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Wealthy Chinese buy space flight tickets: report More than 300 Chinese space enthusiasts have booked tickets costing nearly $100,000 for a five minute trip to outer space, official media reported.

13 June 2014

Pacific nations look to increase tuna fishing fees Pacific island nations announced plans to dramatically increase the fees they charge tuna fishing boats for the right to enter their waters, saying it will boost revenue and help conservation efforts.

12 June 2014

Spain police find live snakes, lizards inside checked luggage Spanish police said Tuesday they found five snakes, two lizards and thousands of insects alive and hidden inside two suitcases that arrived on the holiday island of Gran Canaria on a flight from Madrid.

12 June 2014

Angry protests in India's capital over power blackouts Angry protests broke out in India's capital overnight over power blackouts as summer temperatures soar, fuelling concerns of a repeat of an electricity crisis two years ago, police said.

12 June 2014

Circus performers flip over animal ban in Mexico City About 1,000 clowns, jugglers and animal trainers marched Tuesday against Mexico City's pending ban on circus animals.

11 June 2014

France hit by national train strike French commuters faced traffic chaos Wednesday amid a national train strike called by trade unions in protest against a proposed railway reform aimed at containing the sector's soaring debt.

11 June 2014

Subway workers suspend strike ahead of World Cup Subway workers in Sao Paulo suspended Monday a strike that has caused traffic chaos in the World Cup host city but warned the work-stoppage could resume when the tournament kicks off.

10 June 2014

Jolie and Hague to open largest ever summit on rape in war Co-hosts Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague will on Tuesday open a four-day summit on ending sexual violence in conflict, the biggest meeting ever held on the subject.

10 June 2014

'Locks of love' bridge in Paris evacuated after railing collapse Sometimes too much love can be a bad thing as Paris discovered on Sunday when thousands of "locks of love" attached to a footbridge caused part of the railing to collapse, forcing an evacuation.

09 June 2014

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Kazakhstan’s New Year 2025 holidays announced

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05 July 2024, 15:53

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Finalists unveiled for 2024 comedy wildlife photography awards

13 December 2024, 23:45

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05 December 2024, 20:13

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03 December 2024, 10:12

How foreigners celebrate New Year in Kazakhstan

04 December 2024, 13:54

What happened behind the scenes of the Tokayev-Putin meeting

28 November 2024, 12:59

Why Kazakhstan wants to ban import of new cars

20 November 2024, 18:31

Four terrorist attacks were being planned in Kazakhstan - NSC head

05 December 2024, 19:22

Winter 2024/2025 in Kazakhstan: meteorologists clarify the forecast

15 November 2024, 21:49

Jared Leto, along with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars, performed in Kazakhstan

17 October 2024, 19:17

‘Bring it to every citizen of Kazakhstan’ – Tokayev sets AI development goals

12 December 2024, 09:01

National Geographic: the best photos of 2024

22 November 2024, 12:53

Baikonur captured through a photographer's lens

26 November 2024, 19:58

Shower of rose petals over Statue of Liberty marks D-Day A million red rose petals were showered over the Statue of Liberty on Friday in a spectacular display to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing in Normandy during World War II.

07 June 2014

Spanish zoo vet shoots keeper in gorilla escape drill A Spanish zoo vet shot a keeper with a tranquillizer dart when a gorilla escape drill went awry, knocking out the unfortunate victim who spent the next three days in hospital.

07 June 2014

Italian navy rescues 2,500 migrants in 24 hours The Italian navy on Friday said it had rescued around 2,500 asylum-seekers from 17 boats in the past 24 hours as good weather conditions in the Mediterranean further boost the influx of asylum-seekers trying to reach Europe.

06 June 2014

Summer frosts in some parts of Kazakhstan A drop to the freezing point in temperature is expected in some areas of Kazakhstan this June.

06 June 2014

Canada unveils new prostitution law Canada's attorney general unveiled a law Wednesday that makes it legal to sell sex to individuals but illegal to buy it, after the high court struck down an anti-prostitution law.

05 June 2014

Last original Navajo Code Talker dies Chester Nez, the last of 29 Navajo Indians who helped create a code used during World War II and never broken by the Axis Powers, died Wednesday. He was 93.

05 June 2014

Images show farm work at N. Korea prison camp North Korea has increased economic linkages with a prison camp where inmates are working by hand in agriculture, according to satellite imagery released Thursday by a human rights group.

05 June 2014

Former convicts to build EXPO-2017 facilities in Kazakhstan Press service of the Prosecutor's Office of Astana informed that former convicts will build the facilities for EXPO-2017 in Kazakhstan.

05 June 2014

Six hurt as Australia breaks up immigration camp protest Australia said Tuesday a week-long protest by asylum-seekers at one of its immigration detention centres had been broken up with six people injured.

04 June 2014

Sri Lankan asylum-seeker sets himself on fire in Australia A Sri Lankan Tamil asylum-seeker has died after setting himself on fire while awaiting a visa decision in Australia, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said.

02 June 2014