US regulators approve new weight loss drug
US regulators on Tuesday approved the second new anti-obesity drug in 13 years, Qsymia, for use with exercise and a good diet in people who are obese or overweight with certain medical problems.
Liberals have the edge in Libya vote but no clear majority
Libya's liberal coalition outscored Islamist parties in preliminary results unveiled by the electoral commission Tuesday -- but it remained unclear who will dominate the next congress.
Ways Kazakhstan men propose
Some of them choose to go to Paris or into the sky to confess their love or propose.
Olympics: One more sportsman joined Kazakhstan national Olympics team
116 instead of 115 Kazakhstan sportsmen will take part in the London Olympics. Race walk master Vitaliy Anichkin won the last license for the Kazakhstan team.
Turkish Airlines lost Kazakhstan Olympic team's canoe
Turkish Airlines have lost a part of Kazakhstan canoe slalom sportsmen's luggage on the way to London.
Cruise slams 'grotesque' report about daughter
Tom Cruise's lawyer condemned as "grotesquely false" Wednesday a report that the Hollywood star had abandoned his six-year-old daughter amid the shock of his wife's divorce bombshell.
July 22, 2011, the day hell descended on Norwegian island
Ordinarily peaceful Norway, known for tolerance and high living standards, was wrenched out of its serenity that Friday, July 22, 2011, when two deadly attacks from within plunged the nation into horror.
One killed, 40 injured in clashes at Indian car plant
India's top carmaker Maruti Suzuki suspended production at a plant near New Delhi after workers attacked managers, leaving one person dead and scores injured.
HSBC shares dive in Hong Kong after apology
Shares in global banking giant HSBC fell more than two percent in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a top executive resigned over the lender's failure to control money laundering and terrorist financing.
US to award Suu Kyi on first visit in decades
The US will present its highest award to Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in September when she makes her first US trip in more than two decades.
Interpol unveils fake goods scanning app with Google
Global policing body Interpol announced Tuesday a pioneering initiative to crack down on trade in fake goods, using an app developed with the help of search giant Google.
Sleeping Australian teen in dingo incident
An Australian teenager told Wednesday of her sleeping bag being torn off by a dingo as she slept at a campsite, weeks after a landmark ruling that a baby was snatched in 1980 by one of the wild dogs.
KazAtomProm Q2 uranium production figure stands at 5040 tons
KazAtomProm is Kazakhstan's major exporter of uranium and its compounds, rare metals, nuclear fuel for nuclear power stations, special equipment, technologies and dual-usage materials.
Physical inactivity kills 5 million a year: report
A third of the world's adults are physically inactive, and the couch potato lifestyle kills about five million people every year.
Chile McDonald's patron finds mouse tail in burger
Health authorities in Chile on Tuesday confirmed what one man has claimed for weeks: that he found a mouse tail in his McDonald's hamburger.
Mudflow protection facilities to be installed at Almaty rivers
Mudflows threat is high during summer in Almaty when glaciers in nearby mountains are melting melting heavily.
PHOTO: 5000 copies of Myn Bala released on DVD
The drama of Kazakh film director Akan Satayev Zhauzhurek Myn Bala (1000 Brave Boys) (aka Brave) has been released on DVD in Kazakhstan.
Obamas pay homage to Mandela's iron will
US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, paid tribute Tuesday to South African ex-president Nelson Mandela ahead of his 94th birthday, as having "abiding humility" and "unbreakable will."
EP KazMunaiGas produced 6 million tons of oil in 6 months
The production results are 354 thousand tons (4 percent) less than in the same period of 2011.
Armenia-Azerbaijan time bomb ticks down in Karabakh
Only the wind is heard rustling the wheat fields at the Karabakh frontline, but the silence is deceptive -- the soldiers lined along the Mardakert Heights know that shooting can start at any time.