Pensions to be raised by 9% starting from January 1, 2013
As of December 1, 2012 the average retirement allowance stands at $257.
Petrol bombs thrown during Bangladesh protest
Hundreds of protesters in Bangladesh threw petrol bombs at police on Tuesday as opposition parties enforced a nationwide strike demanding elections under a neutral caretaker government.
Impoverished Greek families facing uncertain future
Blue-eyed Angelina had the misfortune of being born in Greece in 2010, just as the country became engulfed by an economic crisis that has deprived her parents, like so many Greeks.
PPR joins luxury sector rivals on China gold rush trail
PPR, the French retailer that has snapped up Hong Kong jeweller Qeelin, intends to leverage the brand to build its presence in China and across Asia in a path already trodden by up-market rivals such as Richemont and Hermes.
Kazakh guard sentenced to life for mass border killing
A court in Kazakhstan Tuesday sentenced a border guard to life in prison for murdering 14 fellow servicemen in a mysterious May massacre in the remote Tian Shan mountains.
Border control officers at Atyrau airport questioned over a Hungary citizen’s suicide
The man had been kept in the border control zone for three days before he committed suicide November 30.
Clinton cancels Morocco trip due to illness
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled a planned trip to Morocco due to a stomach virus, her office said Monday.
Japan utilities dive on atomic plant shutdown fears
Shares in Japanese power companies plunged Tuesday after a panel of experts said one of the nation's nuclear plants may sit over an active seismic fault, raising fears it would have to be scrapped.
China wants to divide transborder rivers with Kazakhstan depending on the number of people living along the rivers
We turned down this particular argument of the Chinese side: Vice Minister of Agriculture.
Philippines typhoon toll tops 700, hundreds missing
The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has climbed above 700 with hundreds more missing, many of them tuna fishermen feared lost at sea.
Kazakhstan plans to settle transborder rivers issue with China by 2015
Water diverting is growing exponentially in China and we understand that procrastination [with regards to a possible agreement] is getting more dangerous for Kazakhstan: Vice Minister of Agriculture.
Weddings abound as Washington's gay marriage law kicks in
Hundreds of same-sex couples flocked to get married in the northwest state of Washington on Sunday, the first day possible after the state approved gay marriage in a referendum in November.
Argentinean cows need good nourishment: Nazarbayeva
Kazakhstan Parliament has once again discussed unsuccessful results of the country's cattle breeding program.
Activists convert Japanese boat for whaling campaign
Activists aiming to halt Japan's whaling fleet Tuesday revealed their new weapon for their latest Antarctic campaign -- a US$2 million ship once owned by the government in Tokyo.
Brief Facebook outage after infrastructure change
Facebook was unreachable briefly on Monday after the social network made a change to part of its infrastructure dealing with routing traffic to its online address.
World's second most polluted city turns to buses
On the streets of Ulan Bator a people renowned for their horse riding skills have to contend every day with ever more Hummers, Land Cruisers and Range Rovers.
Egypt braces for rival protests on referendum
Egypt is bracing for rival protests in Cairo on Tuesday over a bitterly divisive referendum on a new constitution, prompting President Mohamed Morsi to order the army to help "preserve security".
Pinochet knew details of rights abuses: ex-judge
Late Chilean general Augusto Pinochet was well aware of crimes committed by his secret police during the country's military dictatorship.
Experts comment development of Kazakhstan tourism
UNESCO poll shows that 70% of tourists don’t need any facilities and would prefer a camping ground to a hotel.
Samruk-Kazyna mulls dividing its affiliated companies into public and non-public
This was suggested by an independent director of KazTransGas at the meeting of independent directors of Samruk-Kazyna group of companies with the Fund's chairman.
