Baich

The Official Opening Ceremony for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 has been held in the Vienna City Hall, where all the artists and delegations were invited by the city authority, host broadcaster ORF and the EBU. The Red Carpet event and the Opening Ceremony was streamed LIVE at 17:50 CET on Eurovision.tv and on our Youtube Channel. If you missed the broadcast and our live coverage, you can still find all the content here. May 18 2015, 16:10 2 102 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Great Kazakh poet and thinker Olzhas Suleimenov turns 79

Today Kazakhstan celebrates the birthday of the great Kazakh poet, writer, anti-nuclear activist, environmentalist and thinker Olzhas Suleimenov. Olzhas turned 79. May 18 2015, 15:58 3 133 просмотрs

World News

ISIS seizes key Iraqi city of Ramadi

The key Iraqi city of Ramadi fell to ISIS on Sunday after government security forces pulled out of a military base on the west side of the city, officials said. May 18 2015, 14:53 1 180 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Monster wind snapped over 50 trees in Almaty

Damaging wind whipped and wreaked havoc in Almaty city this weekend. May 18 2015, 14:50 1 134 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

BG merger could cost Shell a huge Kazakhstan oil field

Buried deep in BG PLC's annual report is a little-noticed risk for its $70 billion merger with Royal Dutch Shell PLC: The deal could cost Shell a huge Kazakhstan gas field. May 18 2015, 14:35 1 941 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan's Golovkin beats Tyson's 19 KO record streak

Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan has been called “the new Mike Tyson" in the media. May 18 2015, 12:45 1 404 просмотрs

Sport

​Abzal Dyusupov -champion of Asia among professionals

On May 17, at Atyrau international airport the sports public welcomed Abzal Dyusupov who won the belt of the champion of Asia among kickboxing professionals. May 18 2015, 10:45 6 506 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Martina Navratilova and 26 other athletes fight to stop Olympics from happening in anti-gay Kazakhstan

Human rights issues have been brought to the fore once again in the contest for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after a group of athletes wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) requesting pressure to be put on Kazakhstan to drop proposed anti-gay rights legislation. May 18 2015, 10:32 2 463 просмотрs

World News

China: Fuzhou flooded as heavy rain lashes Fujian Province

Heavy rain and hail have lashed Fuzhou, the capital of China's Fujian Province, causing flooding and driving the temperature down by ten degrees Celsius. May 18 2015, 10:28 1 248 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia to launch direct flight

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia plan to launch a direct flight connecting the two countries. May 15 2015, 17:33 1 656 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

American cop who shot dead Kazakhstani man fatally shoots black man four years later

A wave of reports into the killings of black men in America has overwhelmed the country. It raised questions about police accountability and use of excessive force, in particular against black people. May 15 2015, 17:24 1 949 просмотрs

World News

Great Wall of Ukraine: Kiev to Spend $200 Mln to Wall Off Russia

The Ukrainian government has approved an approximate price tag for the construction of a so-called “wall" along its border with Russia: the newly-released cost estimate of $500 mln as of the end of 2014 has been slashed to approximately $200 mln; and the works will run faster – it will now take three years rather than four, as was claimed earlier. May 15 2015, 16:55 1 312 просмотрs

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Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 in Las Vegas

Riley B. King, the legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and staccato-picking style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, died Thursday night. He was 89. May 15 2015, 16:43 1 086 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan enjoys visa-free access to over 50 countries

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published the list of countries with which Kazakhstan enjoys visa-free treatment. May 15 2015, 16:33 1 181 просмотрs