February 12-13 Kazakhstan and Russia to discuss Proton-M launchesRussia’s Proton-M carrier rocket [equipped with a DM-3 booster] carrying three Glonass-M navigation satellites crashed right after the lift-off at Kazakhstan-based Baikonur cosmodrome on July 2, 2013.
11 February 2014
Trade winds spur hiatus in global warming: studyAn unprecedented spike in Pacific trade winds has seen global warming slow significantly in the past 12 years but the effect is only temporary and temperatures will surge.
Kazakhstan and Jamaica discuss visa regimeTourism Minister of Jamaica Wykeham McNeill and Kazakhstan Ambassador Konstantin Zhigalov have discussed simplification of visa regime.
N. Korea scraps US envoy's invite as tensions mountTensions tightened on the Korean peninsula Monday, as North Korea cancelled a US envoy's visit over a jailed Korean American, and Seoul and Washington set dates for military drills denounced by Pyongyang.
10 February 2014
Vietnam's hit game developer pulls plug on Flappy BirdThe Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success had ruined his "simple life".
10 February 2014
Woman shot dead, burnt in Thai deep south 'revenge attack'A policeman's wife was shot dead and then set on fire in front of terrified shoppers at a busy market in Thailand's violence-ridden deep south, officials said Monday, in an apparent revenge attack.
New Zealand hauls in Japan ambassador over whaling rowNew Zealand on Monday called in Tokyo's ambassador to protest about a Japanese whaling ship entering its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), escalating a diplomatic row over the incident.
Iran agrees to explain nuclear detonators to UNIran agreed Sunday to clarify to the UN atomic agency its need for detonators used in nuclear devices, as part of a probe into allegations of its past weapons work.
'The Lego Movie' tops N. America Box OfficeThe debut of "The Lego Movie," filled with dozens of star voices, easily beat off George Clooney's latest film, according to weekend estimates for the North American Box Office.