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Nine dead in weekend surge of shootings in Chicago
At least nine people were murdered in Chicago over the Independence Day weekend in an explosion of gun violence branded "simply unacceptable" by its mayor.
08 July 2014
GM to invest $740 mn in new Argentina factory
General Motors will invest $740 million in Argentina through 2016 on its first South American factory turning out aluminum motors, Buenos Aires announced.
08 July 2014
Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit
Samsung estimated Tuesday that its operating profit would plunge nearly 25 percent on year in the second quarter of 2014, as cheap Chinese devices and a strong won hammered down its share of the global smartphone market.
08 July 2014
Limping N. Korea leader leads memorial for Kim Il-Sung
A visibly limping Kim Jong-Un presided over an official memorial in Pyongyang on Tuesday for the 20th anniversary of the death of his grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung.
08 July 2014
Obama, Hollande call on Putin to pressure Ukraine rebels on talks
France and the United States on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pressure pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to agree a dialogue on reaching a ceasefire with Kiev.
08 July 2014
Senior US diplomat 'unwelcome' by Bahrain
Bahrain has told a senior US diplomat, who has met with representatives of the country's opposition, that he was "unwelcome" in the kingdom and should "leave immediately."
08 July 2014
Tributes from friends and foes after last Soviet FM dies
Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, who helped end the Cold War as the Soviet Union's last foreign minister, died Monday aged 86, with tributes pouring in from friends and foes.
08 July 2014
Japan on highest typhoon alert, 480,000 urged to take shelter
Japan braced Tuesday for one of its worst storms in years as typhoon Neoguri barrelled towards the southern Okinawa island chain, with the national weather agency issuing its highest alert and nearly half-a-million people urged to take shelter.
08 July 2014
Samruk-Kazyna withdraws from Temirbank
Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund has completely withdrawn from Temirbank.
07 July 2014
Kazkom-BTA merger may produce largest universal bank in region
Kazkommertsbank and Kazakh businessman Kenes Rakishev have completed the acquisition of BTA Bank from Samruk Kazyna Kazakhstan's national wealth fund.
07 July 2014
Airplanes from Slovenia seized by customs in Karaganda
Customs in Kazakhstan's Karaganda have seized a batch of single engine airplanes from Eastern Europe.
07 July 2014
Oil recovery efficiently to spike 12% in Kazakhstan's west
Oil recovery efficiency will be increased from the current 31% to 43% at oilfields in Mangistau Oblast through use of new technologies.
07 July 2014
Kazakhstan ratifies Caspian security agreement
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has endorsed a law on ratification of the agreement on security cooperation at the Caspian Sea.
07 July 2014
eBooks on the go: Reading Semei campaign to foster love for books
Librarians of the Abai Library in Semey have decided to foster love for reading through free eBooks.
07 July 2014
President Nazarbayev celebrates Astana City Day
President Nursultan Nazarbayev participated in the celebrations of the Day of the Capital.
07 July 2014
Kazakhstan to host joint military equipment enterprises
Kazakhstan is ready to partake in collaborative defense companies to manufacture weapon and military equipment in the country.
06 July 2014
Nazarbayev unveils new building of National Defense University
Nursultan Nazarbayev has unveiled a new block of the National Defense University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
06 July 2014
Nazarbayev enacts additional monitoring of suspicious transactions
Nazarbayev have signed amendments to the law on ratification of the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime.
06 July 2014
Almaty hosts first night bike ride in Kazakhstan
Almaty had its first night bike ride on July 4, 2014. It was dedicated to celebrations of the Astana Day.
06 July 2014
Diyas, Shvedova end Wimbledon struggle... with good money
The most successful performance by Kazakhstani tennis players at Wimbledon has ended on July 1.
06 July 2014