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Aigerim Dauletbekova. Photo courtesy of the contest organizers Almaty girl wins Miss Asia title at beauty contest in Bishkek Aigerim Dauletbekova from Almaty has won the Miss Asia title at the International Beauty and Model Festival-2013.
10 July 2013
Railway blames firefighters in Canada train disaster The US rail company at the center of Canada's worst train disaster in recent history blamed firefighters for the deadly derailment, as police indicated they believe it could be a case of criminal negligence.
10 July 2013
Car bomb wounds 53 in Shiite Beirut suburb A car bomb rocked south Beirut, injuring at least 53 people in the most serious incident in the stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement since the start of the Syrian conflict.
10 July 2013
Anna Nurmukhambetova. ©Vesti.kz Weightlifting: Kazakhstan's weightlifter wins gold at Asian Championship in Astana Kazakhstan's weightlifter Anna Nurmukhambetova was the first weightlifter to win a gold medal for Kazakhstan at the Championship in Astana.
10 July 2013
Obama revives broccoli-Gate Michelle Obama's healthy eating campaign is clearly hitting close to home.
10 July 2013
Alpinist Maksut Zhumayev. ©tengrinews.kz Alpinists murdered in Pakistan were our friends: Maksut Zhumayev Friends of famous Kazakhstan alpinist Maksut Zhumayev were among those killed in the attack in Pakistan-controlled Gilgit-Baltistan on June 23.
10 July 2013
Prime-Minister of Romania Victor Ponta. Photo courtesy of ria.ru Romanian PM visits Kazakhstan first time in 20 years Prime-Minister of Romania Victor Ponta met with Kazakhstan Prime Minister Akhmetov and Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev.
10 July 2013
Snowden has not yet accepted Venezuela asylum: WikiLeaks The WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website said that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela.
10 July 2013
Two Koreas start fresh talks on joint industrial site North and South Korea started talks on reopening a jointly run industrial zone, with the complex seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation.
10 July 2013
©REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico Democrats urge Obama to end 'inhumane' force-feeding Two senior Democratic lawmakers called for an end the force-feeding of dozens of Guantanamo detainees, clashing with the White House which argued that they "don't want these individuals to die."
10 July 2013
Photo courtesy of ferretfamily.net Bats could help fight mosquitos in Astana Kazakhstan naturalist Atygai Yesenkulov offered to supply bats to Astana city to help it harness the mosquito population.
10 July 2013
European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht. ©REUTERS/China Daily EU takes dispute with Russia over vehicle imports to WTO The EU filed a dispute with Russia over vehicle imports at the WTO, the first such challenge to Moscow since it joined the trade body almost a year ago.
10 July 2013
Photo courtesy of thehispanisblog.com US proposes tougher requirements on largest banks US regulators Tuesday unveiled tough new capital requirements for the nation's eight largest banks in the newest move to strengthen the financial system in the wake of the 2008 crisis.
10 July 2013
Tengrinews.kz file photo Astana administration undertakes to lower greenhouse gas emissions Kazakhstan's capital Astana officially joined the European initiative 'Covenant of Mayors' in Brissels.
10 July 2013
Asiana pilot 'couldn't see runway' before US crash The flight crew of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 which crash landed at San Francisco Airport couldn't see the runway just seconds earlier, given how far the plane was out of position.
10 July 2013
Australia's Barrier Reef slips into 'poor' health Australia hailed "solid" progress on water quality at the Great Barrier Reef Wednesday but admitted that overall conditions were now "poor" as it battles UNESCO threats to downgrade its heritage status.
10 July 2013
US 'cautiously encouraged' by timeline for Egypt vote The United States said Tuesday it was "cautiously encouraged" by a timeline proposed by Egypt's interim rulers for elections to replace ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
10 July 2013
©REUTERS/Bobby Yip Japan mob publishes magazine for gangsters: reports Japan's biggest yakuza organised crime group has published a magazine for its members that includes a poetry page and senior gangsters' fishing diaries.
10 July 2013
Gennady Golovkin. Photo courtesy of Sportbox.ru Boxing: Gennady Golovkin filmed by HBO HBO's shot a short documentary '2 days' about Kazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin.
10 July 2013
©REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHU Australia switches on telescope to explore universe origins Australia took a major step towards the ambitious Square Kilometre Array (SKA) astronomy project with the switching on Tuesday of a test telescope to explore the origins of the universe.
10 July 2013

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