37 million Euro spent on Tempus program in Kazakhstan
A plenary meeting of the consortium of Tempus European project was held in Almaty on April 4-5.
Quarter of polled Kazakhstan residents disappointed with job selection
The poll involved 2.7 thousand employees in Kazakhstan and showed that most of the respondents felt themselves out of place.
Designers interested in orphan from east Kazakhstan
An orphan from East-Kazakhstan oblast orphanage has successfully taken part in a fashion designers contest.
Residents in China ordered to cull birds: media
Residents of a Chinese city were ordered to cull all their poultry as authorities stepped up attempts to halt the spread of the deadly H7N9 bird flu.
McKinsey to help Kazakhstan develop green economy
Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Ministry attracted McKinsey to work out a strategy of the country’s transition to the green economy.
Asian gecko threatened by medicine trade: TRAFFIC
Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.
'Emergency' in Brazil state after flood of foreign migrants
Brazil's northwestern state of Acre declared a "social emergency" Wednesday as it attempts to slow a wave of undocumented immigrants smuggled overland from neighboring countries.
Buddhist constructs stupa to save Almaty from quake
Kazakhstan citizen Aleksander Gritskov has offered a new way to save Almaty city from earthquakes.
New gene linked with double Alzheimer's risk for blacks
African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it.
Kazakhstan women ready to become surrogate mothers for $10 thousand
Kazakhstan women are ready to become surrogate mothers to carry and give birth to a child for childless couples for $10 to $30 thousand plus additional monthly payments.
Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk: study
A common treatment for irregular heartbeats may have a serious side effect: a new study out Tuesday showed it could increase the risk for certain cancers.
Cambodia fights surge in bird flu deaths
As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.
China bird flu 'devastates' poultry business: group
China's deadly bird flu outbreak has dealt a "devastating" blow to the nation's poultry sector, an industry group said Tuesday, with sales reportedly plunging amid concerns over food safety.
Conspiracy theories fly as Poles mark presidential jet crash
Three years after a jet crash in Russia killed a Polish president and 95 other people, conspiracy theorists in Poland are as adamant as ever that it was an assassination.
American traveler reaches Aktau on foot
An American traveller has reached Aktau in western Kazakhstan as part of his round the world journey on foot.
Ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher dead at 87: spokesman
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who shaped a generation of British politics, died following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87.
Stephen King's Mist covers villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast
A strange fog has scared the citizens of one of the villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast and caused the sanitary services to check the area.
China bird flu not spreading between people: WHO
There is no proof that the H7N9 bird flu virus is being transmitted between people in China, the World Health Organization said Monday, despite several members of a family falling ill in Shanghai.
Pope completes installation with emotional Rome mass
Pope Francis on Sunday completed his installation as pontiff at an emotional ceremony in which he formally took possession of Rome's St John Lateran basilica -- the official seat of the city's bishop.
Work under way for exhuming poet Neruda's remains
Experts on Sunday started work on opening the tomb of Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, to uncover his remains and determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned.