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Chinese billionaires criticised for giving Harvard $15m A Chinese billionaire couple have faced a deluge of criticism for donating $15 million to one of the richest and most prestigious universities in the US, with Internet users saying it would be better spent on students in China.

25 July 2014

Paracetamol no better than placebo in low-back pain: study Paracetamol, the first-choice lower-back pain killer, worked no better than dummy drugs administered in a trial of more than 1,600 people suffering from the condition, researchers said

25 July 2014

US food firm sorry over China 'bad meat' scandal The US food supplier at the centre of an expired meat scandal in China has apologised, as KFC and Pizza Hut's parent company said it would stop using the firm's products in the key Chinese market.

25 July 2014

Air Algerie flight seen 'falling' in northern Mali A missing Air Algerie plane with 116 people on board was seen 'falling' in the region of Gossi, in northern Mali.

25 July 2014

Kazakh experts doubt anti-Russian sanctions can damage Kazakhstan Some experts in Kazakhstan believe the country can manage to avoid negative consequences of Western sanctions against Russia.

24 July 2014

66% fail Complex Testing of Entrants in Kazakhstan 66% of entrants have failed the Complex Testing of Entrants (CTE) held in Kazakhstan on July 19-22, 2014.

24 July 2014

President Nazarbayev writes Golovkin: 2 days to Golovkin-Geale fight Kazakhstani diplomats passed Golovkin a letter signed by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

24 July 2014

Grim reality of Kazakhstani rehab centres for abused children The grim reality of Kazakhstan’s Centers for Adaptation of Underage startles with adults’ inhumanity and cruelty towards abused children.

24 July 2014

Armenia to become full member of EEU in January: Armenian PM Armenia will become a full member of the the EEU on January 1, 2015, and signing of the documents on its accesion will mostly likely take place in October.

24 July 2014

High-flying hopes of nonexistent planes in Kazakhstan The first aircraft plant in Kazakhstan has not produced a single flying plane. Why?

24 July 2014

Kazakhstan steps up space research The Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan has completed modernising its two telescopes.

24 July 2014

Movie with Kazakh composer's soundtracks shortlisted for Toronto Film Festival American Heist movie directed by Russian Sarik Andreasyan was shortlisted for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

24 July 2014

Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals: study A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers said.

24 July 2014

Seizure of land plots in Astana is legal: General Prosecutor's Office Kazakhstan's General Prosecutor's Office has concluded that seizure of land plots for public use in Astana complies with the legislation.

24 July 2014

Condemned man's US execution takes nearly two hours America's death penalty debate raged Thursday after it took nearly two hours for Arizona to execute a prisoner who lost a Supreme Court battle challenging the experimental lethal drug cocktail.

24 July 2014

Surgeons remove 232 teeth from Indian teenager Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said.

24 July 2014

India train hits school bus, at least 11 children dead A passenger train rammed into a school bus in southern India on Thursday killing at least 11 children, with fears the death toll could rise further, officials said.

24 July 2014

Kazakhstan and Russia discuss extending sales contract for Karachaganak gas Since 2002 Gazprom of Russia and KazMunaiGas National Oil Company have been cooperating within a JV KazRosGas to sell gas from Karachaganak field, send it to Russia’s Orenburg-based gas treatment facility to be further sold to consumers both in Kazakhstan and Russia.

24 July 2014

More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN report More than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said.

24 July 2014

Russian cargo craft docks with ISS, science satellite fails A cargo craft successfully docked with the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said.

24 July 2014