Environment-friendly engine invented in Almaty
Roman Kochkanyan from Almaty has developed an engine that will help reduce smogs in Almaty or at least cut its concentration.
First Kazakhstan-made Toyota to be assembled in spring 2014
A memorandum was signed between Toyota Motor Corporation and Kazakhstan government to produce Toyota Fortuner.
Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar?
She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.
Al-Qaeda offshoot claims Baghdad bombings
Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq has claimed a wave of bombings targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad that killed at least 21 people Sunday.
Scientists discover Russian meteor fragments: report
Scientists have discovered fragments of the meteor that spectacularly plunged over Russia's Ural Mountains creating a shockwave that injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes.
Europe sharply split over military support for Syrian rebels
Britain, apparently backed by a handful of European Union allies, is fighting to lift an EU arms embargo barring the supply of weapons to the Syrian rebel coalition battling President Bashar al-Assad.
French film 'Les Intouchables' wins Spanish film award
The French blockbuster "Les Intouchables" won the best European film prize at the prestigious Spanish film awards, the Goyas, on Sunday, while Pablo Berger's "Blancanieves" took the top film award.
Crisis-hit arms market shrinks, first time since 1994: SIPRI
For the first time since the mid-1990s, sales of the 100 biggest arms dealers excluding China declined in 2011 as the economic crisis prompted budget cuts.
Canadian papal contender not a prophet in own land
Canada's Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a mainstream conservative churchman who once said becoming pope "would be a nightmare", is now widely seen as the North American candidate for the job.
DRC peace agreement to be signed February 24: UN
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend a signing ceremony next week in Addis Ababa for an accord aimed at pacifying the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Almaty thermal power plant to stop using residual oil by end of 2013
Validation tests of the plasma-fuel systems at the Thermal Power Plant No.2 in Almaty will start in spring 2013.
Ecuador's Correa calls for resolution of Assange case
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa called on Europe Sunday to quickly settle the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been holed up in the country's embassy in Britain for eight months.
Kazakhstan to produce flu and TB vaccines
The Science Fund will start constructing a biopharmaceutical plant for production of biological products under the GMP standard: expert.
Auto racing: Patrick's Daytona pole makes NASCAR history
Danica Patrick topped qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Sunday to become the first woman to earn pole position for one of the hugely popular NASCAR stock car racing's elite events.
Football: Kazakhstan retains position in FIFA
The Kazakhstan team, coached by Miroslav Beranek, scored 16 points for its victory over Moldova in a friendly with the score of 3:1.
US protesters urge Obama to act on global warming
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington Sunday to generate pressure on President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.
Almaty drivers fined 1 billion tenge in 2 months
Over 98 thousand violations of traffic rules were registered and 95 thousand tickets worth over 1 billion tenge were issued in Almaty since December 2012.
Issekeshev checks on gas treatment project in Karaganda oblast
Minister of Industry and New Technologies checked on the industrialization process in Karaganda oblast in central Kazakhstan.
Berlin fest draws to close after Romania claims top prize
The 63rd Berlin film festival wraps up Sunday after awarding its Golden Bear top prize to "Child's Pose", a mother-son psychodrama set among post-communist Romania's new ruling class.
Kazakhstan to retain inflation at 6-8 percent
Kazakhstan National Bank has approved the Key Monetary Policies of Kazakhstan for 2013.
