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Five dead, five missing after heavy rain hits S. Korea
Five people have been killed and five others are missing after heavy rains pummelled the southern part of South Korea.
26 August 2014 12:59
Japan's Babymetal plot world domination with Lolita rock
Japanese pop-metal group Babymetal have toured with Lady Gaga and attracted monster crowds in America and Europe with their sugar-coated hard rock.
26 August 2014 12:48
Half-dead Caspian Mullet fish wash ashore in Mangystau Oblast
In Kazakhstan's Mangystau Oblast, mullets wash ashore of the Caspian Sea.
26 August 2014 12:46
India doctors remove foetus left inside mother for 36 years
Doctors in India have removed the foetus that had been inside a woman for 36 years in what is believed to be the world's longest ectopic pregnancy.
26 August 2014 12:34
Australia tycoon apologises for calling Chinese 'mongrels'
Australian tycoon Clive Palmer apologised for calling the Chinese government "mongrels" who "shoot their own people".
26 August 2014 12:10
In Iran, love is rarely a many-splendoured thing
Mahnaz divorced after marrying young because of the pressures of a society that she feels often ignores a relationship's most important ingredient: love.
26 August 2014 11:52
Thousands bid farewell to slain US teenager
The black teenager whose shooting by a white officer revived the race debate in the USA was eulogized Monday as a victim of abusive policing.
26 August 2014 11:40
Mobile use bad for school test scores: Japan study
Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes.
26 August 2014 11:27
Ukraine says captured 'Russian soldiers' ahead of key talks
Kiev's security service said its army in the war-torn east has captured 10 Russian paratroopers on Ukrainian soil.
26 August 2014 11:05
Super price of $3.2 mln for first Superman comic book
A near-flawless edition of the first book featuring cartoon hero Superman from June 1938 has fetched $3.2 million at auction.
26 August 2014 10:43
Turkey's moderate president bows out - for now
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul moves out of the presidential palace in Ankara on Thursday.
26 August 2014 10:23
Amazon to buy videogame platform Twitch for $970 mn
Amazon said it has agreed to buy the videogame platform Twitch for $970 million.
26 August 2014 10:08
What is to be expected from Kazakhstan during Minsk talks?
Kazakhstan is taking part in the talks in Minsk on August 26. These will address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine among others. Poroshenko is to meet with Putin, Lukashenko and Nazarbayev, as well as with EU reps.
25 August 2014 20:43
Tosca opera to open Silk Road Festival in Astana
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca with Anna Pirozzi, Massimo Giordano and Alberto Gazale will open the Silk Road festival at the Astana Opera theater.
25 August 2014 20:17
Man drowns while rescuing his drowning daughter in western Kazakhstan
A man has drowned while rescuing his drowning daughter in the Ural River, Atyrau Oblast, western Kazakhstan on August 20.
25 August 2014 19:04
Boarding school in decay in Karaganda
A boarding school for visually impaired children in the city of Karaganda in central Kazakhstan is in decay.
25 August 2014 18:52
Russian poetry and Kazakh music heavyweights in gay smooch
The recent Kazakhstani ad showing a Kazakh composer and a Russian poet kissing has generated an outpouring of discontent in Kazakhstan.
25 August 2014 16:55
Kazakhstan may remain dependent on Russian petroleum products through to 2019
As of now Russia accounts for 1/3 (1.36 million tons) of all the petrol consumed in Kazakhstan and for about 14% (0.7 million tons) of diesel fuel.
25 August 2014 16:00
Kazakh smartphone produced in China may enter international market
Zerde smartphone designed by Kazakhs from Urumqi, China may enter the international market.
25 August 2014 15:53
Golovkin-Rubio unify middleweight titles: Winner to face Cotto
Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin (30-0, KOs 27) will face Mexican Antonio Rubio (59-6, KOs 51) in a unification fight.
25 August 2014 15:40
