What is wrong with Kazakhstani education?
Serik Irsaliev of the MInistry of Education shared the findings of an international study that looked into the Kazakh education system.
Rescuers battle rains after India landslide, 150 feared dead
Rescue workers dug through deep mud and debris on Thursday in search of victims of a major landslide in western India that buried homes, with the death toll expected to reach 150.
Canadian aviation giant Bombardier to cut 1,800 jobs
Canada's Bombardier will cut 1,800 jobs, the troubled aviation giant announced Wednesday in a major reorganization.
Some 100 on board crashed Malaysia flight were AIDS workers: reports
As many as 100 of those killed on a Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine were delegates heading to Australia for a global AIDS conference, unconfirmed reports said.
One million strike in Britain over pay and cuts: unions
More than one million public sector workers went on strike in Britain Thursday over pay and spending cuts by the government imposed as part of its austerity programme, trade unions said.
Holiday packages from employers to improve national tourism: Kazakh Vice PM
Kazakhstani Ministry of Industry and New Technologies proposed an alternative to free holiday packages.
Silicium Kazakhstan to reopen after scandalous shutdown
Scandalously closed Silicium Kazakhstan plant will be reopened by the end of this summer.
Three workers rescued from collapsed Honduras mine: officials
Rescuers freed three of 11 laborers trapped in a collapsed mine in southern Honduras, two days after the men became trapped.
China workers strike over Japanese boss' war denial
Around 1,000 Chinese workers went on strike after their Japanese boss denied Tokyo had invaded China and said its 1930s actions were to "help" the country escape colonial rule, state-run media reported.
40 Indians in northern Iraq 'uncontactable'
Forty Indian employees stranded in violence-hit Iraq are "uncontactable", the foreign ministry said Wednesday, with a newspaper reporting the construction workers have been kidnapped.
Two aid workers killed in Mali landmine blast: officials
Two Malian aid workers were killed when their vehicle drove over a landmine in restive north-west Mali, officials told AFP.
Fast-food workers strike in US for pay, union rights
Fast-food workers in Miami and New York went on strike Thursday to demand pay hikes and the right to unionize in a protest also observed in other cities around the world.
Five MSF aid workers freed in Syria
Five aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who were kidnapped in Syria in January have been freed, the medical charity said.
Brazil's WWII 'rubber soldiers' win compensation
Brazil's congress adopted a law Wednesday to compensate workers who say they were never paid properly after being recruited to Amazon rubber plantations to help the Allies during World War II.
One dead, 100 hurt in anti-China riot in Vietnam
Anti-China riots at a steel plant in Vietnam left one Chinese worker dead and 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as unrest triggered by an escalating territorial dispute spreads across the communist country.
Samsung promises compensation over cancer claims
Samsung Electronics promised on Wednesday to pay compensation to a number of employees who claim they contracted cancer from working at the company's semiconductor plants.
48-hour strike begins on London Underground
Workers on London's Underground train system began a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Monday, threatening chaos for commuters and hitting football supporters attending Arsenal's match with Newcastle.
Most back to work after China shoe factory strike
A nearly two-week strike at a huge shoe factory in southern China appears to have ended after the Taiwan-backed company agreed to meet some of the workers' demands, including raising their living allowance and benefit payments.
Most Bangladesh factory survivors still too sick to work
Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work 12 months after the tragedy, AFP reports according to a survey.
Over 100 workers go on strike demanding higher wages in Western Kazakhstan
More than one hundred employees of Techno Trading LLP refused to continue working in demand of an increase in wages.