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Virus may affect mental abilities: US researchers People with an algae virus in their throats had more difficulty completing a mental exercise than healthy people, and more research is needed to understand why.

12 November 2014

China wins APEC support for free trade 'roadmap' Asia-Pacific leaders backed China's roadmap for a vast new free trade area rivalling US plans for the region at a summit in Beijing.

12 November 2014

Iran's Internet police warn govt of Instagram ban A body tasked with policing the Internet laid down a two-month deadline for Iran's government to regularise the use of Instagram or access to the site would be blocked.

12 November 2014

Tickets for The Spirit of Tengri-2014 DVD presentation concert now on sale All ethnic music enthusiasts can now purchase tickets for the presentation concert of the two-disc edition of The Spirit of Tengri-2014.

12 November 2014

Finland Prime Minister warns of new 'Cold War' Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb warned that the conflict in the Ukraine was bringing the world to the "brink of a Cold War".

12 November 2014

Google takes over NASA airport in Silicon Valley Ever-growing Google now has an airport to its name: the Internet giant has signed a 60-year lease to run a NASA airbase that comes with massive hangars for dirigibles.

12 November 2014

Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova misses World Weightlifting Championship Two-times World Champion and London 2012 Olympic Champion Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan is unable to take part in the World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty.

12 November 2014

Nicki Minaj apologizes for Nazi imagery in video Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj apologized and denied any Nazi sympathies after she came under criticism for imagery that resembled the Third Reich in a video.

12 November 2014

Spotify defends payout norms after Taylor Swift withdraws music Spotify's chief executive said his company was on the side of musicians after popular US artist Taylor Swift withdrew her music from the online music service.

12 November 2014

IMF says Madagascar economy on the mend Madagascar's economy is showing signs of recovery, although spending in key sectors like health and education remain under pressure.

12 November 2014

Kazakhstan's young people should strive for ethnic concord: Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged the people of Kazakhstan to protect interethnic accord and solidarity.

11 November 2014

Kazakhstan President's unexpected State of the Nation Address Presidet of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has unexpectedly presented his State of the Nation Address for the year 2015. Global economic and geopolitical challenges as well as internal interethnic unity are the key elements of the address. New Economic Policy 'Nurly Zhol' was announced to help the country overcome difficulties in the next five years.

11 November 2014

Workers in West Kazakhstan on strike against low wages Worker of KazStroyService in West Kazakhstan Oblast have gone on strike demanding higher wages.

11 November 2014

German Foreign Minisiter calls Kazakhstan Central Asian 'anchor of stability' German Foreign Affairs Minister Steinmeier has called Kazakhstan an 'anchor of stability' in Central Asia but expressed worries that geopolitical situation in the region might affect economic cooperation between the two countries.

11 November 2014

Hong Kong authorities plan to take action at protest sites Hong Kong bailiffs and police are planning to take action at pro-democracy protest sites in the city, as pressure grows on demonstrators to leave.

11 November 2014

'Most powerful' Putin takes on West at Asia-Pacific summits Vladimir Putin is heading into showdown talks with Australia's leader as part of what is expected to be his toughest foreign trip.

11 November 2014

$2.7 billion out of National Oil Fund to finance infrastructure projects The time has come for us to rely on the funds to the benefit of the country’s people, protecting the nation from the imminent crisis: President Nazarbayev.

11 November 2014

US welcomes Xi-Abe meeting as chance to 'reduce tensions' The United States welcomed the meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a chance to lower their simmering tensions.

11 November 2014

Pentagon can't confirm fate of IS leader A Pentagon official suggested that lower-level figures of the Islamic State group may have been hit.

11 November 2014

Annual $3 billion to be allocated out of National Oil Fund to bolster nation’s wellbeing Amidst the global economic conditions, without some extra injections into the national economy it will be hard to reach the set goals (…) the time has come to tap into the Fund’s assets, the President said.

11 November 2014