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On March 31 last year, two police officers, Erin Perrotta and Yoon Heo, chased 39-year-old Dyshan Best, a Black man, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. During the chase, Heo shot Best, saying Best had pointed a gun at him. However, the most controversial development is that the first ambulance to arrive at the scene was used to transport Perrotta rather than Best, the Associated Press reported.

A state investigation found that after Best was shot, he had to wait about 10 additional minutes for a second ambulance. The first ambulance at the scene was used to take Perrotta. The report said...

Dimash Qudaibergen has released a new song, “Samal” (“A Fresh Breeze”), recently performed by singer and musical theater actor Nurzhas Sadyrbai, a participant in Dimash’s «Voice Beyond Horizon» show.

The music was composed and produced by Dimash, with lyrics by Oral Baisengir.

Performance video

In the premiere video, Nurzhas performs the song onstage while Dimash accompanies him on the grand piano.

English translation of the lyrics

Below is a poetic English interpretation of the song’s lyrics, translated from Kazakh.

A love enough to hold us both,
As golden dawn begins to break.
I’ll trust you...

Laylat al-Qadr — also known as the Night of Power — will fall on the night of March 16-17, according to the 2026 Ramadan calendar.

Read also: Where Ramadan fasts last the longest in Kazakhstan.

In Islamic tradition, the night is described in the Quran as being «better than a thousand months,» and it is widely regarded as a time for spiritual renewal, prayer and seeking forgiveness.

The Spiritual Administration of Kazakhstan’s Muslims (SAKM) has shared guidance on how believers can observe the night and highlighted a...

Editors at Wikipedia are stepping up efforts to prevent generative artificial intelligence from undermining the accuracy of the world’s largest online knowledge repository.

According to reporting by 404 Media, volunteer editors recently adopted new rules and restricted several contributors who were paid to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages using AI tools. The changes came after editors discovered that some of those translations introduced factual mistakes, often described as AI «hallucinations.»

AI translations raise concerns

The translators were associated with the Open Knowledge Association (OKA), a nonprofit that supports contributions to Wikipedia and other...

As tensions rise amid a U.S.- and Israeli-led war with Iran, understanding the perspectives and everyday realities of Iranians can feel increasingly difficult from the outside. Several recent documentaries and feature films (as compiled by NPR) by Iranian journalists and filmmakers — both inside the country and in the diaspora — offer a closer look at Iran’s culture, society and political history.

Revisiting a pivotal moment in Iran’s history

The 2019 documentary “Coup 53”, directed by Taghi Amirani and co-written with Walter Murch, examines the covert operation known as Operation Ajax. The film...

Onychomycosis, commonly known as nail fungus, is a widespread infection that affects the nail plate and the nail bed. The condition develops gradually and often requires months of treatment before the nail fully recovers.

What causes nail fungus?

Nail fungus develops when microscopic fungi infect the nail. These organisms thrive in warm, moist environments.

People most often contract the infection in public places such as swimming pools, saunas and gyms. Wearing tight shoes with poor ventilation can also create conditions that allow fungi to grow.

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During the second Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris, Emmanuel Macron called on Kazakhstan to increase uranium exports to the European Union.

The French president said additional supplies would help Europe meet its goal of expanding nuclear fuel production as part of its long-term energy strategy.

Read also: Kazakhstan holds enough uranium for 60 years of nuclear power.

Kazakhstan is the world’s largest uranium producer. In 2025, the country produced about 26,000 tons of uranium, roughly 40% of global supply.

Kazakh-French joint venture to boost production

Production is expected to increase...

Mark Zuckerberg-owned Meta has acquired Moltbook — an unusual social media platform where AI agents communicate instead of people, according to Axios.

The project was launched in late January. Its concept differs from traditional social media platforms. Moltbook resembles Reddit, but posts and comments are created by AI agents, while humans can only observe the conversations.

Bots discuss different topics, ranging from platform operations to memes and philosophical questions. At the same time, each AI agent belongs to a specific user or company, which creates and adjusts it.

Meta acquired the platform as part of its...

Around 20 tons of saiga antelope horns — for which poachers killed the animals — have accumulated in the warehouses of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. Minister Yerlan Nyssanbayev told journalists that the horns are planned for export in 2026.

«During population regulation, the horns are cut off and registered in the information system at carcass collection points and local akimats. They are then transported under security to Almaty, where special refrigeration facilities have been built. These facilities maintain specific temperature and air-humidity conditions. Each horn is numbered, labeled and...

Australia’s High Court has ruled in favor of fashion designer Katie Perry in a prolonged trademark dispute with American pop star Katy Perry, the BBC reported.

In a decision delivered on Wednesday, the court determined that the designer’s clothing label did not damage the singer’s reputation or create confusion among consumers. The ruling allows the designer to keep the trademark registered.

Perry launched her fashion brand under the name «Katie Perry» in 2007. In 2014, when Katy Perry was on tour in Australia and merchandise bearing her name appeared across the country, the designer took legal action against the...

Yerlan Akkenzhenov, Kazakhstan’s energy minister, said he expects global oil prices to remain around $80 per barrel but noted that a significant increase could bring major additional revenue to the country.

Speaking about possible market scenarios, Akkenzhenov said that if oil prices reach $100 per barrel, Kazakhstan could receive about $20 billion in extra revenue for its national budget and the National Fund of Kazakhstan. If prices reach $120 per barrel, the additional revenue could rise to approximately $37 billion.

Read also: In major policy pivot, Kazakh oil fund shifts...

Organizers of a financial pyramid scheme allegedly posed as representatives of a company called Sirius Energy, which they claimed was involved in solar power generation projects in Chile. The suspects persuaded residents of Kazakhstan to invest in what they described as high-return renewable energy ventures.

Read also: How Kazakhstanis lost fortune in an African diamond mining scam.

According to the Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) of Kazakhstan, the scheme required investors to transfer funds exclusively in the cryptocurrency Tether (USDT). After the transfers were made, supposed bonuses and profits were displayed in...

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education has received 100,000 ChatGPT Edu licenses for teachers, which will be distributed among preschools (5,000 licenses), schools (85,000) and colleges (10,000). Through 2026, another 100,000 teachers are expected to be granted licenses.

ChatGPT to be available to 200,000 teachers

Kazakhstan is preparing to launch a pilot of ChatGPT Edu. The project is expected to involve 200,000 teachers in 2026, who will be able to use AI to reduce their workload.

ChatGPT integration into the education system is expected to enhance the quality of training, make teachers’ workflow more efficient and develop...

Islamic mortgage products could be introduced in Kazakhstan as early as this year, according to Lyazzat Ibragimova, CEO of Otbasy Bank, the sole bank implementing housing construction savings system.

Read also: Islamic finance booms in Kazakhstan, but a key piece is missing: mortgages.

Ibragimova announced the plan during a briefing following a recent government meeting, saying the bank expects strong demand for Islamic-compliant home financing in the country.

Cooperation with Pakistan’s Meezan Bank

As part of its preparations, representatives of Otbasy Bank recently traveled to Pakistan, where they signed a memorandum of cooperation...

An unusual blog has unexpectedly gained popularity on Russian-speaking Instagram. The account @spoon_vs_the_wall posts short daily videos of a man trying to drill a hole in a concrete wall with a spoon.

The videos are extremely simple: a gloved hand, a spoon and a round indentation in the wall that the blogger methodically deepens. Each video includes a counter such as «Day 21,» «Day 26» or «9,000 blows.»

The account has already amassed more than 250,000 followers. In the comment section, users discuss how thick the wall might be and when the «light at the end of the tunnel» will...

Italy has purchased a rare painting attributed to the Baroque master Caravaggio for $35 million, marking one of the country’s largest state expenditures on a single artwork, the Associated Press reported.

The portrait, titled «Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini,» was painted around 1598 and depicts Pope Urban VIII as a young cleric. The Italian Culture Ministry said the work was acquired from a private collection after more than a year of negotiations and will be added to Palazzo Barberini‘s permanent collection.

According to Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, the painting has major historical importance and the purchase reflects...

The globally renowned Cirque du Soleil is set to perform in Kazakhstan for the first time since 2017.

The troupe will perform 14 shows in the country’s two largest cities: from June 4 to 7 in Astana and from June 11 to 15 in Almaty, Freedom Events CEO Victoria Torgunakova announced at a presentation for the new company.

The venues will be Barys Arena in Astana and Almaty Arena in Almaty. Torgunakova noted that the announcementfollowed extensive preparations and agreements. Engineers from the circus have already inspected the venues, and soon two cargo aircraft carrying 200 tons of equipment will...

Thomas «Tommy» Thompson, 73, an Ohio scientist and treasure hunter who recovered a large amount of gold from an 1857 shipwreck, has been released from federal prison, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

Thompson had been in jail since 2015 after a federal judge in Columbus held him in contempt of court for refusing to disclose where he stored gold coins and bars recovered from the SS Central America shipwreck.

The steamship sank during a hurricane off the coast of South Carolina in 1857 while traveling from California to New York, carrying an estimated 21 tons of gold. Around...

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education announced teaching guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), developed by the National Academy of Education named after Ybyrai Altynsarin. Kursiv LifeStyle explains how teachers are advised to use AI and curb homework copying.

Primarily, the ministry stated that AI cannot replace the teacher’s role. Instead, the tools are intended to serve as assistants — for example, to prepare lessons using AI or to compare students’ performance.

At the same time, teachers remain responsible for key decisions — they determine lesson content, grade students’ work and make final decisions themselves. Using AI alone to evaluate...

President of the Kazakhstan Professional Boxing Federation Rakhimzhan Yerdenbekov said the suspension of Kazakh boxer Janibek Alimkhanuly is a major lesson for the team.

«However, he will return to the big ring this year even stronger and will win all four world titles,» Yerdenbekov wrote on Instagram.

IBF rules and timeline

According to Yerdenbekov, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) has strict regulations. In a letter to the boxer’s team, the organization said Alimkhanuly is suspended until Dec. 2, 2026.

Under IBF rules, champions in any weight class must...

A heartwarming video has gone viral on social media, capturing an unlikely friendship between a cat and several Kazakh hunting dogs.

Read also: Meet the bomb-sniffing dog stealing hearts at Astana Airport.

In the clip, a cat named Misha darts out from beneath a haystack while two black Kazakh Tazy dogs sit atop large hay bales, calmly watching him. Another dog — a lighter and sturdier Tazy named Lashyn, which means «falcon» in Kazakh — soon joins the cat in a playful game of tag.

An unusual online dating fraud scheme was exposed in Astana, according to Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office.

A group of women contacted men on dating websites and suggested continuing communication in a rented apartment. To make the arrangement appear legitimate, they posted rental ads online in Astana, using fake photos of attractive interiors and requesting a one-day booking.

The men, expecting to meet their new acquaintances, transferred the rental fees. In reality, no such apartments existed. Once the money was received, the women stopped communicating and blocked the victims’ numbers.

Schemes like this are often employed by...

Do you ever get an idea that keeps you up at night? You can already picture your logo, your first clients and the inevitable «How I built a company from scratch» interview.

Read also: How to think like a millionaire: A guide to handling wealth.

It may feel as if the world has been waiting for your innovation. That spark of excitement — when everything suddenly seems possible — is often the moment when many founders decide to launch.

But where do those ideas actually come from?

Where to look for business ideas

One unexpected angle in the recent backlash against actor Timothée Chalamet surfaced in a post on the social media platform Threads. The user noted that Chalamet’s comments about opera and ballet bear an unusual resemblance to the views once expressed by the late President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov, known for his eccentric reforms.

Read also: Dimash, Ronaldo, and Chalamet battle for 2026’s top handsome title.

In 2001, Niyazov — who styled himself Turkmenbashi, or «leader of all Turkmens» — abolished the country’s opera and ballet...