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Chinese billionaires criticised for giving Harvard $15m A Chinese billionaire couple have faced a deluge of criticism for donating $15 million to one of the richest and most prestigious universities in the US, with Internet users saying it would be better spent on students in China.

25 July 2014

Paracetamol no better than placebo in low-back pain: study Paracetamol, the first-choice lower-back pain killer, worked no better than dummy drugs administered in a trial of more than 1,600 people suffering from the condition, researchers said

25 July 2014

66% fail Complex Testing of Entrants in Kazakhstan 66% of entrants have failed the Complex Testing of Entrants (CTE) held in Kazakhstan on July 19-22, 2014.

24 July 2014

Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals: study A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers said.

24 July 2014

Surgeons remove 232 teeth from Indian teenager Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said.

24 July 2014

More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN report More than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said.

24 July 2014

Australian Medical Board bans prominent euthanasia doctor Prominent Australian right-to-die doctor Philip Nitschke on Thursday vowed to continue giving advice on how to end life after the Australian Medical Board used emergency powers to suspend him.

24 July 2014

Houdini challenged by Kazakhstani illusionist An illusionist from Kazakhstan has refined the famous Harry Houdini Suspended Strait Jacket Escape.

23 July 2014

Only one place to swim in Astana Department of Consumer Protection of Astana has conluded that people can swim only in one place in the Ishim (Yesil) River.

23 July 2014

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Encephalitis kills 60 in eastern India in fortnight An outbreak of encephalitis has killed 60 people in two weeks in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a top health official has said, calling the situation "alarming'.

23 July 2014

Deal reached over US gynecologist who secretly taped patients The health care affiliate of a top US medical school is to pay $190 million to patients of a gynecologist who secretly photographed and videotaped them, lawyers said.

22 July 2014

Brazil construction magnate Norberto Odebrecht dies at 93 Norberto Odebrecht, founder of the Brazilian construction company behind large-scale infrastructure projects including several World Cup stadiums, was buried Sunday after dying of heart failure. He was 93.

22 July 2014

Lost toddler saved by dog in forest As the old saying goes “man’s best friend”, a toddler was saved by a mongrel dog in a forest.

21 July 2014

Kazakhstan ranked 8th out of 85 countries at 45th International Physics Olympiad Kazakhstan students won 3 gold and 2 silver medals at the 45th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Astana.

21 July 2014

Weather is not affected by rocket launches: Kazakh Minister of Emergency Situations Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Bozhko expressed his opinion concerning commentaries of local environmentalists who said that rocket launches affected weather conditions in Kazakhstan.

21 July 2014

Akon on food, female beauty in Kazakhstan American rapper and R&B-singer Akon, who performed in Astana on July 6, has shared his thoughts on beauty and food in Kazakhstan.

21 July 2014

Prince George, 'style icon', to celebrate first birthday Britain's Prince George celebrates his first birthday on Tuesday, capping a year in which the globetrotting infant became the trend-setting face of the modern royal family.

21 July 2014

Philippine sect opens 'world's largest indoor arena' Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect.

21 July 2014

US warns against 'pure caffeine' after teen dies US regulators on Friday warned against ingesting pure powdered caffeine, which is being sold in bulk over the Internet and is known to have killed at least one teenager.

21 July 2014