Transport engineering emerges in KazakhstanTransport engineering has become one of Kazakhstan's industries thanks to the state-run Program of Accelerated Industrial-Innovative Development: Akhmetov.
Next Norwegian government to get tough on immigrationNorway's incoming government will get tough on immigration, future prime minister Erna Solberg, said Monday as she presented the main policies of the minority coalition she is forming with a populist right-wing party.
02 October 2013
US economy faces hefty hit if government shuts downA US government shutdown would hit an economy struggling to sustain its post-crisis rebound, but experts say the impact will only be substantial if Washington's political paralysis lasts several weeks.
Survey finds US Jews losing their religionJews in the United States are overwhelmingly proud to be Jewish, yet nearly one in five of them describe themselves as having no religion.
Syria disarmament team launches missionA disarmament team is to arrive Tuesday in Damascus on a mission to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal, a day after UN experts wrapped up their investigation of alleged gas attacks.
01 October 2013
US teens' dangerous obsession with 'thigh gap'It's the latest weight loss craze among American teens striving to emulate the models they see in magazines: the "thigh gap", in which slender legs, when standing with feet together, do not touch.
01 October 2013
Baghdad area bombings kill at least 50Twelve car bombs, mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas in and around Baghdad, killed at least 47 people Monday, while at least three died in a blast against Sunni worshippers.
01 October 2013
Australia's first female PM's 'murderous rage' over sexismAustralia's first female premier Julia Gillard has described her "murderous rage" at her sexist treatment but said she would do it all again in her first public appearance since being dumped.
'Tragedy' as endangered kiwi die in New Zealand zooNew Zealand authorities said Tuesday that eight endangered kiwi birds have died from respiratory infections while being treated at Wellington Zoo, in a loss described as "a tragedy" for conservation efforts.