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Ukraine’s President Seeks ‘Understanding’ With Russia

In his first interview as President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko tells TIME that he has no choice but to keep Russia at the negotiating table, as no country is prepared to guarantee his country's security from further attack, time.com reports. June 10 2014, 11:09 1 428 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan, UAE develop cooperation in the field of space

The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) hosted a visit of a high level Kazakhstan delegation led by Kairat Lama Sharif, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UAE media report Monday.  June 10 2014, 10:59 3 205 views

Kazakhstan News

South Korean President to pay state visits to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan next week as part of efforts to realize her proposed vision for a united Eurasia, her office said Monday. June 10 2014, 10:54 2 792 views

World News

No Gas Deal Reached Between Kyiv And Moscow

No deal has been reached between Ukraine and Russia to settle Kyiv's outstanding energy bills and agree on a price for future gas deliveries, rferl.org reports.  June 10 2014, 10:17 1 788 views

World News

Thousands of Irish orphans were used as ‘drug guinea pigs’

Over 2,000 care-home kids were secretly vaccinated against diphtheria in the 1930s in medical trials undertaken by international drugs giant Burroughs Wellcome, Irish media reveal. Among the testing sites was a recently discovered mass grave, herald. ie reports. June 10 2014, 10:03 2 477 views

Society

Roads closed for repairs

Tomorrow, June 10,  the following roads will be closed in Atyrau due to road repairs: June 9 2014, 22:41 2 710 views

Economy

North Caspian Project participants to merge into one company

Participants of the North Caspian Consortium agreed to form one consolidated joint company under the same name that the present operator of the project has – the North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC). There will be no agency companies in the structure. June 9 2014, 17:43 4 815 views

World News

Russian companies prepare to pay for trade in renminbi

Russian companies are preparing to switch contracts to renminbi and other Asian currencies amid fears that western sanctions may freeze them out of the US dollar market, according to two top bankers, ft.com reports. June 9 2014, 18:00 1 497 views

Kazakhstan News

Car accident kills Kazakhmys mine director, his wife and two employees

Road accident in Karaganda region has killed the director and two employees of the East-Zhezkazgan mine of Kazakhmys Corporation, the company said, inform.kz reports. June 9 2014, 17:34 1 853 views

World News

Syria's Assad announces 'general amnesty'

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday announced a "general amnesty" for all crimes committed to date, state television said, without giving further details, afp.com reports. June 9 2014, 17:18 1 598 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh President to receive Italian Prime Minister

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev will receive Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi during his working visit to Kazakhstan on June 12, the Akorda press service informs.   June 9 2014, 13:02 2 311 views

World News

24 students washed away in north India river surge

Twenty-four students were missing late Sunday after being washed downstream by a sudden surge of river water in a remote Himalayan valley in northern India, a state minister said. The students had stopped to take photographs on the edge of the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh when water released from a dam washed them downstream, transport minister G.S Bali said. June 9 2014, 11:42 1 378 views

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MH370 families seek $5 million for investigation, 'whistle blower' reward

Three months to the day after a Malaysian jetliner vanished, relatives of those aboard are set to launch an effort Sunday to raise $5 million for investigations and a "whistle blower" reward, cnn reports. June 9 2014, 11:30 1 800 views

Kazakhstan News

Queens family raises two transgender kids from Kazakhstan and Russia

Jeff and Mary Timmons were surprised when their second son Gabriel told them he wanted to be a girl at 4, but the bigger shock was when their youngest daughter, Jamie, also turned out to be a transgender child, timesledger.com reports. June 9 2014, 11:17 4 804 views

Ecology

Court upheld a ruling about 134bn environmental fine for Agip and NCOC

On June 6, the Board of Appeals of Atyrau Oblast Court reported that the specialized inter-district economic court of Atyrau Oblast reviewed the appeal petition filed by Agip KCO and NCOC against the decision of the 1st instance court about compensation of environmental damage in the amount of 134 billion tenge. The appeal petition was not satisfied and the decision of the 1st instance court was upheld. June 9 2014, 10:39 4 071 views

Ecology

Was fry mortality due to pumps?

On June 6 the employees of nature protection prosecutor's office showed to journalists an irrigation canal in Makhambet District where mass death of fry fish took place the day before. June 9 2014, 10:57 2 191 views

Kazakhstan News

The cause of "Proton-M" carrier rocket accident announced

The commission on investigation of causes of "Proton-M" carrier rocket accident has been completed in Russia, azh.kz reports citing Izvestiya newspaper. June 7 2014, 13:46 1 572 views

World News

Petro Poroshenko is sworn in as president of Ukraine (inauguration live)

Petro Poroshenko is being inaugurated as Ukraine’s new president in a ceremony in Kiev. The event is being attended by US Vice President Joe Biden, the most senior American official to be present at a Ukrainian presidential inauguration, azh.kz reports citing rt.com.  Kazakhstan is represented by PM Karim Massimov and Russia - by its Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov. June 7 2014, 12:42 2 149 views

World News

Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas end marriage

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas are ushering in a new phrase for divorce: the "thoughtful and consensual" breakup, cnn reports. June 7 2014, 12:25 4 343 views

World News

Putin meets Poroshenko in France

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko for the first time since his election, at a D-Day event in France, bbc reports. June 6 2014, 17:41 2 360 views

Kazakhstan News

Exxon may take over as Kashagan operator

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil is in line to take over as operator of the giant Kashagan field in an attempt to fix the beleaguered $50 billion project offshore Kazakhstan, industry publication Nefte Compass reported on Friday. June 6 2014, 17:17 1 655 views

Crime

Police car chase through the streest of Atyrau

Video recording of a pursuit during which several crews of traffic police try to stop Niva car in the streets of Atyrau have been sent by our reader. June 6 2014, 17:05 3 725 views

Kazakhstan News

Summer frosts in some parts of Kazakhstan

A drop in the temperature to the freezing point is expected in some areas of Kazakhstan this June, tengrinews reports citing the national weather service Kazhydromet. June 6 2014, 10:51 1 565 views

World News

Wearing disguise, Boko Haram slaughters hundreds

When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them from Boko Haram, yahoonews.com reports. June 6 2014, 15:34 1 458 views

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Mounties: Suspect in Canada shooting arrested

A man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early Friday, police said, yahoonews.com reports. June 6 2014, 15:18 1 801 views