A POLITICIAN has sparked outrage in Kazakhstan after he was seen beating his wife to death on CCTV in a horror eight-hour attack. Shocking footage showed businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, 44, punching and kicking Saltanat Nukenova, 31, at a family restaurant in November 2023. 8 Kazakhstan businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, 44, sits in a defendants’ cage at … Read more
The event coincided with Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Xinjiang is home to 25.85 million people, 14.93 million of whom are members of ethnic minority groups, including the Muslim Uygurs and Kazakhs. EU sees 200% surge in Xinjiang imports despite human rights concerns Beijing has … Read more
Addressing the Boao Forum for Asia in the Chinese island province of Hainan, Russian deputy prime minister Alexey Overchuk said the Kremlin and Beijing had discussed the possibility of “improving connectivity” between the initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a Russian-led effort to create an EU-like common market. China-Russia ties set to deepen with … Read more
WASHINGTON — Climate change and water scarcity are harsh realities facing Central Asia. Glaciers in the east, in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, are rapidly melting, while in the west, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea has turned into a desert. According to the World Bank, almost a third of the region’s 80 million … Read more
The surviving inhabitants of a Soviet-era town in northeastern Kazakhstan where 456 bombs were detonated on their doorstep, have revealed the devastating impact the explosions had on their health, with cancer spiking along with severe birth defects. Filmmakers Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor ventured to Kurchatov, which was a top secret town established in 1947 as the headquarters of … Read more
Buzachi Neft, the oil company in Kazakhstan responsible for the leak of tonnes of highly potent greenhouse gas methane, has been slapped with a fine of $780,000 (£614,000). The authorities swung into action after a BBC report made revelations about the leak last week in one of their reports. A well located in the Mangistau … Read more
A well in Kazakhstan continued to leak methane for six months in what is being termed one of the worst methane leaks ever recorded. According to a BBC report, it took place last year after a blowout led to a fire in a gas well in June last year, which was only brought under control … Read more
The bloc wants to finalize a 13th package of sanctions against Russia before Feb. 24, which would mark two years since Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The European Commission has also urged national governments to take “concerted action” to toughen sanctions enforcement. EU Council President Charles Michel served notice to Xi Jinping at … Read more
It is the first time the region has invited delegations from outside mainland China to attend its key political event of the year, according to the Xinjiang government, which is aiming to improve its international image amid allegations of human rights abuses and forced labour. Xinjiang is home to 25.85 million people, of which 14.93 … Read more
Does turbulence bring you terror? Help, of sorts, is at hand, in the form of rankings that reveal the most turbulent airports and routes in the world, which at least arm nervous flyers with the knowledge of where to avoid. The lists have been drawn up by turbulence forecast website turbli.com, which analysed over 150,000 long-haul and … Read more
