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Olympics-Swimming-Ledecky takes record ninth gold as Summer sparkles
PARIS - Katie Ledecky tore up the record books again at the Paris Games by claiming a ninth career gold medal, while teenager Summer...
Aug 4, 20243 min read


Olympics-Gymnastics-Mutual admiration society for 'pommel horse brothers'
PARIS - The contest to decide the best pommel horse specialist at the Paris Olympics was among the fiercest on the scoreboard but the...
Aug 4, 20242 min read


Olympics-Judo-Smetov wins men's -60kg gold for Kazakhstan
PARIS - Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the under 60kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Luka Mkheidze of France...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club
ASTANA - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


India, China foreign ministers agree to resolve border issues at earliest
NEW DELHI - India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Kazakhstan where the two...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Russia's Putin and China's Xi to meet at security summit in Kazakhstan
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and...
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Russia-China dominated SCO summit
Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for regional security and defence talks, the Kremlin said, as well...
Jul 3, 20241 min read


Factbox-EU targets LNG and shipping in 14th Russia sanctions package
BRUSSELS - European Union countries on Monday adopted a 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The...
Jun 24, 20243 min read


Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind
KABUL - The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in western Afghanistan aimed at making the...
May 2, 20243 min read


Shoigu says Russia and allies should step up military exercises in Asia
ASTANA - Russia and its allies in Asia should expand joint military exercises as they face a direct threat from attempts by the United...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Russian villagers build homemade dam to keep out floods
PEROVSKY, Russia - As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and...
Apr 19, 20242 min read


Russia launches first Angara-A5 space rocket from Vostochny
MOSCOW - Russia test launched its Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday for the first time after technical...
Apr 11, 20241 min read
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