The development of a long-anticipated light rail transit (LRT) line in Almaty has gotten off the ground. The timeline for the project’s start and completion has been set. Kursiv LifeStyle explains where the first route will run. The discussion of the feasibility study for the line took place on Feb.…
German airline Lufthansa announced the resumption of scheduled flights from Kazakhstan to Germany. Passengers are promised onboard comfort and internet access. Operations will begin on March 29, 2026, serving the Almaty-Frankfurt route five times a week and operating four weekly flights from Astana. The options will include non-stop flights to…
A seagull flying over the pitch during a football match in Turkey went viral after it was struck by a ball and subsequently given CPR. According to the Turkish Anadolu Agency, the incident occurred during the Istanbul 1st Amateur League playoff final between Mevlanakapı Güzelhisar and Istanbul Yurdum Spor on…
Tickets for BTS’s comeback show in central Seoul sold out within minutes on Monday evening. Officials expect about 260,000 fans to visit the city for the group’s first full concert in almost four years, The Guardian reported. Bookings for the free event at Gwanghwamun Square on March 21 opened at…
A Budapest pizzeria is turning back the clock with a limited-edition pizza inspired by ancient Rome, recreating a flatbread style from before tomatoes and mozzarella were part of European cuisine, the Associated Press reported. At Neverland Pizzeria in central Budapest, founder Josep Zara and his team created the recipe using…
A tourist attraction offering hot coffee and incredible photo opportunities is gaining popularity in China. Gushi Cliff Coffee, a café in southeastern China’s Fujian Province, opened in 2024 and is gradually becoming a popular destination among tourists. It is located on a cliff approximately 70 meters above sea level in…
Ramadan is no longer observed only as a religious month of fasting and prayer. The ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar has also become a peak season for global retail. British media have coined the term Ramadan Rush, and luxury executives say the weeks leading up to Eid al-Fitr…
Offenses will now also be monitored by police drones in Almaty. Kursiv LifeStyle explains why residents’ lives may start to resemble the trappings of a cyberpunk dystopia. According to Polisia.kz, police drones have begun patrolling the city’s skies. In addition to recording violations, the drones are intended to remind residents…
Osaka, Japan, received a lavish donation of 21 kilograms of gold bars, worth around $3.6 million, from a donor who asked to remain anonymous in November to help renovate the city’s water system, following an earlier cash contribution of roughly $3,200, the BBC reported, citing Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama. «Tackling…
A video of an unusual fitness club in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, looking more like a nightclub than a gym, has gone viral online. People are shown working out to DJ sets, accompanied by a light show. The video quickly went viral and sparked discussions. Some users found the format bold and…
Satbayev University in Almaty has officially allowed its students to sleep on campus. The university has set up designated rest areas where students can lie down and take power naps between classes, journalist Polina Shimanskaya said in a post on Threads. She said the university held a local «referendum,» after…
No new sporting venues are planned in Almaty for the 2029 Asian Winter Games, Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister of Tourism and Sports Serik Zharasbayev said during a Senate briefing. He said that before approving the bid, authorities conducted monitoring and analysis. It was determined that the existing sports facilities in Almaty…
A dog unexpectedly ran onto the course during the women’s team sprint qualifying race in the cross‑country skiing event at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. The extraordinary incident, in which an animal resembling a wolf began following the athletes, occurred on Feb. 18. The dog appeared in the final stretch…
Kazakhstani videographer Dastan Mukhamedrakhim has been named the world’s best travel blogger by the WIBA Awards 2026. According to Mukhamedrakhim, he received an invitation to the awards ceremony in France, which is being held alongside the Cannes Film Festival. The invitation stated that he had been recognized as the world’s…
In April 2025, Scott Atkins, a 22-year-old resident of Glasgow, decided to leave a paid work-and-study design engineering program at the University of Glasgow to focus full-time on selling secondhand clothes online, reflecting a broader interest in this among Gen Z, according to Reuters. Atkins’ business model is simple: he…
Famous Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho shared a photo taken in Kazakhstan on Instagram. In the photo, the 78‑year‑old author of «The Alchemist» poses with a horse against a mountainous backdrop. «While I walk through the world, Kazakhstan. Galloping into the Year of the Horse. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!»…
A gamer couple’s wedding in Turkey unexpectedly went viral online. Instead of the usual gifts like gold or jewelry, the newlyweds received a graphics card, RAM and a CPU. In the video, the groom is seen with a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card hung on a red ribbon around his…
Spanish figure skater Olivia Smart and former U.S. Olympic ice dancer Jean-Luc Baker announced their engagement during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Fox News reported. Baker proposed to Smart on Valentine’s Day and the couple later shared the news on social media. The proposal took place in Milan while…
UFC champion Islam Makhachev has said he would welcome the opportunity to fight at a proposed UFC event at the White House, which the promotion is considering for U.S. Flag Day celebrations on June 14, 2026, according to Bloody Elbow. The unusual event has attracted interest from several high-profile fighters,…
Sony Pictures is developing a new feature installment of «Charlie’s Angels.» The project is currently in the early stages of development, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The designated screenwriter is reportedly Pete Chiarelli, known for «The Proposal» starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, as well as «Crazy Rich Asians.» The…
A little monkey named Punch at a zoo in Japan became a real social media star over the weekend. Users were touched by photos and videos showing a six-month-old macaque clutching its favorite plush orangutan toy. Punch was born in July 2025 at Ichikawa City Zoo. The zoo caretakers raised…
A camera trap has captured footage of three Indian crested porcupines in Ile-Alatau National Park in southeastern Kazakhstan. According to the park’s press service, the rare animals were recorded during daylight hours. The Indian crested porcupine is considered a rare species and is included in Category IV of Kazakhstan’s Red…
Kazakhstani figure skater Mikhail Shaidorov humorously showed how he brought Olympic gold to his country. In the video, captioned «That beep? Just Olympic gold,» the athlete can be seen passing through the metal detector before revealing the gold medal hidden beneath the national Olympic team jacket. The post immediately went…
Machines for buying and selling gold bars, designed to operate like ATMs, are set to appear in Tajikistan. The country’s central bank plans to launch the project this year. The idea is simple: customers pay for the selected bar by card and receive it directly from the machine. Some of…
