Ghost trees rising from ice: The 100-year-old earthquake that created Kazakhstan’s eerie underwater forest | World News

[ad_1] The story of nature tucked away in Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, Kaindy Lake, seems like something out of a dream. Tree trunks poke eerily out of the water, ghostly and silent. It’s strange. Almost unreal. Locals and travellers alike are drawn to it, though, curious to see a forest frozen in time. Over a […]

Empty offices, no hospital equipment: Kazakhstan, Pakistan nationals charged in massive $1 billion medicare fraud across US

[ad_1] Federal prosecutors in Chicago have charged several foreign nationals with running vast Medicare and health insurance fraud schemes that allegedly siphoned more than $1 billion from US government programmes and private insurers by billing for medical equipment and tests that were never provided.Court filings describe shell companies, empty offices and false claims for items […]

Kazakhstan president proposes reversal of democratic reforms: Independent candidacy at risk; senate may be scrapped

[ad_1] Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday proposed reversing major political reforms introduced after the country’s deadly 2022 unrest, including scrapping provisions for independent candidates and abolishing the upper house of parliament. The changes would shift Kazakhstan back to a fully party-list electoral system and a unicameral legislature, reported news agency AFP.Tokayev said the proposals […]