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Netanyahu implores US Jews to oppose Iran deal

Netanyahu implores US Jews to oppose Iran deal

Benjamin Netanyahu personally called on US Jewish groups to thwart a White House-backed Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, while hitting out at "disinformation" over Israel's trenchant stance against it. August 5 2015, 10:05 1 743 views

Atyrau model wins second place at Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest

Atyrau model wins second place at Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest

23-year-old model from Atyrau, a city in western Kazakhstan, Marianna Khadzhamova has hauled the second place at the Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest held in Crimea. August 5 2015, 10:00 6 601 views

Talks on Ukraine take place despite escalation in fighting

Talks on Ukraine take place despite escalation in fighting

The Ukrainian military said on Monday that four of its soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the previous 24 hours. August 4 2015, 18:20 1 509 views

General Electric fined for KZT 400 000

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General Electric fined for KZT 400 000

Specialized administrative court of Burlin district, West Kazakhstan region, has fined "General Electric International" branch office in Kazakhstan. August 4 2015, 18:18 2 802 views

Spain heading for constitutional tension as Catalonia calls an early election

Spain heading for constitutional tension as Catalonia calls an early election

Spain could be heading for constitutional tension after Catalonian President, Artur Mas, signed a decree on Monday clearing the way for elections on the September 27 – ahead of a Spanish general election due by the end of the year. August 4 2015, 17:51 1 413 views

Brent crude drops to lowest price per barrel since January

Brent crude drops to lowest price per barrel since January

Oil prices slumped to six month lows on Monday with Brent – the global benchmark for crude – down 4.3 percent to bottom at 49.99 dollars a barrel the lowest since January. August 4 2015, 16:49 1 472 views

Shumenov targets Lebedev following Flores victory

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Shumenov targets Lebedev following Flores victory

Newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs) recently made history once again, defeating B.J. Flores (31-2-1, 20 KOs) by way of a 12-round unanimous decision as Premier Boxing Champions series headliner, which aired July 25th on NBCSN live from The Palms in Las Vegas. August 4 2015, 16:44 1 681 views

7 websites blocked in West Kazakhstan after suicide of schoolgirl

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7 websites blocked in West Kazakhstan after suicide of schoolgirl

Prosecutors of Burlinsky district located in West Kazakhstan region decided to block seven websites that promote voluntary departure from life after a 16-year-old resident of the city of Aksai committed a suicide last year. August 4 2015, 16:42 1 482 views

How could Vladimir Putin’s spokesman afford a $620,000 watch?

How could Vladimir Putin’s spokesman afford a $620,000 watch?

It was the wedding of the summer. An Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing. A mustachioed aide to President Vladimir V. Putin. Pop stars and politicians gathered in Sochi, Russia's Olympic dream city on the sea. August 4 2015, 16:04 1 759 views

Who kidnapped the auditor from Astana?

Who kidnapped the auditor from Astana?

August 4 2015, 12:03 5 501 views

Inflation in Kazakhstan makes 1.5% YTD

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Inflation in Kazakhstan makes 1.5% YTD

Inflation in Kazakhstan made 1.5% since the beginning of the year; the rate reached 0.1% in July 2015, said the Statistics Committee under the Ministry of National Economy. August 4 2015, 11:18 1 577 views

Police brutality protests forced 24 states to pass 40 new police reform measures

Police brutality protests forced 24 states to pass 40 new police reform measures

National anti-police brutality protests, following the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Freddie Gray, have propelled state lawmakers to pass dozens of police reform measures. However, activists want more concrete changes. August 4 2015, 10:15 1 473 views

U.S. delaying sanctions against Kazakh banks

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U.S. delaying sanctions against Kazakh banks

The U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan recalled that sanctions against Kazakh banks had been expected to enter into force on 1 October 2015. By this time, Kazakhstan and the United States should have signed an agreement on implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) by Kazakh second-tier banks (STB), which requires the banks to provide data about American depositors to the U.S. Treasury. August 4 2015, 10:00 1 432 views

Obama unveils landmark regulations to combat climate change

Obama unveils landmark regulations to combat climate change

US President Barack Obama has unveiled a landmark decision to tackle climate change. Republicans were quick to criticize it, with some saying it would have "devastating consequences" for the US economy. August 4 2015, 09:45 1 356 views

Nazarbayev instructed to cut costs

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Nazarbayev instructed to cut costs

At a meeting with the head of the President's Administration and members of the Government, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said there is the need to save budgetary funds, Kazpravda.kz reports citing the press service of Akorda. August 3 2015, 16:13 1 527 views

Poland ‘ashamed and sorry’ for MEP’s Nazi salute to EU lawmakers

Poland ‘ashamed and sorry’ for MEP’s Nazi salute to EU lawmakers

Poland has issued an official apology for its right-wing MEP, who, in an ill-considered attempt to compare the EU policies to those of Nazi Germany, referenced an infamous Nazi slogan, “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer," in front of the EU Parliament. August 3 2015, 16:06 2 452 views

California wildfire doubles in size on fifth day

California wildfire doubles in size on fifth day

A wildfire raging through northern California more than doubled in size on its fifth day on Sunday, expanding to 84 square miles (220 sq km). August 3 2015, 15:35 1 521 views

Ex- Governor's Case. Dyusenbaev was caught and sentenced to imprisonment

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Ex- Governor's Case. Dyusenbaev was caught and sentenced to imprisonment

One more person involved in “Bergei Ryskaliyev's organized criminal group" - former director of “ATG Kurylys" LLP Zhanbolat Dyusenbaev was sentenced by the specialized inter-district court on criminal cases of Atyrau Oblast to 10 years of imprisonment in high-security prison with confiscation of property. August 3 2015, 12:49 6 125 views

Man found hanged from lamppost in Atyrau, suicide suspected

Man found hanged from lamppost in Atyrau, suicide suspected

Suicide is suspected after the body of a young man was found hanged from a lamppost at the river bank in Zhilgorodok district of the city early Monday on August 3, said Gulnazira Mukhtarova, head of Internal Affairs Department press service of Atyrau Oblast. August 3 2015, 11:41 2 901 views

Half of Russians favor online censorship - poll

Half of Russians favor online censorship - poll

Almost half of Russians believe that online information should be censored, 58% support complete Internet shutdown in the country in case of a national threat of a possibility of mass protests, and 73% believe that negative information about civil servants should not be posted online, says a report prepared by the Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTsIOM) and the Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. August 3 2015, 11:05 1 576 views

German Bundestag members are considering visit to Crimea

German Bundestag members are considering visit to Crimea

Following a trip to Crimea by French lawmakers, German Bundestag members from the Left faction are too considering a possibility of visiting the Black Sea peninsula, member of the faction Alexander Noy told Russia's Izvestia daily. August 3 2015, 10:45 1 601 views

Kazakhstan passed IOI baton to Russia (PHOTO)

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Kazakhstan passed IOI baton to Russia (PHOTO)

Kazakhstan has officially passed the baton of the International Olympiad in Informatics to the Russian Federation. August 3 2015, 10:36 2 364 views

Tumbling oil prices slam profit at Exxon Mobil, Chevron

Tumbling oil prices slam profit at Exxon Mobil, Chevron

Weak oil prices shriveled quarterly profit at Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp on Friday, compelling both companies to rethink operations and plan for what many expect to be a sustained period of cheap crude. August 3 2015, 10:18 1 653 views

Muted reaction in Almaty as Kazakh city’s Olympic bid fails

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Muted reaction in Almaty as Kazakh city’s Olympic bid fails

Within minutes of the announcement that Almaty's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics had failed, it was almost as if it had never happened. August 3 2015, 09:45 1 662 views

6 stabbed in Jerusalem gay pride parade

6 stabbed in Jerusalem gay pride parade

Arrested suspect identified as Yishai Shlissel after six marchers in Jerusalem evacuated to hospital; attacker previously wounded three in stabbing at 2005 Jerusalem gay pride parade. July 31 2015, 15:38 2 657 views