Samoa cyclone kills two, knocks out power
The Pacific nation of Samoa faces up to two weeks without electricity, officials said Friday, after a cyclone that killed two people and sent hundreds fleeing to safety destroyed its main power station.
Hubble plumbs the universe, yields images of early galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope is giving scientists a look at the oldest galaxies ever seen, dating back some 13.3 billion years -- providing a glimpse into how the cosmos must have looked right after the Big Bang.
Nazarbayeva calls parents to be more sly than children in Internet use
Majilis deputy Dariga Nazarbayeva believes that parents have to control access of their children to harmful information on the Internet.
EU on verge of bridging pre-summit gulf on banks watchdog
European governments argued through the night in a bid to agree a deal on tightening the oversight of eurozone bank, hours before leaders stage on Thursday their final summit of a gruelling third year in debt-crisis mode.
Hans Christian Andersen's first fairy tale found
A Danish researcher has stumbled across the first fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen in Denmark's national archives.
Drug war debate heats up after another brutal year
Even when a feared drug lord lied dead in a funeral home, Mexican authorities could not prevent the cartel kingpin from slipping away.
Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan called citizens to put doomsday out of their heads
Rumors have been spreading that we will have to face an apocalypse. People are getting scared and stocking up on food. All this is a groundless lie: Mufti.
UN atomic team in Iran for nuclear talks
A team from the UN atomic watchdog led by chief inspector Herman Nackaerts arrived early Thursday for talks with nuclear officials on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
Beginning of 2013 will be difficult for Central Asian countries
The beginning of 2013 will be difficult for Central Asian countries because of this year’s drought in the grain-yielding regions of the world.
Mitsubishi Bank fined $8.6 mn for flouting US sanctions
Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's biggest bank, must pay US authorities a fine totaling some 8.6 million dollars for flouting US sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Myanmar and Cuba.
Brazil to produce more sugar, less ethanol
Brazil's sugarcane production will rise 6.5 percent this year but ethanol output will slump 5.22 percent as a greater focus is put on exporting sugar.
Japan scrambles fighters for China plane
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.
EU seals deal on banks watchdog, ahead of end-of-year summit
The European Union agreed early Thursday to create a bank supervisor to oversee lenders across the eurozone, following marathon talks which ended hours before the year's final EU summit.
Plane deicing cost 30-folded in heavy snowfall in Almaty
Treatment of one Air Astana plane with deicing fluid cost $90 thousand during heavy snowfall on December 1.
Peru approves free trade agreement with EU
Peru has approved a free trade agreement with the European Union and Colombia that will allow 75 percent of agricultural products and 100 percent of other goods to enter the eurozone duty-free.
Honduras fears new crisis over Supreme Court row
The Honduran Congress fired four Supreme Court justices on Wednesday, raising fears of a new political crisis three years after a coup.
Chinese part derailed freight train in Kazakhstan
A freight train ran off the track near Astana and caused delays of 17 passenger trains in both directions.
Danial Akhmetov and Akhmetzhan Yessimov received First President's awards
Prior to the Independence Day Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev handed state awards.
US financier tied to Pinochet money laundering dies
Texas financier and media magnate Joe Allbritton, who lost the scandal-racked Riggs bank to a hostile takeover after it was fined for helping Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet launder money, has died at the age of 87.
Serik Akhmetov met with head of Chevron
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov met with chairman and CEO of Chevron corporation John Watson.
