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Abu Hamza. ©Reuters British preacher Abu Hamza guilty on US terror charges A New York jury convicted British hate preacher Abu Hamza on 11 kidnapping and terrorism charges Monday, opening the way for a judge to impose what will almost certainly be a life sentence.
20 May 2014
James Everett Dutschke. ©Reuters/Thomas Wells US man jailed for 25 years for Obama ricin plot A Mississippi man who concocted and then sent potentially lethal ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other senior US officials was jailed Monday for 25 years.
20 May 2014
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese President  Xi Jinping © Dmitry Khegai Nazarbayev receives Silk Road award in China President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has been awarded the Silk Road Peace Prize during his official visit to China.
20 May 2014
Ex-Beatle McCartney cancels Japan tour over illness Former Beatle Paul McCartney has cancelled his Japan tour due to illness, organisers said Tuesday, days after apologising to fans for missing a pair of weekend concerts.
20 May 2014
Frame from the music video Parviz Nazarov's version of Backstreet Boys song available A music video of a Backstreet Boys band’s song sang by Kazakh singer Parviz Nazarov has been released.
20 May 2014
China's Xi and Russia's Putin meet facing West's criticism Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held talks with visiting Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as the two powers seek to build ties in the face of Western criticism and territorial disputes.
20 May 2014
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer's final $117bn bid British drugs giant AstraZeneca rejected on Monday a final takeover bid from US rival Pfizer worth $117 billion, saying it undervalued the firm and created uncertainty and risk for shareholders.
20 May 2014
Photo courtesy of thebridge.jp Yahoo Japan cancels $3.2 bn plan to buy eAccess Internet giant Yahoo Japan said Monday it had cancelled plans to buy domestic telecom company eAccess from its parent SoftBank Corp. in a deal that was valued at about $3.2 billion.
20 May 2014
Rocky test for unfinished World Cup kick-off stadium The still-unfinished stadium hosting the World Cup opening game on June 12 held its first official match Sunday, getting off to a shaky start after delays and deadly accidents marred its construction.
20 May 2014
Michael Jackson. Photo courtesy of enonline.com Michael Jackson 'back' at Billboard Awards The late King of Pop Michael Jackson was back on stage -- as a hologram -- performing at the Billboard 2014 Music Award event Sunday in Las Vegas.
20 May 2014
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met Chinese President Xi Jinping. © Dmitry Khegai Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets Chinese President Xi Jinping The two sides have signed a total of 5 documents.
19 May 2014
Kazakhstan and China’s Presidents launch construction of a terminal. © Dmitry Khegai Kazakhstan and Chinese Presidents launch construction of terminal in Lianyungang By the end of 2015 the volume of export and transit cargoes is expected to reach 250 000 twenty-foot equivalent units, with the figure to be further doubled in the following five years.
19 May 2014
Photo ©Akhat Ibrayev Weinstein brothers finish Marco Polo filming in Kazakhstan Filming of Marco Polo TV series produced by Weinstein brothers has finished in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing the line producer and representative
19 May 2014
Photo © RIA Novosti European alcohol ban in Kazakhstan a hasty decision: KazAlko KazAlko Association considers ban of European alcohol import to Kazakhstan a hasty decision.
19 May 2014
Photo ©tengrinews.kz Bolashak wins lawsuits against students One third of Bolashak scholarship holders who were charged for academic failure appeal against the decision.
19 May 2014
Photo © solarpix.com British businessman detained for keeping harem in Spain British millionaire Shoja Shojai suspected of confining women in his harem against their will in a mansion near Marbella was arrested in Spain.
19 May 2014
Tom Loeffler, Gennady Golovkin and Abel Sanchez. Photo courtesy of vk.com/ggolovkin Golovkin requests WBA to pospone Fletcher fight to take on Geale Gennady Golovkin’ s promoter Tom Loeffler requested WBA to postpone the defense of the title against Australian boxer Jarrod Fletcher to fight another Australian boxer Daniel Geale.
19 May 2014
BaBa Zula. ©bulgarian.ibox.bg Turkish band BaBa Zula to perform at The Spirit of Tengri Turkish band BaBa Zula will perform at the 2nd music festival The Spirit of Tengri in Almaty on June 7th.
19 May 2014
Swiss vote to ban paedophiles from working with kids Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly voted for a harsher stance against convicted paedophiles by banning them from working with children for life.
19 May 2014
Stallone, Schwarzenegger revive old rivalry in Cannes One-time rivals Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger grabbed the opportunity of their testosterone-fuelled promotion of "Expendables 3" in Cannes to poke fun at each other in a rollicking press conference.
19 May 2014

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