A Tien Shan brown bear scratching its back on a tree was caught by a camera trap in Zhongar-Alatau National Park. The bear helps spread seeds of the Sievers apple tree, ancestor of cultivated apples.
Find out what help is available if you lose your compulsory social health insurance (OSMS) status in Kazakhstan, including risks and free medical care explained by experts.
Almaty Zoo welcomes a newborn Przewalski's horse foal named Zhelmaya, second for mother Kurbanqul. It participates in conservation programs for rare species.
Argentina beat England 2-1 in the World Cup semifinal, with Lautaro Martínez scoring in stoppage time. Argentina reaches the final for the second straight time.
Astana police have detained a 29-year-old woman suspected of giving birth in a hotel and throwing her newborn into a sewer. An investigation is now underway.
Emergency power outage in Almaty hits several districts. Affected areas include Ryskulov Prospect, Zhandeldin Street, and others. Cause under investigation, restoration in 2-3 hours.
In the first half of 2026, Kazakhstan's agricultural production grew by 4.5%. The country is self-sufficient in food, with arable land expanded to 24 million hectares.
A hotel guest in Astana reportedly gave birth on a toilet and pushed the living baby into a shared sewer drain. Police have launched a criminal investigation and identified a suspect.
In Kostanay, a driver who struck a married couple on a pedestrian crossing, killing the woman, was sentenced to two years in prison and banned from driving for five years.
Kazakhstan's Bureau of National Statistics released 2026 adult tobacco consumption survey data: smoking rate fell from 17.5% to 15.1%. Read more on infohub.kz.
In Mangystau Region, the body of a missing 18-year-old was found 51 km from Aktau, 10 meters offshore. Rescuers recovered the body and handed it to police.
Police in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic dismantled two cyber-fraud groups, arresting 32 suspects and seizing equipment and digital assets worth over $200,000.
April 29 marks the birthdays of notable Kazakhs like physicist Tolegen Kozhamkulov, writer Ulugbek Esdauletov, and others in science, culture, and politics.
In June, Kazakhstan's labor market boomed with 109K vacancies and 126.7K resumes. Gen Z demands up to 3.4M tenge, but businesses seek teachers and builders.
Anthony Gordon scored in the 55th minute to give England a 1-0 lead over Argentina in the 2026 World Cup semifinal. The winner will face Spain in the final.
England and Argentina drew 0-0 in the first half of the 2026 World Cup semifinal. Argentina dominated but couldn't score. The winner faces Spain in the final.
Mother in Zhambyl fined 43,000 tenge for son's bullying of younger students. Moiynkum District Court applied Article 127-2 of the Administrative Code.
The body of Azamat Duisekhanov, who disappeared on his 18th birthday in the Caspian Sea on July 7, was found near Aktau on July 15. Search on unguarded coastline. More on 24KZ.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan laundered banknotes from 1 to 10,000 tenge to test durability. See how banknotes are tested and new technologies implemented.
Power restored in Almaty's Bostandyk district after July 15 outage due to technical fault, Alatau Zharyk Kompaniyasy reports. Three substations still off.
Argentina came from behind to beat England 2-1 in a dramatic 2026 World Cup semifinal, with goals from Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez. They will face Spain in the final.
403 hectares of areas disinfected in Aktobe region. According to the Emergency Ministry, 38,521 people have returned home, 6,726 remain in evacuation centers.
The Pavlodar regional prosecutor's office recovered a tax debt of 640 million tenge from Ekibastuz GRES-2. The amount has been paid to the budget, and work continues.
Almaty intensifies street watering with 16 columns covering over 128 streets amid forecast extreme heat up to 42°C. Measures reduce asphalt heat and dust.