Brazil to produce more sugar, less ethanol
Brazil's sugarcane production will rise 6.5 percent this year but ethanol output will slump 5.22 percent as a greater focus is put on exporting sugar.
The region doesn't want to depend on oil: Mangistau oblast Akim
Akim of Mangistau oblast stated that the region should not depend on the oil sector.
Pope ministers to Twitter flock
Pope Benedict XVI is due to send out his first, much-anticipated Twitter message on Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of followers already signed up to receive the tweet.
North Korea successfully launches long-range rocket
North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, sharply escalating the security threat posed by the nuclear-armed state and provoking concern from China and global condemnation.
Japan utilities dive on atomic plant shutdown fears
Shares in Japanese power companies plunged Tuesday after a panel of experts said one of the nation's nuclear plants may sit over an active seismic fault, raising fears it would have to be scrapped.
Brief Facebook outage after infrastructure change
Facebook was unreachable briefly on Monday after the social network made a change to part of its infrastructure dealing with routing traffic to its online address.
Experts comment development of Kazakhstan tourism
UNESCO poll shows that 70% of tourists don’t need any facilities and would prefer a camping ground to a hotel.
EXPO-2017 facilities will be used along Olympic village principles
It is important to consider future use of EXPO-2017 facilities in Kazakhstan in advance: President Nazarbayev.
Kazkosmos to sell satellite images to French
Kazakhstan National Space Agency Kazkosmos plans to sell images made by its Earth remote sensing system to French companies.