Assets of Kazakhstan’s insurance companies rose 4% in September to 4.8 trillion tenge. Insurance premiums have increased 16.8% since the start of 2026.
TotalEnergies and KKR have agreed to add 700 MW of renewable capacity to their US joint venture. The portfolio has an enterprise value of $1.2 billion.
Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission will hold a meeting on snap elections of maslikhat deputies. The livestream will offer Kazakh and Russian audio tracks.
Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem tops Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for the 51st nonconsecutive week. His career total at No. 1 has reached 237 weeks, the most in the chart’s 62-year history.
Turkey’s Official Gazette published a regulation repealing the rules governing Istanbul Kültür University’s Geomatics Application and Research Center. It took effect on the date of publication.
Zhanaydar Zhandeldinov has been appointed CEO of Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. Before the appointment, he was chief director for production and industrial services at KMG Rompetrol SRL.
Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, has launched the third edition of its Economic and Financial Research Prize. The announcement provided no further details.
UK development minister Kirsty McNeill called for early warnings of hunger crises to lead to coordinated action. The government plans to strengthen food-system resilience and use diplomacy to help prevent conflicts that drive hunger.
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Dushanbe Mayor Rustami Emomali opened the Radisson Collection Dushanbe hotel in the capital’s Ismoili Somoni district on October 30.
John Turturro’s ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ earned more than $1.9 million in its second week, entering the U.S. specialty box office top 10. Documentary ‘Everest: The Other Side’ opened with $1 million.
Dustin Hoffman wrote in The New Yorker that making The Graduate was a difficult experience. He recalled that Mike Nichols had Katharine Ross repeat a slap scene 27 times, though the scene was not used in the film.