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Kazakh smartphone produced in China may enter international market
Zerde smartphone designed by Kazakhs from Urumqi, China may enter the international market.
25 August 2014
Honeybee genome throws up survival clues: study
Honeybees probably originated in Asia, not Africa, said scientists who had teased interesting tidbits from the busy little pollinators' genome.
25 August 2014
Gasoline prices spike in Kazakhstan
Gasoline prices have grown 11-12% in Kazakhstan in one step.
22 August 2014
Sabina Altynbekova turns down modeling offers from Taiwan
Sabina Altynbekova, a kawaii from Kazakhstan, has turned down offers from Taiwanese modelling agencies.
20 August 2014
Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit ASEAN countries
Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrissov is going to visited ASEAN countries.
20 August 2014
Kazakh in top 20 of Chinese singing contest
Kaysar, an ethnic Kazakh living in China, has made it into the top 20 of a singing contest in China.
20 August 2014
Kazakh kawaii Sabina Altynbekova wants no modeling, just sports
Sabina Altynbekova, a kawaii from Kazakhstan, that has won hearts and eyes of the entire South-Eastern Asia is not up for modelling.
20 August 2014
Kazakhstan expedition: Kashgar today and before
An expedition from Kazakhstan has compared the way Kashgar is now with the way it was described 150 years ago.
20 August 2014
Pangolins under threat in Gabon as demand surges in Asia
The scaly-skinned pangolin is under threat in Gabon as demand for the small mammal surges in Asia, where it is used in traditional medicine.
19 August 2014
Publications in pseudoscientific journals damage reputation of Kazakhstani scholars
The Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan has acknowledged that a significant part of the articles of Kazakhstani scientists published abroad in the past two years appeared in psedoscientific journals.
17 August 2014
On the way to Kashgar: Prince, Buddhism, Canyon and watermelons
Kazakh expedition group has reached Kashgar, making several pleasant discoveries along the way.
15 August 2014
Anti-corruption fight in Kazakhstan is not an easy ride
Kazakhstan holds the 140th place in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index and struggles to create a comprehensive anti-corruption program.
15 August 2014
Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers
A candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials.
15 August 2014
Putin and Nazarbayev to meet with Poroshenko by August's end
President Nazarbayev's press service informed about the possibility of a meeting between the heads of Customs Union member states and Ukraine.
14 August 2014
Kazakh researchers to explore cradle of nomadic culture
Kazakhstan National Geographic Society has launched an expedition into the epicenter of the nomadic civilization -Ulytau.
13 August 2014
Ablyazov's former head of security seeks political asylum in Spain
Mukhtar Ablyazov’s former head of security Alexandr Pavlov has requested a political asylum in Spain.
13 August 2014
Meteor shower to be witnessed in Kazakhstan
2014 Perseid meteor shower will be visible in Kazakhstan at night today, August 13.
12 August 2014
Benefits and drawbacks of government reorganisation in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews has interviewed Kazakhstani political experts about the effects of the government reorganisation.
12 August 2014
Dust storm cuts Kazakhstan's Aktau off water and electricity
A severe dust storm has left Aktau city in western Kazakhstan without water and electricity.
11 August 2014
Elevator manufacturing plant unveiled in Astana
Kazakh-Chinese joint elevator plant has been unveiled in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital.
11 August 2014