Topic: kazakhstan

Security forces kill 'dozens' in Kazakhstan unrest

Security forces kill 'dozens' in Kazakhstan unrest

Christopher Rickleton and Michael Mainville, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 04:27 PM

Security forces in Kazakhstan killed dozens of protesters trying to storm government buildings overnight, police said Thursday, after a Moscow-led military alliance agreed to send forces to help quell mounting unrest. Read more »

Kazakhstan, reversing itself, embraces ‘Borat’ as very nice

Kazakhstan, reversing itself, embraces ‘Borat’ as very nice

Joel Stein, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 26 11:58 PM

“It’s a newer generation,” he said. “They’ve got Twitter, they’ve got Instagram, they’ve got Reddit, they know English, they know memes. They get it. They’re inside the media world. We’re looking at the same comedians, the same Kimmel show. Kazakhstan is globalized.”   Read more »

Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronauts

Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronauts

Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 03:55 PM

ALMATY - NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will take an unusual - and more exhausting - route home after safely landing in the Kazakh steppe on Friday, a Russian healthcare official said, because of lockdowns caused by the novel coronavirus.   Read more »

Woman in space

Woman in space

Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool via Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 08:51 AM

NASA astronaut Christina Koch reacts shortly after landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-13 space capsule in a remote area southeast of Zhezkazgan in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan, Thursday. Read more »

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