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Man, 71, kills Florida moviegoer over smartphone use
A 71-year-old retired policeman was refused bail on Tuesday after allegedly shooting dead a fellow moviegoer in Florida for using text messages with his phone.
15 January 2014
Franco Dragone to direct Kazakh folk opera Kyz-Zhibek
Kazakh tragic folk legend opera Kyz-Zhibek will be directed by Franco Dragone in Astana Opera theater.
15 January 2014
Pakistan gang rape inspires New York opera
To those who complain that opera is an elitist indulgence served up to snobs in dinner jackets, New York's latest world premiere may come as something of a shock.
15 January 2014
9/11 mastermind says Koran 'forbids' violence to spread Islam
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has released a manifesto claiming that the Koran forbids the use of violence to spread Islam.
15 January 2014
Hollande vows to deal with affair fallout in private
French President Francois Hollande vowed to deal with the fallout from his affair with an actress in private, defiantly batting away questions over the future of Valerie Trierweiler.
15 January 2014
Drugs found at Bieber home after egg-attack raid: police
Detectives searching pop singer Justin Bieber's Los Angeles mansion over an egg-throwing attack seized illegal drugs and arrested one of the singer's associates.
15 January 2014
Google buys 'smart' thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 bn
Google on Monday announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at $3.2 billion.
15 January 2014
Foreign supermarkets face shut-out in Delhi
Foreign supermarket giants faced being shut out of the Indian capital after Delhi's new state government decided not grant them a licence to operate.
15 January 2014
Is life better with kids? Not always, says study
Are people with kids happier than people without? In the United States, those with and without kids rate their lives about the same, but globally children tend to diminish well-being.
15 January 2014
Kazakhstan prohibits Ponzi schemes
The new legislation introduces 7-12-year-long prison terms for those arranging Ponzi schemes and bans advertising of such schemes.
15 January 2014
Flagship Motorola smartphone headed for Europe
Motorola announced Tuesday that its flagship Moto X smartphone is heading for Europe.
15 January 2014
Moscow expels US journalist
US journalist David Satter, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been banned from the country in one of the first such expulsions since the Cold War.
15 January 2014
Russia defines rights of Roskosmos representative operating in Kazakhstan as part of Russia’s Embassy
Among other things, he will be vested with rights to study Kazakhstan’s programs of space cooperation with other nations.
15 January 2014
Baiterek space project requires Kazakhstan to enter MTCR
Implementation of Baiterek project that involves launches of Russian-Ukrainian carrier rocket Zenit from Baikonur Cosmodrome might start in several years.
14 January 2014
New Criminal Code: Kazakhstan to reserve to confiscation of property without court verdict in exceptional cases only
Confiscation of property without a court verdict will only be used in cases against fugitive criminals and to fight illegal acquisition of property in Kazakhstan.
14 January 2014
Kazakh-Kyrgyz movie about pilot to be made in USA
A joint film project of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the United States has been launched in Los Angeles.
14 January 2014
Kazakhstan challenges Dakar's 7th stage
The Kazakhstan team of Astana Motorsports, containing two off-road crews and one truck, successfully completed the 7th stage at Dakar.
14 January 2014
US Congress unveils $1 trillion spending bill
Negotiators from the US Senate and House of Representatives unveiled a $1 trillion spending bill late Monday, eliminating the threat of another government shutdown, at least until October.
14 January 2014
Ex-Marcos aide sentenced over sale of Monet painting
A US judge sentenced a former personal secretary to Imelda Marcos to two to six years in prison for conspiring to sell Impressionist masterpieces belonging to the Manila government.
14 January 2014
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