Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed plans for the new city of Yangi Karshi and a tourism complex along the Karshi Main Canal. The preliminary master plan for the city is designed for 500,000 residents.
The US Treasury has proposed rules restricting large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Public comments are due within 30 days after the proposal is published in the Federal Register.
A ceremony marking the launch of a new international route between Kazakhstan and Oman took place on October 24. Air Astana will fly between Astana and Salalah.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Eldridge Industries co-founder, chairman and CEO Todd Boehly. They discussed prospects for major joint projects across several sectors.
Australia’s Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has presented and published a report on strengthening and expanding the country’s trade and investment relations with African countries.
Kazakhstan and Czechia intend to expand trade and economic cooperation in the agro-industrial sector. Their plans also include livestock breeding and modern agricultural technologies.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev to discuss Uzbekistan’s first integrated nuclear power plant. They also considered plans for supporting infrastructure and a town for nuclear industry workers.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of mortgages and single-family homeownership. It directs federal agencies to develop new programs and lower loan costs.
As of September 1, 2025, net investment income accumulated since pension assets were consolidated in the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund in 2014 amounted to 14.64 trillion tenge.
Some 365,553 citizens received targeted savings worth about $76.11 million under Kazakhstan’s National Fund for Children programme. The figures cover the period from February 1, 2024, to September 1, 2026.
A total of 338,252 beneficiaries received targeted savings under the National Fund for Children programme. From the start of 2026 through August 1, 142,855 citizens received $36.53 each.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part via a video link between Akorda and Aktogay in the foundation-laying ceremony for the complex in the Ayagoz District. He launched construction of the major industrial facility.
Entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan and Algeria discussed prospects for trade, economic and investment cooperation. The events were held ahead of Kazakhstan’s Republic Day.
Akmola Region of Kazakhstan and Russia’s Leningrad Region have signed a memorandum on interregional cooperation, covering industry and the agro-industrial sector.
The distribution of improved wheat seeds and chemical fertiliser has begun in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock is running the programme with partner organisations.
Kenya’s National Assembly has passed a tax amendment bill to keep VAT on petroleum products at 8% and change how excise duty on ceramic tiles is calculated.
A seminar in Sozma Qala district, Sar-e Pol province, focused on the harms of poppy cultivation and alternative crops. Farmers were introduced to the benefits of saffron, sesame and cotton.
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