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Cruise shooed from various countries over COVID-19 fears docks in Cambodia BANGKOK. KAZINFORM A cruise ship carrying thousands of people that had been denied entry into several countries over fears its passengers were infected with a new deadly coronavirus, docked Thursday in a port in Cambodia, 13 days after setting sail.

13.02.2020 22:23

Essex lorry deaths suspect wins appeal against extradition to UK DUBLIN.KAZINFORM An Irish high court in Dublin on Wednesday granted a lorry driver an appeal against his extradition to the United Kingdom (UK) over his alleged involvement in multiple counts of manslaughter.

13.02.2020 21:40

Kazakhstan’s initiatives highly appreciated at UN Office in Vienna NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Yerzhan Ashikbayev, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, held a meeting with the leadership of the Vienna-based UN organizations during his working visit to Austria on February 10-12, 2020.

13.02.2020 21:10

Japan confirms 1st coronavirus death as more infections reported TOKYO. KAZINFORM A Japanese woman in her 80s infected with the new coronavirus died Thursday, becoming the country's first confirmed fatality, the health minister said, as more cases of infection were reported besides hundreds on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo.

13.02.2020 20:29

Kazakh President receives public figure Adil Akhmetov NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received public figure Adil Akhmetov to debate issues concerning the transition of the Kazakh alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin script, the Akorda press service reports.

13.02.2020 20:04

Four regions close down roads due to snowstorms NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Poor weather conditions forced four regions of Kazakhstan to close down seven sections on the roads up to 1,036 km in both ways that is 4.1% of all the main highways.

13.02.2020 19:34

Snowstorms, fog and black ice to batter Kazakhstan Feb 14 NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Snowstorms, fog and black ice are forecast to grip Kazakhstan on February 14, Kazhydromet reports.

13.02.2020 19:11

Kazakh students airlifted from Wuhan to be released from quarantine Sunday ahead NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM «Kazakhstani students evacuated from Wuhan on February 2 will be released from quarantine on Sunday ahead,» an official spokesperson of the Kazakh Health Ministry, Dias Akhmetsharip, told a briefing.

13.02.2020 18:53

Kazakh Senate Speaker, WHO reps debate healthcare issues NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakh Senate Speaker Dariga Nazarbayev met with Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, the Chamber’s press service reports.

13.02.2020 18:29

12 Kazakhstanis evacuated from Wuhan undergoing treatment NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM «12 out of 83 Kazakhstanis airlifted from Wuhan are currently undergoing treatment for acute respiratory infection,» an official spokesperson of the Kazakh Health Ministry, Dias Akhmetsharip, told a briefing.

13.02.2020 18:00

New head of Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary named NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM The chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry Ministry decreed to appoint Yerkin Shaimagambetov as the president of Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary JSC.

13.02.2020 17:50

4 Kazakhstanis on coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship, Health Ministry NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM «Four Kazakhstanis stay on board the Diamond Princess, coronavirus-hit cruise ship quarantined at Yokohama, Japan,» an official spokesperson of the Kazakh Health Ministry, Dias Akhmetsharip, told a briefing.

13.02.2020 17:25

Kazakh PM surveys construction progress in Turkestan TURKESTAN. KAZINFORM As part of his working trip, Prime Minister Askar Mamin surveyed the progress of construction of facilities in Turkestan.

13.02.2020 17:06

UN health agency developing coronavirus treatment master plan GENEVA. KAZINFORM The World Health Organisation, WHO, is developing a master plan for coordinating clinical trials that could lead to potential therapies for patients infected with the COVID-19 virus, the agency’s chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced on Wednesday.

13.02.2020 16:35

Books of 'Parasite' script, hand-drawn storyboards storm to top of online sales charts SEOUL. KAZINFORM A set of books carrying the script and the director's hand-drawn storyboards of «Parasite» has stormed to the top of local book sales charts this week following the film's historic Oscar victories.

13.02.2020 16:16

Too much sitting linked to higher risk of depression in adolescents: study LONDON. KAZINFORM Sitting still for too long daily is linked to an increased risk of depressive symptoms in adolescents, said the University College London (UCL) in a report Wednesday.

13.02.2020 15:46

5yo girl wins grand prix at national contest PAVLODAR. KAZINFORM 5-year-old girl Amina Masalimova of Pavlodar won the grand prix at BE A STAR national contest.

13.02.2020 15:11

Another group of Kazakhstanis evacuated from China ALMATY. KAZINFORM Plane carrying 211 people on board has arrived from China in Almaty. 171 of them are the nationals of Kazakhstan and 40 are Kyrgyz citizens, Kazinform correspondent reports.

13.02.2020 14:35

Olympics: Coronavirus will not affect Tokyo Games schedule: Mori TOKYO. KAZINFORM Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori reiterated Thursday that the schedule of this summer's games will not be affected by the spread of the new coronavirus, Kyodo reports.

13.02.2020 14:11

National Public Confidence Council prepares for its III sitting NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM The National Public Confidence Council is now working out the agenda of its III meeting, Advisor to President Yerlan Karin informed via his Facebook account, Kazinform reports.

13.02.2020 13:51

Development Bank of Kazakhstan talks 2020 priority projects BAKU. KAZINFORM Plan of Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) for project’s support in 2019 was 446.5 billion tenge ($1.1 million), DBK Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Duman Aubakirov told Trend.

13.02.2020 13:41

President received NB Chairman Yerbolat Dossayev NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has received Chairman of the National Bank Yerbolat Dossayev.

13.02.2020 13:15

State commissions on celebration of Abai’s 175th and Al-Farabi’s 1,150th anniversaries hold meeting in Akorda NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Secretary of State Krymbek Kusherbayev has chaired today a meeting of the state commissions on preparation for the celebration of the 175th anniversary of Abai and 1,150th anniversary of Abu Nasr Al-Farabi, Kazinform correspondent reports.

13.02.2020 12:50

WHO to draft coordination plan for anti-coronavirus measures — head GENEVA. KAZINFORM The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working on a master plan that would coordinate clinical research on coronavirus, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reports.

13.02.2020 11:29

EAEU to exchange data about infections, unsafe products MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The Eurasian Economic Commission Board has approved the regulations governing the general processes in information support of sanitary measures, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

13.02.2020 10:55

Earthquake occurred on Kazakh-Chinese border NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM A 3.9-magnitude earthquake has jolted on the Kazakh-Chinese border at 09:49am today, Kazinform reports.

13.02.2020 10:30

5 Kazakhstan oil companies received payment from Transneft PJSC for substandard oil NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM In the framework of the agreements signed between Transneft PJSC and KazTransOil JSC, speaking on behalf of 38 Kazakhstan oil companies on the issue of cost recovery for shipping about 699 thousand tons of substandard oil in the port of Ust-Luga, 5 Kazakhstan oil companies paid by Transneft. Previously, payments were made to 32 companies, the Kazakh company informs on its website.

13.02.2020 10:15

COVID-19 - official name for disease caused by novel coronavirus BEIJING. KAZINFORM The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday gave the official name for the illness caused by the latest novel coronavirus as COVID-19, Xinhua reports.

13.02.2020 09:50

China’s Hubei province reports almost 15,000 new coronavirus cases BEIJING. KAZINFORM China's Hubei province has reported 14,840 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, Kazinform reports citing the Health Committee of the province.

13.02.2020 09:31

Business climate and investment opportunities of Kazakhstan presented in Baku BAKU. KAZINFORM On February 12, 2020, in Baku, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Serzhan Abdykarimov took part in a business conference organized by the Caspian European Club regional organization. The event was attended by about 60 representatives of business circles of Azerbaijan from various sectors, Director General of Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC Taleh Ziyadov, members of the Caspian European Club, the press service of the Kazakh Embassy in Baku informs.

13.02.2020 08:56

School classes cancelled in Nur-Sultan and East Kazakhstan region NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM School classes are canceled today for the students of 0-4 grades in Nur-Sultan and several regions of the East Kazakhstan region, Kazinform reports.

13.02.2020 08:43

February 13. Today's Birthdays NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 13th of February.

13.02.2020 08:00

EBRD Green Cities, East Kazakhstan leadership act to transform two cities LONDON. KAZINFORM The East Kazakhstan region, already making major upgrades to its municipal infrastructure, brought two regional cities into the EBRD’s successful urban sustainability programme, EBRD Green Cities, when the region’s Governor, Danial Akhmetov, signed a Memorandum of Understanding showing local authorities’ strong interest in developing the green economy, the EBRD informs on its website.

13.02.2020 07:48

Kazakhstan weather forecast for Feb 13 NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Frontal-type precipitation (snow and rain) will hit southern, southwestern and western parts of the republic on February 13. Snowfall is forecast in central, eastern, northern and northwestern regions. Some areas will see black ice as well as foggy and windy conditions.

13.02.2020 07:25

February 13. Kazinform's timeline of major events NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for the 13th of February. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on February 13.

13.02.2020 07:00

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