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Italy holds local polls in test for parties Italians voted in local polls on Sunday that will test political parties three months from a general election that left no clear winner and a month after the start of a fragile coalition cabinet.

27 May 2013 18:23

Karaganda to enter Astana agglomeration Karaganda and Schuchinsk-Borovoye resort area will be included in Astana agglomeration in future.

27 May 2013 17:57

Almaty to get tour buses Three tour buses will be purchased in 2013 and will start cruising Almaty city right away: official.

27 May 2013 17:34

Thousands protest gay marriage in Paris At least 150,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Paris to protest a new law allowing gay marriage, a largely peaceful gathering that later turned violent as riot police battled hundreds of right-wingers.

27 May 2013 15:33

Kerry unveils $4 bn Palestinian investment plan US Secretary of State John Kerry unveiled Sunday a plan to boost the Palestinian economy by attracting $4 billion in private investment, saying it could transform the lives of the people.

27 May 2013 13:55

Crisis-hit Italians swap cars for bikes despite perils Bikes are outselling cars in cash-strapped Italy but while cyclists in Milan say their city is ready for a two-wheel lifestyle, there are daily nuisances for riders on Rome's trafficked streets.

27 May 2013 13:20

China Nile relic vandal hunted down: report A Chinese tourist who defaced an ancient Egyptian monument was hunted down by Internet users who prompted his parents to apologise.

27 May 2013 11:44

U.S. deny access to Kazakhstan students Around 40 students from Karaganda have been denied access to the U.S. under Work and Travel program.

27 May 2013 10:18

Digital reincarnation for Dunhuang's Buddhist art Inching their cameras along a rail inside the chamber, specialists use powerful flashes to light up paintings of female Buddhist spirits drawn more than 1,400 years ago.

26 May 2013 16:08

N. Korea town opens to Western tourists: travel agents North Korea's authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, despite international tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear test in February.

25 May 2013 10:00

US tornado survivors begin rebuilding their lives Survivors of the killer tornado that ripped through this Oklahoma City suburb rolled up their sleeves Wednesday under a blazing sun and got down to the long, hard task of rebuilding their lives.

23 May 2013 12:39

New passenger train Almaty-Khorgos launched Kazakhstan businessmen can now get to the International Near-Border Cooperation Center Khorgos by railroad.

22 May 2013 12:13

Foreign buyers descend on Sicily for bargain property Foreign buyers are swooping on deserted villages in Sicily to snap up homes for as little as 10,000 euros ($13,000), propping up a property market in freefall as Italy suffers its longest-ever recession.

21 May 2013 12:02

New Zealander fined over Prince Charles manure plan An elderly New Zealand anti-royalist was fined Monday over a plan to hurl manure at Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during their visit to Auckland last year.

20 May 2013 19:05

Eurovision winner gets triumphant welcome in Denmark Exuberant Copenhageners braved the chill Sunday to celebrate Eurovision Song Contest winner Emmelie de Forest in Denmark's iconic Tivoli Gardens amusement park.

20 May 2013 13:10

Hong Kong taxi driver cleared over 6 cent overcharge A taxi driver who endured a six-month lawsuit after overcharging a passenger by six US cents has finally had his name cleared by a Hong Kong court.

17 May 2013 18:56

Bangladesh cleans up after killer cyclone Bangladesh began cleaning up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes along its coast while breathing a sigh of relief that the damage was not much worse.

17 May 2013 18:13

Spain and Portugal to help Kazakhstan prepare for EXPO-2017 Spain and Portugal will cooperate with Kazakhstan in preparation for the EXPO-2017.

16 May 2013 20:12

Upbeat New Zealand heading back to the black New Zealand on Thursday bucked the international trend toward austerity budgets and lifted spending modestly, while still predicting its books will be back in the black within two years.

16 May 2013 14:18

Cyclone rips into Bangladesh after mass evacuations A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.

16 May 2013 12:15