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Cycling: Alexandre Vinokourov will auction out his Olympic bicycle before his birthday
Kazakhstan cyclist and Olympic champion Alexandre Vinokourov is going to have farewell ceremony to celebrate his retirement in September.
28 August 2012
Building of Russian-Ukrainian-Kazakhstan rocket for flight to Moon will take 3-4 years
Russia is able to build a new superheavy carrier rocket capable of delivering space vehicles of up to 20 tons to the Moon within 3-4 years.
28 August 2012
Apple hits new record after big US court victory
Apple shares soared to a new all-time high Monday after the US tech giant's big win in a patent lawsuit against South Korea's Samsung, which saw its own stock tumble.
28 August 2012
Kazakh Government still plans to exit capital of companies in all sectors apart from extraction
When the private sector companies, including those working in the financial sector, recover from what they suffered in the crisis period, the priority will be given to the private sector ownership schemes: PM Karim Massimov.
28 August 2012
1,000 boatpeople arrive in Australia since Pacific policy
Australia said Tuesday its tough new policy to deter asylum-seekers by shipping them to small Pacific islands would take time to work, after the arrival of more than 1,000 boatpeople since it was adopted.
28 August 2012
Kazakhstan and France to jointly produce electric locomotives
HSBC is the lead manager of the offering of $800 million 6.950 percent notes due 2042 by Kazakhstan Temir Zholy B.V.: chairman of HSBC Bank Kazakhstan.
28 August 2012
Four dead, 12 missing as typhoon pounds South Korea
Four Chinese crew members were confirmed drowned and 12 were missing after a strong typhoon battering South Korea pushed their ships onto the rocks Tuesday.
28 August 2012
Moody's upgrades S. Korea credit rating
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service Monday upgraded South Korea's sovereign credit rating, citing strong fiscal fundamentals and resilience to external economic shocks.
28 August 2012
All nine wounded in NY shooting hit by police: official
All nine people wounded in a New York shootout between a gunman who killed a former co-worker and officers who responded to the incident were hit by police fire.
28 August 2012
US approves new once-a-day pill to treat HIV
A new pill to treat HIV infection -- combining two previously approved drugs plus two new ones -- has been approved for adults living with the virus that causes AIDS, US regulators said Monday.
28 August 2012
Libya's under-fire interior minister quits
Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali resigned on Sunday after coming under fire for the performance of security forces during a surge of violence that has rocked Libya, an official from his office told AFP.
28 August 2012
Obama, Aldrin praise 'American hero' Neil Armstrong
President Barack Obama and astronaut Buzz Aldrin led tributes Saturday to the famed Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, lauding him as a reluctant but true American hero.
28 August 2012
Commercial production at giant oilfield Kashagan to start in spring 2013
The decision was taken not to start the production amidst severe winter conditions.
28 August 2012
17 beheaded in bloody day across Afghanistan
Seventeen civilians were beheaded, 10 Afghan soldiers killed and two NATO troops shot dead in a new insider attack in a bloody few hours across Afghanistan.
28 August 2012
Merkel: 'every day' counts for Greece's austerity steps
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned that "every day" counts in efforts by debt-wracked Greece to comply with its commitments and safeguard its eurozone membership.
28 August 2012
Pro-Palestinian activists barred from West Bank visit
Israel and Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian US and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank to deliver aid to students, a number of sources said.
28 August 2012
Kazakhstan has thrashed 4 million tons of grain
The country has harvested grain in 39.6% of the area under crops.
28 August 2012
Space race, on a budget, was not how Armstrong saw it
More than 40 years after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, humans continue to push the frontiers of space exploration but missions are being tempered by costs, a trend that concerned the astronaut.
27 August 2012
Cycling: Aleksandr Vinokourov will arrange races in 3 Kazakhstan cities
Alexandre Vinokourov confirmed his intention to retire and told about his future plans at a press-conference in Almaty.
27 August 2012
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