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US top court refuses to review youth gun restrictions
The US Supreme Court refused Monday to review restrictions on handguns for young people, dealing a blow to arms activists.
25 February 2014
Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone
Samsung unveiled Monday its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone armed with a fingerprint scanner and a built-in heart rate sensor to defend its place as the world's industry leader.
25 February 2014
$4 billion worth of food imported in Kazakhstan in 2013
Kazakhstan imported $4 billion worth of food products last year.
25 February 2014
National Fund should provide $5.4 billion to compensate tenge devaluation in Kazakhstan: KazPotrebNadzor
The National Fund of Kazakhstan should provide $5.4 billion to support the Kazakhstan economy amid the tenge devaluation: KazPotrebNadzor
25 February 2014
New Italy PM wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change'
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate.
25 February 2014
Late detection of cancer in Kazakhstan leads to more surgeries
Untimely detection of cancer is a problem in Kazakhstan.
25 February 2014
Negotiations on low-enriched uranium bank in Kazakhstan nearing final
The negotiations on Kazakhstan's bid to host the international bank of low-enriched uranium are nearing their final stage.
25 February 2014
Bank and law firm employees suspected of sparking anti-bank campaign
A lawyer of one of the banks and employees of an Almaty-based law firm may be among those who started the anti-bank SMS-campaign.
25 February 2014
Police reject Breivik prison 'torture' complaint
Police in Norway said Monday they closed a preliminary investigation into a complaint by mass murderer Anders Breivik that his prison conditions amounted to "serious torture".
25 February 2014
Alliance Bank intends to claim damages from misinformers
Kazakhstan-based Alliance Bank is going to make the misinformers reimburse the losses, caused by rumours about the bank's bankruptcy.
25 February 2014
TengizChevrOil brings payments to Kazakhstan to $15 billion
TengizChevrOil brought its direct payments into the Kazakhstan budget to $15 billion in 2013.
25 February 2014
Hollywood 'exile' for black actors worries British government
Black British actors have been taking Hollywood by storm, with Chiwetel Ejiofor's Oscar nomination for "12 Years a Slave" just the latest example, but at home they still face a lack of roles that has driven some from the country.
25 February 2014
Nazarbayev congratulates Putin on successful completion of Olympics 2014
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the successful completion of the 22th Winter Olympics 2014.
25 February 2014
Cyber thieves blamed for Bitcoin heist: researchers
A gang of cyber criminals using an army of infected computers made off with at least $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies.
25 February 2014
GE to hike pro-environment energy research by $10 bn
US industrial conglomerate General Electric said Monday it would boost spending on environmentally friendly energy research by $10 billion by 2020, including on fracking technologies and wind turbines.
25 February 2014
Smartphone giants want your body
Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head; lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.
25 February 2014
Uganda president to sign anti-gay bill into law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law Monday a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life, despite international pressure.
25 February 2014
Air purifier rush as smog shrouds northern China
Dangerous smog which has blighted swathes of northern China in recent days has prompted a spike in air purifier sales, local media reported Monday, as pollution continued to shroud Beijing.
25 February 2014
Maduro gears up for talks to defuse protest threat
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro is readying crisis talks to try to defuse a deadly wave of protests that have brought the biggest challenge yet to his government.
24 February 2014