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S. Korea's first locally built space rocket on track for launch in 2021 GOHEUNG. KAZINFORM South Korea's first locally built satellite-carrying rocket is on track for a launch in early 2021, the state-run aerospace research institute said Sunday, opening a new chapter in the country's space exploration program, Yonhap reports.

19.01.2020 18:56

Iran examining Ukrainian plane’s black box TEHRAN. KAZINFORM Head of the accident investigation board of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Hassan Rezaeifar said that Iranian experts are currently examining black box of the crashed Ukrainian airliner, IRNA reported.

19.01.2020 17:35

Global athletes to partake in Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship in April ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, ADWPJJC, the largest and most prestigious event on the global jiu-jitsu calendar, returns for its 12th edition from 11th-18th April 2020 at the Mubadala Arena, at Zayed Sports City, in Abu Dhabi.

19.01.2020 16:05

British royal family allows Harry, Meghan to step back from royal duties LONDON. KAZINFORM The British royal family has agreed that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are no longer working members of the royal family, Xinhua reports.

19.01.2020 12:49

Olympics: Tokyo torch relay to add another Fukushima reactor town TOKYO. KAZINFORM The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay is likely to pass through the town of Futaba, which hosts the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, as the government plans to lift the mandatory evacuation order for the town on March 4, sources familiar with the matter said Friday, Kyodo reported.

18.01.2020 11:41

UAE among top ten economies showing most progress toward gender equality WASHINGTON DC. KAZINFORM - The United Arab Emirates is among the top ten economies exhibiting the most progress toward gender equality since 2017, a World Bank report has revealed.

17.01.2020 22:23

Korean language test applicants hit record high in 2019: data SEOUL. KAZINFORM - A record number of applicants took the Korean language proficiency test last year, data showed Friday, reflecting the growing popularity of the language, Yonhap reports.

17.01.2020 21:31

Girl survives 18 hours under collapsed house, snow in Pakistan ISLAMABAD. KAZINFORM A 12-year-old girl has survived 18 hours buried under rubble and snow in Pakistan after a neighbor's house where she took refuge with her family was buried by an avalanche.

17.01.2020 20:07

Australian scientists make breakthrough on preventing spread of dengue fever CANBERRA. KAZINFORM Researchers from Australia's national science body have successfully genetically engineered mosquitoes that are resistant to spreading dengue virus.

17.01.2020 19:02

Novel implants in test to ease patients' life ANKARA. KAZINFORM A state of art invention is being tested to help the patients who have to live with implants, the man-made devices used to support the treatment of some significant diseases.

17.01.2020 17:49

2020 biggest yet diamond named after deposit’s discoverer ARKHANGELSK. KAZINFORM - The first big diamond mined in the Arkhangelsk Region in 2020 is named after a discoverer of the Lomonosov deposit - Georgy Georgiev, the regional administration’s press service told TASS.

17.01.2020 14:37

Growing numbers of illegal stayers leave Korea voluntarily SEOUL. KAZINFORM A growing number of foreigners staying illegally in South Korea are voluntarily leaving the country after the government offered various incentives, including an opportunity for reentry, to overstayers choosing to voluntary depart, a government agency said Friday, Yonhap reported.

17.01.2020 13:40

Iran ready for handing over Ukrainian victims' bodies of plane incident: FM Zarif TEHRAN. KAZINFORM Iranian and Ukrainian foreign ministers discussed the latest situation surrounding the air disaster during a telephone conversation late on Thursday, IRNA reported.

17.01.2020 10:38

China announces 2nd death from new coronavirus BEIJING. KAZINFORM Local authorities in central China's city of Wuhan said Thursday that a 69-year-old man died the previous day of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths linked to the virus to two, Kyodo reports.

17.01.2020 08:15

Technology helps solve mystery of ancient eye-shaped glass beads SHENYANG. KAZINFORM Thanks to modern technology, Chinese researchers have solved the mystery of seven eye-shaped glass beads found in a tomb dating back to the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.)

16.01.2020 22:12

Putin signs decree appointing Mishustin Russia’s prime minister MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister, TASS reported.

16.01.2020 21:55

UAE-based individuals can help WWF Australia emergency appeal ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM Emirates Nature-WWF has set up a fundraising channel, via YallaGive - a local crowdfunding platform - through which UAE-based individuals can support the nature and wildlife of Australia.

16.01.2020 21:26

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon in 2019 was 85 percent greater than in 2018 RIO DE JANEIRO. KAZINFORM Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region last year was 85 percent greater than that reported in 2018, according to estimates by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) released on Tuesday.

16.01.2020 17:23

S. Korea to spend big on sci-tech, AI in 2020 SEOUL. KAZINFORM South Korea will spend 24.2 trillion won (US$21 billion) of the state budget to nurture the science and technology and artificial intelligence sectors, the science ministry said Thursday.

16.01.2020 16:18

PM candidate Mishustin announces planned changes in new Russian Cabinet MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Head of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin, whom Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed as a candidate for the position of prime minister, has said at a meeting with the United Russia party's faction in the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) that some changes are planned in the new government, head of the United Russia party’s parliamentary faction Sergei Neverov told TASS on Thursday.

16.01.2020 15:58

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