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Mirage-2000 fighter jets. ©Reuters/Pichi Chuang France to send fighter jets for NATO Baltics patrols Four French fighter jets will join NATO air patrols over the Baltics starting on Sunday, France's chief of defense staff said Wednesday during a visit to Washington.
24 April 2014
Apple splitting stock as iPhone sales soar Apple on Wednesday courted investors with stock split plans as hot iPhone sales pushed up profits while underscoring pressure for the company to unveil "the next big thing."
24 April 2014
Actress and director Jodie Foster. ©Reuters/Fred Prouser US actress Jodie Foster marries girlfriend Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster has married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison, a spokeswoman for the veteran US actress told AFP.
24 April 2014
The Baosteel Emotion, a 226,434 deadweight-tonne ore carrier owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. ©Reuters/Carlos Barria China frees Japan ship after $28 mn paid China on Thursday released a seized Japanese ship after owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines paid 2.9 billion yen ($28 million) to the Chinese side, a court said, in a dispute dating to the 1930s.
24 April 2014
Three students killed by wall collapse in Portugal Three students, aged between 18 and 20, were killed and another four injured after a wall collapsed at the University of Minho in Braga, northern Portugal, emergency services announced.
24 April 2014
Photo courtesy of career-city.com Canadian woman's letter arrives -- after 45-year delay A 45-year-old letter mysteriously arrived in the mailbox of a Canadian woman, who received the ancient correspondence from her younger sister decades after it was sent, Canadian media reported.
24 April 2014
©Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann Peru probes killing of endangered penguins Peruvian authorities announced an investigation Tuesday into the killing of five penguins fund slashed to death at a center for endangered species.
24 April 2014
Brazil passes trailblazing Internet privacy law Brazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping.
24 April 2014
Pierre Offan ©azh.kz Head of NCOC, Kashagan operating company, to resign A full-scaled resumption of crude production at the giant Kashagan oilfield should be expected at the end of 2015, Yves Louis Darricarrere, President of the Exploration & Production Division at Total SA, said earlier.
24 April 2014
Kazakhstan considering grain terminals along its borders on Turkmenistan and Iran Besides, Kazakhstan and Russia are discussing grain swap operations.
23 April 2014
©REUTERS Kazakhstan’s revenues for grain exports in 2013 exceed $1 billion For the recent 4 years the revenues have grown almost 2.5 times. The overall 2013 revenues made up $1.2 billion, whereas back in 2009 the figure only stood at $600 million.
23 April 2014
© nnm.ru 60% of Kazakhstanis support Russia on Ukrainian crisis A survey has been conducted in the beginning of this month to assess attitudes of Kazakhstanis to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
23 April 2014
Photo courtesy of magenta-studio.ru Kazakhstan to launch its first ever remote sensing satellite from Kourou April 29 2014 will be a busy year for KazKosmos National Space Agency as it plans for the first time ever to launch 3 space vehicles: one communications satellite and two remote sensing satellites, Tengrinews.kz reported earlier.
23 April 2014
Photo  © Daniyal Okasov Repatriated Kazakhs to get Kazakhstan citizenship in 1 year Repatriated Kazakhs will be able to get Kazakhstani citizenship in one year, which is a mile away from the current 7-year requirement.
23 April 2014
Photo ©REUTERS Kazakh father of Boston prisoner granted US Visa Amir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, a Kazakhstani student arrested in Boston, has finally received his visa after 45 days of waiting.
23 April 2014
Philippines' oldest artworks in danger of disappearing On a small rock wall a short drive from the Philippine capital, enigmatic carvings that are believed to date back 5,000 years are in danger of disappearing before their mysteries can be solved.
23 April 2014
Photo courtesy of drclouthier.com 60% of China underground water polluted Sixty percent of underground water in China which is officially monitored is too polluted to drink directly, state media have reported, underlining the country's grave environmental problems.
23 April 2014
Photo © Turar Kazangapov Village turns into island in Kazakh steppe Talapker village near Astana has turned into an island in the middle of the steppes as a result of flooding in Kazakhstan.
23 April 2014
© Tengrinews Kazakhstan is very concerned over Ukraine: Tokayev During a working visit to St. Petersburg, the Senate Speaker of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized Kazakhstan’s grave concerns regarding the situation in Ukraine.
23 April 2014
Photo © RIA Novosty Kazakhstani writer Ilya Odegov wins Russian Award Almaty based-writer Ilya Odegov won the Russian Award in Flash Fiction category with his short story “Timur and his summer”.
23 April 2014

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