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Brazil's Workers Party backs Lula for 2018: official
Brazil's ruling Workers Party would back former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to seek a third term in 2018.
05 January 2015
AirAsia boss says latest flight incident 'not stalled engine'
AirAsia downplayed an incident that saw one of its planes turned back before takeoff in Indonesia, a week after another of its jets crashed into the Java Sea with 162 on board.
05 January 2015
Thousands bid farewell to murdered New York cop
Thousands of police gathered in New York to bid farewell to a murdered officer where a small number used the funeral to protest against mayor Bill de Blasio once again.
05 January 2015
Kazakhstan bans fuel export
Kazakhstan has introduced a half-year ban on export of fuel outside the territory of the Customs Union.
04 January 2015
Cotto and Alvarez won't stand against Golovkin for 12 rounds: Sanchez
Abel Sanchez, Golovkin’s trainer, has stated that no boxer can stand against the WBA, IBO and WBC Interim champion in the middleweight category all 12 rounds.
04 January 2015
Car turns in block of ice in Astana: Prank or accident?
A car has turned in a block of ice in Kazakhstan's Astana.
04 January 2015
Golovkin says I like fight: Best Quote of the Year
FightNights.com tweeted Gennady Golovkin’s quote “I like fight” as the Best Quote of the Year.
04 January 2015
Gennady Golovkin Best Boxer of 2014: Yahoo Sports
Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin from Kazakhstan is the Boxer of the Year according to Yahoo Sports.
04 January 2015
Bono says may never play guitar again after bike fall
U2 frontman Bono says he may never play the guitar again after a bicycle accident that injured his hand, shoulder, elbow and face.
03 January 2015
Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
Third-year economics student Inna Shmarai is kind of stressing out these days.
03 January 2015
'Two big parts' of AirAsia plane found: search chief
Recovery teams have found two big parts of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board.
03 January 2015
Doomed AirAsia flight schedule unauthorised: Indonesia
The AirAsia plane that crashed last weekend was flying on an unauthorised schedule, Indonesia's transport ministry said Saturday.
03 January 2015
Kazakh chemist named best CIS scientist
A chemist from Kazakhstan has been named the best across the CIS countries.
03 January 2015
Lawsuit accuses Apple of storage sleight of hand
Apple faced a lawsuit accusing it of promising more available storage space than it actually delivers in iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices.
03 January 2015
Eurasian Economic Union enters into force
The largest economic union in the CIS since the fall of the USSR has entered into force.
03 January 2015
Not all obese people prone to poor health: study
US scientists encouraged 20 obese people to eat extra fast food for several months, and found that about a quarter stayed in good health.
03 January 2015
US slaps sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
The United States imposed new sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for a cyber attack on Hollywood studio Sony Pictures.
03 January 2015
Actress Zoe Saldana has twin boys
US actress Zoe Saldana announced Friday she had given birth to twin boys, Cy and Bowie, with her Italian artist husband Marco Perego.
03 January 2015
National Entrepreneurs Chamber suggests introducing trade barriers in Kazakhstan amid Russian ruble crisis
Strengthening of tenge against Russian ruble negatively affects industrial sectors of Kazakh economy, therefore National Chamber believes it is necessary to introduce trade barriers.
03 January 2015
Ukraine TV lands in hot water over Russian pop songs
One of Ukraine's biggest TV networks faced the threat of being taken off air for filling its highly-rated New Year's Eve show with Russian pop songs beamed live from Moscow.
03 January 2015