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Coal port plan will kill Great Barrier Reef: activists Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia's approval for an Indian firm to expand a major coal port on the Great Barrier Reef coast, warning it would hasten the natural wonder's demise.

11 December 2013

Taking pictures to remember may help you forget Taking a picture to help you remember something might end up having the opposite effect, according to research published in the United States.

11 December 2013

Legendary Teatro alla Scala to tour Astana Opera in 2014 Famous Italian Teatro alla Scala will arrive in Kazakhstan for the first time and perform at Astana Opera in 2014.

10 December 2013

Thousands take to Cambodia's streets on Human Rights Day Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters and activists, including Buddhist monks, took to the streets Tuesday to mark Human Rights Day and call for improvements in the kingdom's rights record.

10 December 2013

Walk this way, says China's heavy metal shoe maker A Chinese factory worker says walking in huge iron shoes weighing more than 200 kilograms each can cure back pain, but faces hefty competition in his bid to build the country's heaviest footwear.

10 December 2013

Astana model to represent Kazakhstan at Miss Tourism International 2013 Anastasia Aimurazayeva from Astana will represent Kazakhstan at the Miss Tourism International 2013 to be held on December 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

10 December 2013

'Murdochisevil' appears in News Corp paper puzzle Rupert Murdoch has made enemies in his rise to become the world's most powerful media baron, and that apparently includes someone at his Sunday Telegraph newspaper in Australia.

10 December 2013

Venturous teenagers stage fights on request in Astana Venturesome teenagers of Astana arrange staged fights for a fee for other teenagers, who want to impress their girlfriends.

10 December 2013

Environmentalists hail China's banquet ban on shark fin Environmentalists hailed Monday a Chinese government ban on serving shark's fin, bird's nest soup and other wild animal products at official functions, saying it will set a precedent that will help protect endangered species.

10 December 2013

Brazil's TV dream machine fueled by 7,000 people In a Rio suburb, wealthy and beautiful heiresses, orphans and assassins lunch together in a mini-city where Globo television creates the soap operas that captivate more than 50 million Brazilians.

10 December 2013

Kazakhstan national wins Miss Asia Moscow 2013 Saida Adilova, a model from Kazakhstan, has won the Miss Asia Moscow 2013 beauty contest in Russia.

09 December 2013

Qantas steward with Parkinson's to sue over pesticide link A former Qantas steward who believes he developed Parkinson's disease after repeated exposure to government-mandated pesticides sprayed in the cabin plans to sue Canberra, his lawyer said Monday.

09 December 2013

Suleiman the Magnificent reconquers Arab world, Balkans Can a smash TV soap bring closure for historical wrongs and succour from contemporary turmoil? Check out a Turkish series on the 16th-century Ottoman monarch Suleiman the Magnificent.

09 December 2013

Couples tie knot en masse in Rio's first gay marriages A total of 130 couples said "I do" in a mass wedding Sunday at Rio de Janeiro's Superior Court of Justice, marking the city's first gay civil marriages.

09 December 2013

Air pollution in Europe kills even at guideline levels Europeans with long-term exposure to particulate pollution from road traffic or industry run a higher risk of premature death, even if air quality meets EU standards, a study said on Monday.

09 December 2013

Beauty from Almaty wins Miss Kazakhstan 2013 crown The beauty from Almaty Aigerim Issayeva has been selected the most beautiful girl of Kazakhstan at the nationwide pageant Miss Kazakhstan 2013.

08 December 2013

January 1 to 5 - rest days in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan residents can relax and enjoy their New Year holiday from January 1 to 5 in 2014.

08 December 2013

Gay parents the 'new normal' on small screen Married with two kids? How boringly 20th-century. Blended families and same-sex parents are increasingly vying for space with the nuclear family on the small screen in line with shifts in Western society.

08 December 2013

Pacific tuna cutbacks 'fall short of expectations' Cutbacks to tuna fishing agreed at a crucial Pacific regional fisheries conference to prevent over-fishing have fallen short of expectations, the head of the fisheries management body said Saturday.

08 December 2013

'Gay' Christmas lights spark Rome row The gay rainbow-flag theme for the Christmas lights on Rome's main shopping street that were switched on Friday have sparked an unholy row in the Eternal City.

07 December 2013

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