Philippines works to contain huge diesel spill
Philippine authorities said they were working Saturday to contain a huge diesel spill that shut down parts of Manila Bay's vital fishing industry.
Abbott vows to be Australia's 'PM for Aborigines'
Australian conservative leader Tony Abbott pledged Saturday to spend one week every year in a remote indigenous community if elected, saying he wanted to be the "prime minister for Aboriginal affairs".
Critically ill Mandela 'more alert' every day: daughter
Nelson Mandela is becoming more alert and more responsive by the day, his youngest daughter said Friday, adding that the anti-apartheid hero is "not going anywhere anytime soon".
Monasteries decline as TV and smartphones grip Bhutan
Kencho Tshering, a red-robed Buddhist monk, takes a call from the King of Bhutan's office, then duly dashes off to start a ceremony praying for a break in the monsoon rains.
Green sea turtles eat more plastic than ever: study
Endangered green turtles are ingesting more man-made debris, including potentially lethal plastic products, than ever before.
Philippine oil spill turns Manila Bay red
A diesel oil spill spread a large reddish stain over Manila Bay in the Philippines' capital on Friday, posing potential health and environmental hazards.
Rifles and swards discovered in parcels from U.S. and Netherlands in Almaty airport
The customs service of Almaty airport has discovered rifles and swords in parcels from the United States and the Netherlands.
Camel may be MERS virus host: study
Researchers on Friday pointed to the Arabian camel as a possible host of the deadly human MERS virus plaguing the Middle East.
Light cast on NY subway's dead shark mystery
Beachgoers came forward Thursday with a plausible explanation for why a dead shark turned up in a New York subway train two days before.
Kazakhstani takes 2nd runner-up title at Miss & Mister Deaf International Pageant
Amina Usmanova from Almaty has become the 2nd runner-up at the 2013 Miss & Mister Deaf International Pageant in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Correctional camp for gilded youth opens near Astana
A camp for correctional education of Kazakhstan's gilded youth has opened up in some depressed village in Akmola oblast.
5 million Chinese tourists to visit Kazakhstan during EXPO-2017
Kazakhstan is expecting 5 million tourists from China during the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
Women promote mosques 'for all' in Britain
In the damp basement room of a Caribbean restaurant in London, Naima leads prayers for an audience of male and female worshippers.
Researchers propose new experiments on mutant bird flu
Scientists proposed developing a more potent strain of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on Wednesday to examine how mutant forms might spread among humans, a topic that has stoked global alarm in the past.
Rare Schindler documents up for auction
Rare documents that a historian says fill in some major gaps in the story of Holocaust hero Oskar Schindler have gone up for auction online.
Chinese herb remedy extract linked to cancer: study
A plant extract used in Chinese herbal remedies for arthritis, gout and inflammation has been directly linked to cancer and causes a surprising number of genetic mutations.
Kazakhstan's Olzhas Suleimenov among 22 world's foremost thinkers
Kazakhstan activist and poet Olzhas Suleimenov has got onto the list of 22 outstanding thinkers whose ideas were published in the book of Piotr Dutkiewicz and Richard Sakwa.
Kazakhstan Bone Marrow Transplantation Department strives for international accreditation
Bone Marrow Transplantation Department of the State Scientific Center of Emergency Medicine in Astana is planning to get an international accreditation.
265 thousand first graders to hit schools September 1 in Kazakhstan
More than 260 thousand children will go to the 1st grade at schools throughout Kazakhstan on September 1, 2013.
Briton gives birth to biggest baby ever born naturally in Spain
A 40-year-old British woman gave birth Wednesday to the biggest baby ever born naturally in Spain -- a girl weighing 6.2 kilos (13 pounds).