Kazakhstan
Beijing Is Awarded 2022 Winter Olympics, Despite No Snow and Human Rights Concerns
The Chinese capital emerged victorious on Friday, with 44 votes to 40 in a secret paper ballot, making it the first city to be awarded both the winter and summer games.
Kazakhstan Thinks It Finally Figured Out the Source of That Weird Sleeping Sickness
The government believes the culprit was carbon monoxide from uranium mines in the area.
No One Knows Why 100K Endangered Antelopes Suddenly Died in Kazakhstan
In the span of two to three weeks, about half of the world's saiga antelope died, with 100 percent mortality in some populations.
VICE News Capsule - Monday, April 27
Kazakh president wins snap election, explosions kill more than 20 in and around Baghdad, thousands march for LGBT rights in Tokyo, and volcanic mud threatens salmon harvests in southern Chile.
Kazakhstan's Election Outcome Is Predictable — Unlike Its Future With Russia
Everyone knew who would win Sunday's election, but president-for-life Nursultan Nazarbayev now faces an uncertain future in Russia's creeping shadow.
Reporters Without Borders Unblocks Censored News Sites
The press freedom advocacy group created duplicates of the banned sites, which have been suppressed by the governments of 11 countries.
Revel in the Beauty of NASA's Soyuz Landing Photos
The weather could not have been better for Barry Wilmore, Alexander Samokutyaev, and Elena Serova's return to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-14M.
Officials Are Evacuating the City in Kazakhstan Where Villagers Fall Asleep At Random
They're hoping that by rounding everyone up and kicking them out the affliction will just disappear.
Three Brooklyn Men Arrested, Accused of Planning to Join Islamic State
FBI agents arrested three foreign nationals on Wednesday, one of whom was about to board a plane to Turkey with aims of joining the Islamic State in Syria.
Happy New Year! Here's a Bunch of Bad Shit That's About to Happen
It's time to stop worrying about all the terrible things that happened globally and locally in 2014, and focus on speculating about the terrible things that will probably happen in 2015