S. Africa's Desmond Tutu wins $1.7-mn Templeton Prize
Anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Cape Town, was on Thursday awarded the $1.7-million Templeton Prize for his lifelong work to promote "love and forgiveness".
Women tourists desert India after sex attacks: survey
The number of foreign women tourists visiting India has dropped by 35 percent in the past three months following a spate of sex attacks that have made global headlines.
02 April 2013 10:01
Mandela's health improving: S.Africa presidency
Nelson Mandela's condition has improved and he continues to receive treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, as the anti-apartheid icon spent a fifth night in hospital.
'I love Paris' may soon be passe for Chinese tourists
Mass muggings and attacks on Chinese tourists in Paris have spawned alarm and warnings of a decline in the number of free-spending visitors from the Asian giant who swarm to France.
30 March 2013 12:15
Kazakhstan citizens don't trust police
Only one fifth of the polled Kazakhstan residents hope for any help from the police in case they are attached by criminals.
29 March 2013 19:09
After Mexico court ruling, gay couple weds in Oaxaca
Two women became the first same-sex couple to marry in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca after the Supreme Court found the state's definition of marriage unconstitutional.
Rare British royal's signature up for auction in US
A document signed by Britain's King Richard III will be auctioned in Los Angeles next week, two months after scientists found the ancient royal's remains under a modern-day car park.
29 March 2013 10:01
World Bank links obesity to high food prices
Food prices have dropped since peaking six months ago but remain near record levels, pushing the world's poorest people toward "undernutrition" and obesity.
28 March 2013 15:52
From bedroom to boardroom: UK teen turns tech millionaire
Like many British teenagers, Nick D'Aloisio has a hole in the knee of his jeans and gets in trouble when his bedroom is untidy. Unlike most, the 17-year-old has just sold an app to Yahoo! for tens of millions of pounds.
US immigrant wins $338 million lottery
The immigrant owner of a US convenience store claimed a $338.3 million lottery jackpot Tuesday and said that, despite being catapulted into the ranks of the super rich, his heart won't change.
Fight for gay marriage goes to US Supreme Court
Supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are prepared to turn out in force in Washington on Tuesday, when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a landmark case.
26 March 2013 17:15
Berezovsky death 'consistent with hanging': police
A post-mortem carried out on the body of Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky on Monday found the cause of death to be "consistent with hanging".
Birth rate keeps going up in Kazakhstan
According to Alikhan Smailov, Statistics Agency chairman, population of Kazakhstan made 16,934 thousand people as of February 1, 2013.
Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married
People who had surgeries on artificial heart implantation gathered in Astana to discuss problems of chronic cardiac insufficiency.
Kazakh students in Beijing survey awareness of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan students in Beijing made a jocose poll among foreigners to find out the level of awareness about Kazakhstan in the world.
