The world’s first satellite that uses magnets to gather up space junk will launch tomorrow morning. The craft, called ELSA-d and made by Japanese firm Astroscale, will blast off from Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 6.07am GMT on Saturday (March 20). The 200kg craft consists of two components that will perform a series of tests in … Read more
‘Borat the builder’ sacrifices a cow to the gods on Kazakhstan building site in the hope it will help him find some decent bricklayers Construction workers sacrificed a cow to the gods on a Kazakhstan building Cow was hoisted up by crane in scenes reminiscent of a Borat movie The bewildering event occurred in the … Read more
Stunning ‘ice volcano’ that stands 45 feet tall forms in Kazakhstan from underground springs that spout water which freezes almost instantly upon meeting the freezing air An ice volcano has form in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region that stands 45 feet and spouts water The structure formed over a spring that still spouting water, but the water freezes once … Read more
‘Very niiice!’: Kazakhstan adopts Borat’s catchphrase for tourism campaign Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat hails from the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan After the release of his first film in 2006, Kazakh officials were outraged at his depiction of the country as sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic They are now using his catchphrase ‘very nice’ in a … Read more
This is the first picture of baby girl who died in a hotel room in Kazakhstan after her British father allegedly beat her so badly that her brain was crushed. Sophia Barakat, aged one, is seen in the arms of 22-year-old mother Madina, who police say was also beaten during the attack. Investigators have charged … Read more
Wealthy playboy Aisultan Nazarbayev, 30, bit a police sergeant’s arm and stripped in an elderly woman’s home The wealthy playboy grandson of Kazakhstan’s former president was summoned to court today for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence more than a month after he died. The late Aisultan Nazarbayev, 30, was spared jailed last year … Read more
‘Unknown pneumonia’ said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan, Chinese embassy says More than 32,000 cases of the ‘unknown pneumonia’ have been reported in Kazakhstan from June 29 to July 5, along with 451 deaths The Chinese embassy says Kazakhstan saw 1,772 pneumonia deaths in the first half of the year, including 628 … Read more
Baby seal is pelted with rocks by beachgoers after the curious animal approached them in Kazakhstan Beachgoers pelt stones at a baby seal in the city of Aktau, in Kazakhstan An local captured a video of the perpetrators laughing, sharing it to social media Kazakh environmental authorities warned people to ‘respect nature’ By Roksana Panashchuk For … Read more
Welcome to the pandemic! Mask-wearing medics greet the International Space Station crew as they return to Earth after 200 days orbiting the planet The international crew touched down in Kazahkstan after returning from the ISS Their Soyuz capsule landed at 06:15 BST and they were met by masked doctors Doctors meeting them have all been … Read more
Drinking horse milk can help regulate blood pressure and have anti-inflammatory benefits… and it could even reduce the risk of cancer, researchers claim Horse milk contains casein protein which is toxic to breast cancer cells It is also high in albumin, which helps regulate blood pressure a Research comes from Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, central … Read more