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Russia, US agree joint push for peace in Syria After months of sharp differences, Russia and the United States have agreed to push both sides in Syria to find an end to the bloodshed, offering to hold an international conference in search of peace.
08 May 2013
Kazakhstan National Bank. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Kazakhstan's balance $1.65 billion in black Kazakhstan's current accounts balance was $1.65 billion in surplus in January-March 2013.
08 May 2013
Logo of European Film Week European Film Week to be held in Almaty Movies from ten European countries (Turkey, UK, Latvia, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Sweden, France and Poland) will be screened in the Festival.
08 May 2013
Photo by Marat Abilov© Astana Media Center caught fire had 800 evacuated, but many TV channels kept operating in burning building The investigation into the fire is currently underway to find out its causes.
08 May 2013
Scientists may have found Brazilian 'Atlantis' Brazilian geologists announced the discovery, 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from Rio, of what could be part of the continent submerged when the Atlantic Ocean was formed.
08 May 2013
Photo courtesy of Astana cycling team website Cycling: Astana cyclist leads Giro d’Italia young rider classification Italian cyclist Luca Paolini from Russia’s Katyusha became the winner of the third stage of Giro d’Italia race.
08 May 2013
GM recalls 43,500 hybrid cars in US, Canada for fire risk General Motors is recalling nearly 43,000 hybrid vehicles in the United States and around 500 in Canada to fix a defect that could cause a fire in the trunk.
08 May 2013
Three women, missing for a decade, found alive in US Three young women who had been missing for a decade -- two of whom disappeared as teenagers -- were found alive in a house in Cleveland.
08 May 2013
©REUTERS DRC named worst place to be mother The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother.
08 May 2013
Study: US immigration reform would cost $6.3 trillion A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3 trillion.
07 May 2013
Photo courtesy of houstonmortgageblog.org Australia cuts interest rate to record low 2.75 pct Australia's central bank cut interest rates to a record low of 2.75 percent Tuesday, citing weak domestic inflation coupled with a persistently high dollar as investment in the key mining sector hits its peak.
07 May 2013
EA inks deal for Star Wars videogames A new wave of Star Wars videogames is coming.
07 May 2013
©REUTERS China reports four more deaths, 129 bird flu cases The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31.
07 May 2013
Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate on air pollution Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to continue cooperating in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because of territorial disputes.
07 May 2013
Member of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria Carla del Ponte. ©REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Syrian rebels used sarin gas: UN human rights investigator Syrian rebels have made use of the deadly nerve agent sarin in their war-torn country's conflict.
07 May 2013
©REUTERS Russia seeks to solve 'ghost plane' mystery that killed 13 Russian investigators were Monday seeking to determine the cause of a plane crash last June that killed all 13 on board, after the victims' remains were finally discovered following almost a year of fruitless searching.
07 May 2013
©REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed SARS-like virus kills two more in Saudi: ministry A new SARS-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the kingdom has announced to seven in one week.
07 May 2013
Evacuations lifted as California blaze nearly controlled All evacuation orders were lifted Sunday in California as firefighters battling a massive wildfire near Los Angeles said they had contained 60 percent of the blaze.
07 May 2013
Photo by Marat Abilov© Nazarbayev attends Easter service in Uspensky Cathedral Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Uspensky Cathedral, Kazakhstan’s major orthodox church, on Easter Sunday.
06 May 2013
Mi-8 helicopter. ©RIA Novosti Russian helicopter carrying nine crashes in Siberia A Russian helicopter carrying nine people, including senior rescue service officials, has crashed in the Irkutsk region of southern Siberia.
06 May 2013

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