Half of Kazakhstan citizens consider themselves workaholics
According to the poll by HeadHunter, 47% of еру polled Kazakhstan employees sees themselves as work addicts.
Activists hope gay marriage debate will stir Japan
Koyuki Higashi is slim, articulate and intelligent, things that make a would-be wife attractive to many in Japan. But Higashi knows she will probably never marry because she is a lesbian.
America misses out on live London Olympic ceremony
A billion people across the globe turned on their TVs to watch the opening ceremony of the London Olympics live Friday, but very few of them were in US.
Famous Kazakhstan scientist died at Khan Tengri
Outstanding Kazakhstan physicist Adilet Imambekov died in Khan Tengri mountains on the border of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on July 19.
First Kazakhstan round-the-world trip completed
The first round-the-world sea voyage in the history of Kazakhstan has been completed these days.
Wife of N. Korea's Kim is former singer: S. Korea media
The wife of North Korea's Kim Jong-Un is a former singer who caught the leader's eye while she was giving a performance, South Korean media said Thursday after Pyongyang disclosed the marriage.
New York bids farewell to 'Queen of Soul Food'
New Yorkers gave a big sendoff to "Queen of Soul Food" Sylvia Woods, whose famed Harlem restaurant served everybody from Muhammad Ali to Bill Clinton.
'Jeffersons' actor Hemsley dies at 74
Actor Sherman Hemsley, who rose to fame in the 1970s as the wise-cracking father in the hit sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died at the age of 74.
China's 'unwanted' single women feel the pressure
Xu, a pretty woman in her 30s, warily walked into a Beijing singles club in a bid to shed her status as one of China's "Unwanted".
Sally Ride, first US woman in space dead at 61
Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Norway marks anniversary of Breivik massacre
Some 50,000 people attended a concert in Oslo to mark the first anniversary of the gun and bomb rampage by Norwegian right-wing extremist Breivik, which claimed 77 lives.
Men of Akmola oblast rest more than women
840 families have been polled. People over 10 y.o. told how they spend work days and weekends.
Modern Kazakhstan citizen is a careerist and lazybones
Psychologists, economists and financial experts have attempted to create a collective image of a modern Kazakhstan citizen.
Olympics: London prostitutes 'cleaned from the streets'
The London Olympics are not big business for everyone -- sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.
80% of Kazakhstan women get married when they are under 25
The average age when Kazakhstan women got married in 2011 was 24.3 years.
Number of Kazakhstan elderly people in retirement homes halved in 3 years
The number of Kazakhstan elderly people living in retirement homes has reduced by 50% in three years.
Vigil held after US massacre at Batman screening
An emotional candle-lit vigil was held late Friday for the victims of a US massacre at a premiere of the latest Batman movie, which left 12 people dead and nearly 60 injured.
Shooting suspect in Colorado had 'loner' reputation
The man suspected of shooting 12 people dead at a screening of the new Batman movie in Colorado was often seen carrying guns to and from his home and was described Friday as a "loner."
Her last hours chronicled before Batman shooting
Jessica Ghawi had escaped a mall shooting in Toronto weeks ago when an "odd feeling" led her outside, and then blogged about how fortunate she was.
Warsaw to mark start of Nazis' 1942 ghetto deportation
Poland is preparing to mark one of the darkest episodes of the Holocaust, when the country's Nazi German occupiers launched an operation to kill the population of the Jewish ghetto they created in Warsaw.