Better care can save 3-m babies, mothers per year
The lives of three million women and babies can be saved every year by 2025 for an annual investment of about a dollar per head in better maternity care, researchers said.
Bolashak wins lawsuits against students
One third of Bolashak scholarship holders who were charged for academic failure appeal against the decision.
Population of Zhanaozen exceeds plans
The population of Zhanaozen town in western Kazakhstan has exceeded the development plan.
Viktor Sukhodrev, English voice of Soviet leaders, dies at 81
The legendary interpreter who served as the English-language voice of every Soviet leader from Nikita Khrushchev to Mikhail Gorbachev has died in Moscow aged 81.
Surgeon saves child's life with angle grinder
A local surgeon in Kostanay Oblast village Vladimir Kukhar saved a boy’s life with an angle grinder.
If you can’t buy a loaf of bread, take it for free
A Taldykorgan bakery gives away bread for free to those who cannot pay for it.
Academic take on baraholka issue in Almaty: American's first-hand experience
Dena Sholk, a graduate student in the School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University came to Almaty to research the role of baraholkas (markets) in Kazakhstan’s economy as a part of her dissertation fieldwork.
Mango ale? Florida soaks up craft-beer boom
Florida is known for its sunshine and beaches -- and increasingly for its quality craft beer, good enough to compete with microbrewed ale from anywhere in the United States.
Possible Columbus wreck off Haiti in danger of looting
The US marine archaeologist who believes he has found the famous flagship of Christopher Columbus said Wednesday that salvaging it was urgent to prevent looting.