Daily Monitor

January 6, 2021

Egypt signs reconciliation deal with Qatar

Cairo says it appreciates sincere efforts made to achieve reconciliation between Arab quartet and Qatar. […]
January 6, 2021

Number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 159,000 in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has added 742 new cases of the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, pushing the total caseload to 159,044, Kazinform has learnt from coronavirus2020.kz. […]
January 5, 2021

Asia Stocks Mixed on Virus Spike; Gold Holds Gain: Markets Wrap

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday amid concern that a surge in global coronavirus cases could crimp the economic recovery, with traders also bracing for key runoff elections in the U.S. The dollar edged down and gold held gains. […]
January 5, 2021

Breakthrough reached in Gulf dispute with Qatar -senior Trump official

-A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement aimed at ending their rift is to be signed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a senior Trump administration official said. […]
December 30, 2020

Covid-19: US reports first known case of highly-infectious variant

The first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado.  […]
December 30, 2020

Belarus, Kazakhstan discuss cooperation in military technology

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin met with Kazakhstan’s Minister of Defense Nurlan Yermekbayev, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Kazakhstan. […]
December 29, 2020

A historic oil price collapse, with worries headed into 2021

Even as global prices end the year at about $51 a barrel, near the average for 2015-2017 […]
December 29, 2020

Spain warns of ‘hard Brexit’ possibility in Gibraltar

Less than 72 hours remain for Spain, UK to strike deal related to small British territory […]
December 28, 2020

Covid: EU starts mass vaccination in ‘touching moment of unity’

The EU has begun a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. […]
December 28, 2020

Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making. […]
December 22, 2020

Nagorno-Karabakh: How did Azerbaijan triumph over Armenia?

Azerbaijan placed bets on sophisticated, pricey weapons, while Armenia relied on old Russian-made arms and obsolete strategy, analysts say. […]
December 22, 2020

Morocco hosts Israeli envoys, Kushner to hammer out new ties

Israeli envoys arrived in Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign policy push by U.S. President Donald Trump. […]
December 22, 2020

Coronavirus: EU urges countries to lift UK travel bans

The European Union’s 27 member states will try to co-ordinate restrictions on links to the UK, after dozens of countries suspended travel amid alarm over a new coronavirus variant. […]
December 15, 2020

Elbasy congratulates Kazakhstanis on Independence Day

First President of Kazakhstan-Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated Kazakhstanis on Independence Day, the Elbasy’s official website reads. […]
December 15, 2020

China’s Recovery Gathers Pace, Setting Up Strong Growth for 2021

China’s recovery gathered momentum in November, supported by strong demand from home and abroad, putting the economy further ahead of its peers as the only major one likely to expand this year. […]
December 15, 2020

‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after winning the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially determines the U.S. presidency. […]
December 10, 2020

Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay. […]
December 10, 2020

EU Leaders Set to Approve Budget as Poland, Hungary Accept Deal

Hungary and Poland lifted their veto over a landmark European Union stimulus package in exchange for a delay in a sanctioning process that could strip them of access to the funds. […]
December 8, 2020

Covid-19 Live Updates: Britain Begins Vaccinating Citizens

Britain has become the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a fully tested vaccine, kicking off a global effort to fight Covid-19. […]
December 8, 2020

Kyrgyzstan imported 24.8 million kWh of electricity from Kazakhstan on November 14-30

Kyrgyzstan imported 24.8 million kWh of electricity from Kazakhstan on November 14-30 […]