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Britain, Japan, US films tipped to win Venice festival Movies from Britain, Japan and the United States are tipped by critics as favourites to win Venice's Golden Lion prize this year.

09 September 2013

Apple poised to ship iPhones to China Mobile: report China's biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple's iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company's distribution in the world's largest smartphone market.

08 September 2013

Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

08 September 2013

Nepal's smugglers cash in on India's love of gold After a long drive from across the border in China, the white truck arrived in Nepal's capital at dawn with a seemingly innocuous cargo of Chinese-made clothes.

08 September 2013

Monster volcano is one of the biggest in Solar System Geologists on Thursday announced they had uncovered a stupendous volcano that is the biggest in the world and rivals the greatest in the Solar System.

07 September 2013

Nazarbayev invites South Korean President to visit Kazakhstan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met President of South Korea Park Geun-hye during the G20 summit.

06 September 2013

Japan PM urges reset in ties at first meet with China's Xi Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged a reset in frayed ties with China at his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

06 September 2013

Japan mobile giant Docomo to sell iPhone: media Japan's biggest mobile carrier plans to sell Apple's iPhone, reports said Friday, days ahead of the expected launch of the US firm's addition to the popular smartphone.

06 September 2013

Over 150,000 Chinese arrive in Kazakhstan in three years Over one million foreigners get registered with Kazakhstan's migration police every year, only 60 thousand of them are Chinese: official.

06 September 2013

Outrage in Indonesia over school's genitalia survey Indonesia's education ministry Thursday strongly criticised officials in a small town in Aceh province for asking children to assess the size of their private parts in a graphic school survey.

06 September 2013

Samsung launches Galaxy Gear smartwatch in Berlin South Korean electronics giant Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its hotly anticipated smartwatch the Galaxy Gear, which allows users to make calls, receive texts and emails and take photos.

05 September 2013

Australian election clock ticks down on divisive campaign A poisonous Australian election campaign reaches its climax on Saturday with conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott on track to become the nation's next prime minister at the expense of Labor's Kevin Rudd.

05 September 2013

Australian tycoon to sue Murdoch, claims wife 'Chinese spy' Flamboyant Australian billionaire Clive Palmer on Thursday said he plans to sue Rupert Murdoch over unflattering allegations and claimed the media mogul's estranged wife is a Chinese spy.

05 September 2013

IMF warns G20 of slowing emerging economies The International Monetary Fund warned the Group of 20 Wednesday that emerging economies were slowing more than expected and under pressure from US plans to slow its stimulus.

05 September 2013

Over 200 languages lost in diverse India, study finds More than 200 languages have vanished in India over the last 50 years, a new study says, blaming urban migration and fear among nomadic tribes of speaking their traditional tongues.

05 September 2013

Kazakhstan Olympic weightlifter Chinshanlo secretly marries a Chinese Kazakhstan's gold-winner of the 2012 London Olympics Zulfiya Chinshanlo has married a Chinese citizen.

04 September 2013

6.5 quake hits east Japan: USGS A strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but local authorities said there was no risk of a tsunami.

04 September 2013

Diabetes rises in China, reaching 'alert' level Almost 12 percent of adults in China had diabetes in 2010, with economic prosperity driving the disease to slightly higher proportions than in the United States.

04 September 2013

Japan unveils $470 mn plan for Fukushima water leaks The Japanese government on Tuesday unveiled a $470 million plan to stem radioactive water leaks at Fukushima, including freezing the ground underneath the stricken nuclear plant, as it pledged to lead from the front.

04 September 2013

China's President Xi Jinping on relations between China and Kazakhstan China's President Xi Jinping is to arrive in Kazakhstan on a state visit September 6-8.

03 September 2013

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