Mission Impossible? Tom Cruise under fire at 50
Tom Cruise was named the highest paid actor in Hollywood on Tuesday, on his 50th birthday -- but the "Mission Impossible" star has little to celebrate.
Nigeria signs $4.5 billion refinery deal with US energy firm
Nigeria on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an American energy firm to build six oil refineries, in a project worth 4.5 billion dollars.
Twitter says government requests rising in 2012
Twitter said Monday in its first "transparency report" that the number of government requests for user information or to block content is rising in 2012.
With heatwave pounding US, libraries become cool again
There's nothing like a record-setting heat wave, combined with a third full day without power, to get people to rediscover the joys of their local library.
Raunchy teddy bear 'Ted' tops N. America box office
"Ted," starring Mark Wahlberg and his raunchy teddy bear pal, topped the North American box office this weekend, besting the male strippers of "Magic Mike," industry figures showed Monday.
Apple settles Chinese iPad trademark fight: court
US technology giant Apple has paid a Chinese firm $60 million to settle a long-running dispute over the iPad trademark in China.
Scientologists deny tailing Cruise wife, eyeing daughter
The Church of Scientology denied Monday sending anyone to follow Katie Holmes after she filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, amid reports she feared her husband's plans for their daughter.
Power slowly returns as US heatwave drags on
Utility crews made slow progress Sunday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon.
Scientologists 'creepy,' says Murdoch on Tom Cruise
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch weighed in on the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce story Sunday, saying he thinks Scientologists are "creepy" and possibly even evil.
Obama tours Colorado wildfire 'disaster'
US President Barack Obama declared rampaging wildfires in Colorado a "major disaster" before flying out to the Rocky Mountains state on Friday to tour damage and meet firefighters.
'Nuns on the Bus' taking America by storm
Signing autographs along the way, a group of Catholic nuns is taking a road trip across America to stand up for the poor.
World stocks, euro, oil jump as EU summit delivers
World stock markets surged Friday, the euro jumped against the dollar, and oil prices rocketed after a key EU summit delivered surprise emergency measures to fight the eurozone debt crisis.
Creation of new transport corridors in Central Asia will strengthen Kazakhstan’s sovereignty: Yertysbayev
The fact that America is taking steps in this direction is very important for Kazakhstan: President's Advisor Yertysbayev.
Kazakhstan businessmen flock to American Chamber of Commerce
More and more Kazakh businessmen are trying to get a membership in the American Chamber of Commerce: AmCham Executive Director Doris Bradbury
Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1 bn
Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram.
Condoleezza Rice, Mikhail Gorbachev and Julian Assange invited to the X Eurasian Media Forum
April 26-27 Astana will be hosting the X Eurasian Media Holding, an annual gathering of journalists, political figures, scholars, media experts and businessmen.
Desert Eagle-2011 military training started in Almaty Oblast
More than 1400 military men from Kazakhstan, the United States, Great Britain, Lithuania and Kyrgyzstan are taking part in the event.
Kazakhstan among countries with low possibility of terrorist attacks
The list of 20 most dangerous countries of the world in terms of the possibility of terrorist attacks is led by Somali.
Astana Arlans to start WSB season with fight against Los Angeles Matadors
The fight has been scheduled for June 11 in the US. The Kazakh boxers are also expected to face Dinamo Moscow, Milano Thunder, Pohang Poseidons and Mumbai teams this season.
Massimov met US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
They discussed bilateral cooperation in the framework of international organizations.