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Monster wind snapped over 50 trees in Almaty

Damaging wind whipped and wreaked havoc in Almaty city this weekend. May 18 2015, 14:50 1 344 views

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 2 196 views

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 1 618 views

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 7 434 views

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 2 733 views

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 1 459 views

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 1 860 views

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 2 299 views

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 1 510 views

World News

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 1 286 views

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 1 340 views

Ecology

Mass fish mortality in Shmanozek channel

Mass mortality of common fresh water fish has been registered in Shmanozek fish by-pass channel located on the territory of “Ak Zhaik" wildlife reserve. May 15 2015, 14:07 4 664 views

Kazakhstan News

​Ex-PM Serik Akhmetov's arrest extended till June 18

House arrest of former defense minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has been extended again, Kazinform correspondent reports from a courtroom. May 15 2015, 13:14 1 395 views

Kazakhstan News

Number of dead rare antelopes in Kostanay rises to 1000

The number of saiga found dead in Kostanay region on May 11 has increased from around 100 to 1,000, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan said May 15. May 15 2015, 13:05 1 376 views

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakh woman among 11 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan guesthouse

Kazakh citizen was among those 11 people killed in attack of Taliban militants on a Afghan guesthouse, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan confirmed on May 14. May 15 2015, 11:15 1 891 views

World News

Burundi coup 'failed,' says putsch leader's deputy

Ndayirukiye's admission of failure came after the presidency announced that Nkurunziza - who had been in Tanzania when the coup was declared - had returned to the country. May 15 2015, 11:00 1 307 views

Kazakhstan News

"Tulpar - Talgo" personnel learn English

140 employees have received the language certificates, another 100 are taking training. May 14 2015, 16:35 1 726 views

World News

Philippine factory fire: Many dead in Manila

At least 45 people are now known to have died in a fire at a rubber shoe factory in a suburb of the Philippine capital Manila, local officials say. May 14 2015, 16:09 1 344 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan is considered a dark horse in competition to host the 2022 Winter Olympics

Kazakhstan is considered a dark horse to defeat China in competition to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. However, in this fabled “Silk Road" destination, dark horses are often a source of good fortune, says Sports Business Examiner Max Emanuel Donner. May 14 2015, 16:02 1 626 views

World News

Burundi coup bid: Groups seek Bujumbura control

Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are vying for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. May 14 2015, 15:39 1 559 views

Kazakhstan News

Brazil, Kazakhstan to look for new ways of cooperation - Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff has congratulated Nursultan Nazarbayev who was reelected President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in April, the Akorda's press service reports. May 14 2015, 12:37 1 847 views

World News

Russia, China Challenge U.S. Hegemony; Nuclear War ‘Likely Future’

Neither Russia nor China will accept the "vassalage status" that Germany, France, the UK, Canada, and other countries have accepted. May 14 2015, 12:08 1 657 views

Culture

​At Stephane and Chantal de Mahieu's musical evening (+photos)

At the end of April in the cozy lounge room of Stephane and Chantal de Mahieu's house, a big audience of expats and Kazakhs gathered consisting mostly of their friends and colleagues for a small chamber musical concert. For the “first part" of the concert, local professional musicians had been invited, and the second part was a wonderful surprise with the performance of the hosts Stephane and Chantal who as it appeared, are not only great admirers of the Kazakh music, genuinely interested in Kazakh folk music.. but also good music amateurs, who understand the music canons.... May 14 2015, 10:00 6 521 views

World News

Motorcycle gunmen in Pakistan kill 43 in bus attack

At least 43 people have been killed and another 20 injured when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Ismaili Shi'ite Muslims in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi. May 13 2015, 17:27 1 538 views

Kazakhstan News

​Kazakhstan's military strength ranks 66th in world - Global Fire Power

Kazakhstan military firepower in 2015 is ranked 66th among 126 countries, according to the Global Fire Power. May 13 2015, 16:38 1 953 views