Kazakhstan considers de-dollarizing its economyKazakh economist Olzhas Khudaibergenov analyzes the joint statement of the Government and the National Bank of Kazakhstan and comments on their intention to de-dollarize the Kazakh economy.
Kazakhstan expands car productionKazakhstan is expanding its car manufacturing industry, planning to increase yearly production to 190,000 cars by 2018.
Ruble fall creates turbulence for Russian airlinesTheir international competitors may be cheering tumbling oil prices, but the collapse in the ruble has meant major financial turbulence for Russian airlines.
28 December 2014
No escape for those stuck in Malaysian 'forced labour'Toiling 12 hours a day in a Malaysian electronics factory amid broken promises on wages and working conditions, Manu dreams of returning to his poor Nepal village.
28 December 2014
Sea of blue mourns slain New York copTens of thousands of officers paid tribute to one of their own at a New York funeral, as emotions ran high over recent protests against police violence.
Prisoners swapped in dark of Ukraine frontlineThe two warring sides lined up the prisoners some 100 metres apart on an isolated stretch of highway in the no-man's land between their frontlines.