Site search | Tengrinews.kz

Yemen names new PM, who is rejected by rebels Yemen's president named his chief of staff as premier, a move rejected by Shiite rebels who overran the capital two weeks ago.

08 October 2014

Buffett would 'bet money' on Clinton becoming president Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Tuesday he would bet money on Hillary Clinton becoming the next president of the United States.

08 October 2014

Peacekeeper dies as UN camp in Mali comes under rocket fire: UN A peacekeeper was killed as a UN camp in northern Mali came under rocket fire in an attack said to have been carried out by a jihadist leader.

08 October 2014

Charles Michel, Belgium's youngest PM for 174 years Belgium's Charles Michel, who became prime minister, is a 38-year-old French-speaking liberal who is now one of the youngest leaders in Europe.

08 October 2014

Kazakh MP points to ineffectiveness of healthcare projects Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Budget in Parliament’s Lower Chamber Karagusova pointed to the discrepancy between the costs and payoff of state-sponsored healthcare projects.

08 October 2014

US, German astronauts finish spacewalk to maintain ISS An American and a German astronaut spent just over six hours on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station for equipment repairs and maintenance.

08 October 2014

French court denies bail to Ablyazov The Court of Appeal in Lyon has denied bail to fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov.

08 October 2014

Twitter sues US to disclose more on secret data orders Twitter sued the US government, claiming its free speech rights are being violated by restrictions on its ability to disclose numbers of secret orders.

08 October 2014

Serbia receives humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan Serbia has received humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan.

08 October 2014

Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan national team after Asian Games President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the Kazakhstani sportsmen on the successful performance at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

08 October 2014

Nazarbayev appoints ambassadors to India, Jordan and Qatar President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed new ambassadors to India, Jordan and Qatar.

08 October 2014

11 new ambassadors start working in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has received letters of credence from ambassadors of 11 countries.

08 October 2014

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits China's Yunnan province A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province, killing at least one person and injuring dozens of others.

08 October 2014

IMF slashes Brazil growth forecast for 2014 The International Monetary Fund slashed its 2014 economic growth forecast for Brazil by a full percentage point, blaming weak investment and a consumer funk.

08 October 2014

Mexico pressed to solve 43 students' disappearance Mexico came under growing international pressure to solve the disappearance of 43 students who vanished after they were attacked by police linked to a drug gang.

08 October 2014

Nazarbayev speaks of Perestroika and Chinese reforms During Samruk Kazyna Transformation Forum president of Kazakhstan has spoken about the defficiencies of Gorbachev's Perestroika and the successes of Chinese reforms.

07 October 2014

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, from guerrilla to president Dilma Rousseff is a former leftist guerrilla once imprisoned and tortured by the country's military regime who is now fighting a different battle.

07 October 2014

Futuristic future demands reforms in Kazakhstan education: Astana Mayor Kazakh Minister of Eduation and Science and the mayor of Astana said education in Kazakhstan required deep reforms due to increasing penetration of technological innovation into every aspect of the modern life.

07 October 2014

Kazakh model tells about poor conditions at Miss Bikini CIS 2014 Oksana Klochkova from Kostanay Oblast who took part in Miss Bikini CIS 2014 has spoken about poor conditions at the beauty pageant.

07 October 2014

White House rejects Panetta critique of Obama The White House rejected claims by ex-Pentagon chief Leon Panetta that President Barack Obama is too reticent to take on opponents.

07 October 2014