Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 13:12Modified: 19/02/2020 – 13:11 Sarmada (Syria) (AFP) In Syria’s Idlib, there’s no escaping the war, so Abdullah al-Mohammed says the only way he found to reassure his daughter Salwa was to turn the shelling into a game. A video in which she laughs every time an explosion goes off was widely […]
Iran defends barring of candidates as low-key campaign ends
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 13:18Modified: 19/02/2020 – 13:17 Tehran (AFP) Iran’s electoral watchdog on Wednesday defended its decision to disqualify thousands of candidates for a crucial parliamentary election in two days, as a lacklustre campaign neared its end. Conservatives are expected to make an overwhelming resurgence in Friday’s election, which comes after months of steeply […]
France’s Macron announces ‘crack down’ on ‘Islamist separatism’
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that France would crack down on Islamist separatism and would end a system in which foreign countries send imams to preach in French mosques. The aim, Macron said, is to “reduce foreign influence” and “ensure that the laws of the Republic are respected by everyone”. The French president […]
Sex tape scandal sparks debate over whether French politics is becoming more like the US?
The withdrawal last week of Benjamin Griveaux in the race for the Paris city hall after the release of private sex tapes online has sparked a debate in France about whether the country’s politics are being “Americanised”. Griveaux, a close ally of French President Emmanuel Macron, is the first politician in the country to have […]
‘Cruel beyond belief’: UN demands escape route for civilians in northwest Syria
Talks between Russia and Turkey meant to reduce tensions in northwestern Syria did not yield a “satisfactory result” for Ankara, but both sides agreed to continue negotiations, a spokesman for Turkey’s president said Tuesday. Turkey and Russia support rival groups in the Syrian conflict and for the past few years have been closely coordinating their […]
Coronavirus quarantine: Diamond Princess passengers begin disembarking in Japan
Passengers have started disembarking at last from a cruise ship hit by the coronavirus outbreak that has been held for two weeks of quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama. Despite strict controls, hundreds of people tested positive for the virus while on board the Diamond Princess. The Diamond Princess’ 542 virus cases – among […]
US sanctions ‘targeting’ patients, say doctors at Iranian cancer hospital
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 10:44Modified: 19/02/2020 – 10:44 Medical staff at Iran’s top cancer hospital tell FRANCE 24 their patients are paying the price of geopolitical strategies as the country’s health system struggles to cope under crippling US sanctions. The economy tops the agenda as Iran heads to the polls in Friday’s general elections. The […]
Syria aid groups in desperate plea for Idlib displaced
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 10:52Modified: 19/02/2020 – 10:51 Istanbul (AFP) Syrian aid workers issued an urgent call for a ceasefire and international help for nearly a million people fleeing a regime onslaught in the country’s northwest on Wednesday. It came as Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to launch an operation in Syria by the […]
Iran election watchdog defends decision to bar candidates
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 10:54Modified: 19/02/2020 – 10:52 Tehran (AFP) Iran’s electoral watchdog on Wednesday defended its decision to disqualify thousands of candidates for a parliamentary election in two days, saying it was done in accordance with the law. The Guardian Council, a powerful body that vets candidates for Iranian elections, also said it expected […]
China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘racist’ headline
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 11:04Modified: 19/02/2020 – 11:02 Beijing (AFP) China on Wednesday ordered three reporters from American newspaper the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what it deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years. The expulsion came as Beijing also slammed Washington’s decision to […]
Malaysia suspected MH370 downed in murder-suicide: Aussie ex-PM
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 11:12Modified: 19/02/2020 – 11:11 Sydney (AFP) Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has claimed “very top” level Malaysian officials believed vanished Flight MH370 was deliberately downed by the captain in a mass murder-suicide. The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished on March 8, 2014 carrying 239 people — mostly from China — en […]
UAE loads fuel rods at Arab world’s first nuclear plant
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 11:14Modified: 19/02/2020 – 11:13 Abu Dhabi (AFP) The United Arab Emirates has started loading fuel rods into the first reactor at its Barakah nuclear plant, operators said Wednesday, two days after regulators gave the green light. On Monday, the national nuclear regulator announced it has issued the operating license for the […]
Pompeo closes Africa tour with warning about China’s ’empty promises’
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 11:18Modified: 19/02/2020 – 11:16 Addis Ababa (AFP) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday closed a three-nation Africa tour with a thinly-veiled swipe at China as he talked up Washington’s ability to stimulate growth and entrepreneurship on the continent. “Countries should be wary of authoritarian regimes with empty promises. They […]
Bangladesh kicks off vaccination blitz to eliminate cholera
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 11:20Modified: 19/02/2020 – 11:19 Dhaka (AFP) Bangladesh on Wednesday kicked off a drive to vaccinate more than a million people against cholera, which infects tens of thousands a year, as part of an international campaign to eliminate transmission by 2030. The delta nation has sought to reduce the impact of the […]
President Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams in France
Tragic gay trailblazer Fashanu honoured as United fans shamed
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 11:52Modified: 19/02/2020 – 11:51 London (AFP) Justin Fashanu, who in 1990 became the first English professional footballer to reveal he was gay, will be honoured on Wednesday by being inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame. Fashanu will be honoured on what would have been his 59th birthday — […]
Traffic is closed on more than 50 road sections
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/ Talgat Akhanov Due to worsening weather conditions (blizzard, ice, poor visibility), traffic has been closed on 52 sections of national roads, Kazpravda.kz reports with reference to the press service of the RK MIA CoES. In Nur-Sultan, traffic is closed for all types of vehicles in 4 directions: Nur-Sultan-Pavlodar, Nur-Sultan-Karaganda, Nur-Sultan-Schuchinsk, Nur-Sultan-Atbasar. The Committee […]
31 flights delayed at Nur Sultan airport
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/ Talgat Akhanov Due to adverse weather conditions at the Nur Sultan airport, 31 flights have been delayed, Kazpravda.kz reports with reference to the press service of the air harbor. So, 16 flights are delayed on arrival due to late arrival of the aircraft from other cities and bad weather conditions at the destination […]
Kazakhstanis from Diamond Princess returning home soon
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/Adilbek Tauekelov Kazakhstan nationals on the Diamond Princess liner off the coast of Japan, who are not infected with coronavirus are to return to their home country in the near future. This was stated in an interview in Majilis by the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Kazpravda.kz correspondent reports. “Firstly, our citizens, thank […]
Large batch of drugs seized from Ekibastuz resident
A 34-year-old resident of Ekibastuz was detained on suspicion of drug trafficking, Kazpravda.kz refers to Polisia.kz reporting. “During the search of the apartment, a bag containing a gray-green substance of plant origin was seized, which, according to the expert opinion, is dried marijuana drug weighing 16,400 grams. In addition, about two kilograms of a powdered […]
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan workers’ rights will be mutually protected
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/ Talgat Akhanov The rights of working citizens of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will be mutually protected in the host countries. Ratification of the relevant Agreement between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on labor activities and protection of migrant workers’ rights was approved at the plenary session in Majilis, Kazpravda.kz correspondent reports. As noted in the conclusion […]
Armenia joining procedure for introducing uniform vehicle passport
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/Adilbek Tauekelov Armenia will join the procedure of introducing single forms of a vehicle passport. Ratification of the relevant Protocol on accession of the Republic of Armenia to the Agreement on introduction of uniform forms of a vehicle passport (vehicle chassis passport) and a self-propelled vehicle passport, as well as other types of equipment […]
Mets told about weather in Kazakhstan next three days
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/ Talgat Akhanov Kazhydromet RSE presented the weather forecast in Kazakhstan for the next three days, February 20-22, Kazpravda.kz reports. According to the weather service, light snow is expected only in certain areas of the republic. “Warm atmospheric fronts associated with the Atlantic cyclone, moving through the northern half of Kazakhstan, caused snowfalls and […]
Costs of seminars, conferences, purchase of vehicles and furniture to be reduced
At the government session chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov reported on measures taken to reduce non-priority budget expenditures. On Jan. 24, the president instructed to continue work to reduce unproductive expenditures of the public and quasi-public sector. In the implementation of this order, work […]
About the working visit of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Republic of South Africa to Cape Town
About the working visit of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Republic of South Africa to Cape Town On 12-15 February 2020 H.E. Mr. Kanat Tumysh, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to South Africa, paid a working visit to Cape Town. His main goal was to participate in the third State of the Nation Address made by […]
The 1150th Anniversary of al-Farabi celebrated in India
On February 17, 2020 on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the outstanding thinker of the East Abu Nasr al-Farabi the Jawaharlal Nehru University hosted a Round Table in New Delhi supported by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in India. Kazakh Ambassador to India Yerlan Alimbayev in his welcoming remarks stressed that the anniversary of […]
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces Kassym-Jomart Tokayev heard a report on existing threats in crisis regions of the world, as well as got acquainted with modern models of weapons and military equipment that are equipped with GRU units. The Head of State gave a positive […]
Dimash spoke about his dreams, new songs and plans
On February 18, a press conference with the participation of Dimash Kudaibergen, his father Kanat Aitbaev and Igor Krutoy was held in Moscow. The meeting with journalists was dedicated to the Dimas’s upcoming Moscow concert on March 9. At the start of the press conference, Igor Krutoy said that he has no doubt that Dimash’s […]
Dual training issues have been discussed
The Senate deputies Rashit Akimov and Nurtore Zhussip participated in the roundtable on “Professional competence – the core quality of modern specialist” organized by the Higher College of Economics and Trade of Kazpotrebsoyuz. The roundtable participants discussed the issues of developing dual training as an effective factor in the formation of a competent specialist in […]