Bill Gates kicks off search for toilet of the future
Microsoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates on Tuesday launched a search for a new toilet better suited to developing countries.
Quadruple amputee prepares for Bering Strait swim
Two silhouettes cut through the water a few hundred yards (metres) from a rainy, windswept beach bordering the flat grasslands near the small Inuit community of Wales, in the far west of Alaska.
30 Chinese employees of Sinopec had a fight in dormitory in Atyrau
30 Chinese citizens working for Sinopec had a fight in a dormitory in Atyrau.
Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists
Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species.
Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown dies at 90
Helen Gurley Brown, the saucy Cosmopolitan editor who delivered thousands of sex tips to single women and more than a few curious men, died Monday. She was 90.
Russian Patriarch visits Poland as Pussy Riot verdict looms
The first-ever visit by a Russian Orthodox Church head to deeply Catholic Poland begins Thursday, but the landmark trip risks being overshadowed by a verdict expected in Moscow in the Pussy Riot trial.
Australia boatpeople plan wins crucial support
Plans to transfer asylum-seekers who arrive in Australia by boat to Pacific states won crucial support Tuesday, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard saying they could be processed offshore within a month.
Ecuador to respond to Assange asylum plea this week
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said he expects to respond to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's application for political asylum some time this week.
In Europe, defences rise against Asian mosquito peril
Behind air-tight doors in a lab in a southern French city, scientists in protective coveralls wage war against a fingernail-sized danger.
Panel urges Australia to send boatpeople offshore
Australia should transfer asylum-seekers offshore to places such as Nauru and Papua New Guinea to deter boatpeople from risking their lives at sea.
Olympics: Fashion wins few medals in London
Designer Giorgio Armani predicted that the London Olympics would be the most stylish ever, but fashion experts say there has been as much bad taste as elegance on display.
US nuns ready to talk with Vatican after rebuke
American nuns in open conflict with the Vatican over claims they have "radical feminist" views and have strayed too far from Catholic doctrine offered Friday to talk with top Church leaders.
Taiwan couple in same-sex Buddhist wedding
Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage.
Education Minister on merging universities in Kazakhstan's seven cities
Education Ministry is considering merging the universities in Taraz, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Uralsk, Aktobe, Kostanay, Kokshetau and Shymkent.
TEDxAlmaty creative conference will make Almaty a better place
TEDxAlmaty conference dedicated to ideas that could make Almaty city a better place will take place in Almaty on September 16.
Threatened shark species turning up in US restaurants: study
Threatened shark species are being used to make shark fin soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, in several US cities, according to an unprecedented study based on DNA testing.
Kazakhstan doctors transplanted donor heart for the first time
The surgery was made on August 8 in the National Scientific Cardiosurgery Center of the National Medical Holding in Astana.
230,000 trees to be planted along Western Europe – Western China highway
It is planned to plant 231 thousand saplings instead of the trees that were cut down along Western Europe - Western China highway.
Historic US town of two goes on auction block
A historic American town with a population of two people will be auctioned off on August 15, the auctioneers Williams & Williams said Thursday.
Almaty citizens recommended to undergo medical examination before marriage
Almaty Civil Registration officials will instruct couples to arrange a visit family-planing centers before getting married.