What a week for Apple Pay!CurrentC strong arms its merchants to switch off NFC so their customers can’t tap their spanking new iPhone 6s to pay—or for that matter anything else that uses NFC. Apple Pay gets even more publicity.…

Russia may limit food transit from Belarus and Ukraine to Kazakhstan because of attempts by the countries to supply banned food to Russia. Source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com

BOSTON – Prahim, a youth dance and vocal group comprised of talented Jewish teenagers from Kazakhstan, has been performing in New England as part of a delegation representing Kazakhstan’s Jewish community. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

VP, Kazakh leader discuss trade Gulf Today President Nazarbayev noted that his country looks forward to benefitting from Dubai’s experience in organising international conferences and exhibitions, congratulating the UAE on Dubai’s winning bid to… Source: gulftoday.ae

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN–(Marketwired – Oct. 31, 2014) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or “the Company” (TSX:TPL) (LSE:TPL)) today provided an update on the sale of 50% (+ 1 share) of Tethys Kazakhstan S.A to SinoHan Oil and Gas Investment 6 B.V.…

WASHINGTON – The challenges and opportunities of regional integration in Central Asia were recently brought back to light at an international conference, which gathered U.S. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

ASTANA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov reported on the draft law “On Official Development Assistance” at the plenary session of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of Parliament) on Oct. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

Repairs remain under way at Kazakhstan’s 6-million tonne/year (tpy) Pavlodar refining and petrochemical complex following a fire that broke out at the facility on Oct. 25. Source: http://www.ogj.com

“There is a similar agreement in the Customs Union today. Source: eng.belta.by

Kazakhstan and China discussed bilateral cooperation within the meeting of consultations of Foreign Ministries and the 7th Meeting of the Subcommittee on Cooperation in Security of Kazakh-Chinese Cooperation Committee in Beijing… Source: en.trend.az