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'I felt lucky to have this rare glimpse into a place that few have ever seen from above', NatGeo photographer about Mangistau basin MANGISTAU REGION. KAZINFORM - The world-famous National Geographic edition has posted a photo of the tract in Mangistau region on its Instagram account, Kazinform correspondent reports.
Over two thousand online shops registered in Kazakhstan NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - There are more than two thousand online stores in Kazakhstan, this has been announced by Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at today's Government meeting.
China has 410,000 5G base stations by June BEIJING. KAZINFORM - China built 257,000 new 5G base stations in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Xinhua reports.
UK excludes Huawei from developing its 5G network LONDON. KAZINFORM - The United Kingdom's government announced on Tuesday that mobile providers will be banned from buying 5G equipment from Huawei from 2021.
Huawei ranks first in China's wearable market BEIJING. KAZINFORM - Huawei has ranked first in the country's wearable market with solid performance of wearable watches, showing strong growth momentum despite the downward trend of China's wearable market in the first quarter of this year, Sina Finance reported on Tuesday.
President congratulates Kazakhstanis on International Children's Day NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has congratulated Kazakhstanis on the International Children's Day, Kazinform reported with the reference to Head of State's Twitter account.
Brazil reports over 1,000 virus deaths, 16,000 cases BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - Brazil reported over 16,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths on Wednesday.According to the Health Ministry, 16,324 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the overall count to 391,222.
Kazakhstan team becomes finalist of Microsoft int'l contest NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan team became the finalist of the international Microsoft contest «The next AI Guardians», Kazinform reported with the reference to the Kazakhstan Press Club.
Zoom agrees to improve security, privacy of 200 million users after probe NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - Zoom Video Communications has agreed to improve the security and privacy of more than 200 million users, according to an agreement announced on Thursday by New York's attorney general, after problems arose as it soared in popularity during pandemic lockdowns around the world.
4 hurt in house fire in Semey SEMEY. KAZINFORM A fire broke out in a house in Semey, the emergency situations department reports. Four people were rescued before the fire extinguishers arrived.
Reps of Kazakh diaspora in Mongolia sent letter of thanks to President NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - A letter of thanks from our compatriots in Mongolia was received by the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazinform reports with the reference to the press secretary of the President Berik Uali.
Famous Turkish musician İrfan Gürdal to perform on Kazinform's YouTube channel NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Famous Turkish musician İrfan Gürdal will perform on Kazinform's YouTube channel at 8 p.m. today.
Health Ministry conducts online consultations with foreign experts on COVID-19 NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The Kazakh Ministry of Health holds meetings with foreign experts via Zoom, this has been announced by the Vice Minister of Health Lyazat Aktayeva, Kazinform reports.
WhatsApp calls for checking coronavirus-related content MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - The WhatsApp messaging service is taking measures to prevent the spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus and calls on users to check coronavirus-related content, a WhatsApp spokesperson told TASS on Wednesday.
Number of President's Instagram followers exceeds one million NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The number of followers on Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's Instagram account exceeded one million, this was announced by Berik Uali, spokesman of the Head of State, Kazinform reported.
Thousands of Facebook employees had their bank info stolen NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Tens of thousands of Facebook employees had their personal banking information stolen last month after a burglar made off with a number of corporate hard drives grabbed from an employee's car, Trend reports.
Rami Malek, 'Aladdin' among trending searches on Google in 2019 NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The end of the year is when we take stock of 12 months' worth of events, headlines and trends. A useful tool for looking back and seeing what people were most interested about in the news cycle is Google's annual Year in Search report, which was released on Wednesday morning.
Twitter sets out plans for banning political ads WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM: Twitter Inc. on Friday laid out its plan for banning political ads just as campaigns for the 2020 US presidential election heat up, and for banning ads that advocate for a certain outcome on social and political causes, Arab News reported.
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales has launched an alternative to Facebook and Twitter NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is launching a social-media website called WT: Social. The platform aims to compete with Facebook and Twitter, except instead of funding it using advertising, Wales is taking a page from the Wikipedia playbook and financing it through user donations.
2.5 mln rural residents to be provided with broadband Internet access NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – 2500 state institutions and 2.5 million rural residents will get access to broadband Internet, Kazinform has learnt from the press service of Kazakhtelecom JSC.
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