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Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn. ©REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Strauss-Kahn separated from wife, source confirms Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and wife Anne Sinclair have been separated for about a month, a source close to the one-time French presidential hopeful confirmed Monday.
04 July 2012
Couture's graceful aliens at Iris Van Herpen Sculpted in organic body-armour of glinting copper, acrylic or leather, a cast of graceful aliens stepped out in their finest attire at the Iris Van Herpen haute couture show in Paris on Monday.
04 July 2012
Photo courtesy of Tengrinews.kz© Kazakhstan to toughen punishment for instigators of social protests Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has instructed to toughen the legislation against instigators of social and labor conflicts.
03 July 2012
With heatwave pounding US, libraries become cool again There's nothing like a record-setting heat wave, combined with a third full day without power, to get people to rediscover the joys of their local library.
03 July 2012
Photo courtesy of beyondhollywood.com Raunchy teddy bear 'Ted' tops N. America box office "Ted," starring Mark Wahlberg and his raunchy teddy bear pal, topped the North American box office this weekend, besting the male strippers of "Magic Mike," industry figures showed Monday.
03 July 2012
Syria opposition meets as UN slams new violations Exiled opposition groups tried to forge a common vision for a transition in Syria as they met Monday in Cairo as the UN rights chief accused both the regime and opposition of "serious" violations.
03 July 2012
Pope appoints German archbishop to lead orthodoxy watchdog Pope Benedict XVI on Monday appointed German archbishop Ludwig Mueller, a conservative theologian with liberal leanings, to head up the Vatican's powerful orthodoxy watchdog.
03 July 2012
Nursultan Nazarbayev launched digital terrestrial television in Kazakhstan. Photo by Danial Okassov© Digital terrestrial television launched in 370 towns of Kazakhstan Implementation of the terrestrial overground digital television started in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2012
Islamists smash Timbuktu relics, plant mines in north Mali Islamist rebels smashed the entrance of a 15th-century Timbuktu mosque on Monday, while their Al-Qaeda allies in northern Mali cut off the key city of Gao by planting landmines all around it.
03 July 2012
Nursultan Nazarbayev. Photo by Danial Okassov© Nazarbayev called to reverse situation with local content Kazakh content in largest companies operating in Kazakhstan is 4 percent at best, according to President Nazarbayev.
03 July 2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter film frame. A joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton opens Astana Film Festival Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton, has been selected the opening film of the festival in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2012
The "Seventh Channel" shot Louvre masterpieces exhibited in Almaty Masterpieces from Louvre, Versailles and D’Orsay Museum have been brought to Almaty Kasteyev Arts Museum.
03 July 2012
Kazakhstan Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Sagintayev Kazakhstan's housing construction growth made over 20 percent in 2012 Kazakhstan Minister of Economic Development and Trade talked about the course of implementation of state programs at the Industrial Forum.
03 July 2012
Apple settles Chinese iPad trademark fight: court US technology giant Apple has paid a Chinese firm $60 million to settle a long-running dispute over the iPad trademark in China.
03 July 2012
Kazakhstan national team dress uniform. Photo courtesy of vk.com Kuralai Nurkadilova showed uniform of Kazakhstan Olympians Kazakhstan designer Kuralai Nurkadilova has told about Kazakhstan national team's dress uniform that she created prior to the London Olympic Games.
03 July 2012
Albert Rau. Photo by Danial Okassov© 48 memorandums worth over 15 billion tenge signed at Industrial Forum in Astana Agreements between the companies have been signed during the fair of the forum Kazakh Content-2012 that coincided with the Industrialization Day.
03 July 2012
French language takes center stage at Quebec forum The first global forum on French kicked off in the Canadian province of Quebec Monday aimed at strengthening the language of Moliere in a world dominated by English.
03 July 2012
Olympics: Russia seeks to regain superpower status Russia is seeking to win a treasure trove of gold medals across a dozen sports at the Olympics to remind the world it remains a sporting superpower two decades after the USSR's collapse.
03 July 2012
Photo by Aleksey Rezvykh© Nazarbayev launched Arystan pipe factory in Stepnogorsk New factories have been launched as part of the Industrial Forum in Astana on July 3.
03 July 2012
South Korea opens controversial new mini-capital South Korea Monday inaugurated a mini-capital to house much of the nation's government, ending a decade of wrangling over a project seen by critics as driven by politics.
03 July 2012

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