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Republican-led House blocks Obama immigration plan
In a symbolic rebuke to US President Barack Obama's unilateral action on immigration, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to block his plan.
05 December 2014
Taiwan's Ma quits as ruling party head after vote defeat
Taiwan's Beijing-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou stepped down Wednesday as chairman of the ruling party.
03 December 2014
Kazakhstan’s President meets his Turkmenistan counterpart
Owing to the railway link towards the Persian Gulf, the trade turnover this year has grown by 38%. It is an unprecedented growth: President Nazarbayev.
02 December 2014
Obama to move on police body cameras after Ferguson unrest
President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more US police officers with body cameras.
02 December 2014
Uzbek President marks Nazarbayev's farsighted approach
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has marked the farsighted approach of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
26 November 2014
Czech Republic ready to discuss visa free regime with Kazakhstan
The Czech Republic could become visa free for Kazakhstan
26 November 2014
Nazarbayev on reciprocal sanctions of Europe and Russia
Such sanctions should be introduced by the UN rather than by an individual state or a group of states. Hardly had we overcome the crisis of 2007-2009, when we faced a new one: President Nazarbayev.
24 November 2014
Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev meets Russia’s Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin
The Union is facing a raft of economic problems due to falling prices for major commodities. (…) However, physical volume of the trade turnover is on the rise, (…) with new JVs being launched: President Nazarbayev.
24 November 2014
French President Francois Hollande to visit Kazakhstan in December
President of France Francois Hollande will visit Kazakhstan’s capital Astana in December 2014.
24 November 2014
Presidents of Czech Republic and Uzbekistan to pay official visit to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev will meet with the President of Czech Republic Milos Zeman and the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
20 November 2014
Venezuelan leader wraps up 'superpowers' with 28 laws
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wrapped up a year of congressionally granted "superpowers" by decreeing 28 new laws.
20 November 2014
Spanish prosecutors to take legal action against Catalan president
Spanish prosecutors said they will take legal action against Artur Mas after he went ahead with a symbolic independence referendum in defiance of a court injunction.
20 November 2014
Obama to act alone to fix 'broken' US immigration law
US President Barack Obama will lay out a plan to fix the "broken" laws stranding millions of undocumented migrants in limbo.
20 November 2014
Irate Mexico president on defensive over mansion
Mexico's under-fire President Enrique Pena Nieto defended his wife's controversial purchase of a mansion owned by a government contractor.
19 November 2014
Obama orders hostage policy review in wake of 'evil' IS beheadings
US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how Washington can release American hostages.
18 November 2014
China will never use force to achieve its goals: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed never to use force to achieve Beijing's goals, including in maritime disputes.
17 November 2014
Algerian President Bouteflika 'hospitalised in France'
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, has been admitted to hospital in the southeastern French town of Grenoble, a French government source told AFP.
15 November 2014
Obama says US cannot carry 'world economy on our back'
President Barack Obama said the United States cannot "carry the world economy on our back" and urged G20 leaders to work harder to create jobs by revving up growth.
15 November 2014
$2.7 billion out of National Oil Fund to finance infrastructure projects
The time has come for us to rely on the funds to the benefit of the country’s people, protecting the nation from the imminent crisis: President Nazarbayev.
11 November 2014
Annual $3 billion to be allocated out of National Oil Fund to bolster nation’s wellbeing
Amidst the global economic conditions, without some extra injections into the national economy it will be hard to reach the set goals (…) the time has come to tap into the Fund’s assets, the President said.
11 November 2014