British 'invaded' Australia say university guidelines
Language guidelines that advise students to describe British explorer James Cook's arrival in Sydney as an "invasion" rather than a "settlement" were defended by an Australian university.
Lennon not Lenin: Ukraine renames street after late Beatle
A Ukrainian village renamed a street, which honoured Soviet founder Lenin, after The Beatles' John Lennon.
US Secretary of State John Kerry praises Almaty aport
US Secretary of State John Kerry has praised Almaty aport in his speech at an awards ceremony of the Artisan Enterprise program.
Women secretly videotaped while changing in Mexx store in Almaty
Young employees at Mexx store in Almaty secretly filmed a number of women, while they were changing in the store's dressing room.
Don't forget disclaimer after Borat reference, especially when facing Golovkin
The Canadian IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux soon facing the undefeated Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin has, too, taken the Borat reference.
'Shooting corrupt officials' in Kazakhstan proves controversial
A humoristic anti-corruption campaign in Kazakhstan's Kostanai turns sour?
Two men in Kazakhstan walk lions in broad daylight
Why were two men walking young white lions in broad daylight in Kazakhstan's Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Nazarbayev and Renzi stuck in elevator at Business Forum in Milan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi got stuck in an elevator during the Kazakh-Italian Business Forum in Milan.
Mysterious black ring in sky above Kazakh village
A mysterious phenomenon was observed in the skies above Shortandy village in northern Kazakhstan.
No ID cards for Kazakhstanis with tattoos and piercings
A new rule in Kazakhstan bans facial piercings and tattoos on photos for identification documents.
Laughing gas goes on sale in Ust-Kamenogorsk in eastern Kazakhstan
Quite an unusual advertisement has appeared in Ust-Kamenogorsk city. It offers the city residents to buy cans of laughing gas that causes feeling of euphoria.
Car turns in block of ice in Astana: Prank or accident?
A car has turned in a block of ice in Kazakhstan's Astana.
Astana Pro Team newcomer's eccentric 'rite of passage'
Superman Lopez enters Astana Pro Team of Kazakhstan in an eccentric way.
Giants inhabited pre-historic Kazakhstan?
A former resident of Karaganda Viacheslav Plokhov claims he found footprints of pre-historic giants in Kazakhstan. The news some might call
Mickey Mouse currency a money spinner for tiny Niue
The Pacific nation of Niue has released new coins with images of Disney characters on one side and Queen Elizabeth II on the other.
Sex-pasta in Ust-Kamenogorsk: boiled male genitalia
Sex-pasta shaped as male genital hit the Ust-Kamenogorsk groceries.
Woman survives 17 days lost in Australian rainforest
A woman missing for more than two weeks in a rugged Australian rainforest has stumbled out alive after surviving a chase by a crocodile and eating small fish.
Drunken hunter fights off Australian croc with an eye-poke
A tipsy goose hunter he lived to tell the tale of being attacked by a two-metre-long crocodile after poking the beast in the eye.
'Mowgli' caught on camera in Kazakhstan
The video clearly shows a boy on all fours runing for an apple thrown to him. He picks up the fruit with his teeth, not hands.
18-y.o. girl marries dog in India
18-year-old Indian girl has married a dog to break an evil spell that was supposed to bring misfortune to her first husband.