The wild apple forests of the Tien-Shan mountains close to Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, are not just picturesque. They are widely regarded as the region where apples genetically originated.

This is part of Fruit Loot, which is taking a look at the strange and surprising links between fruit and money. How far would ...

1943: Canadian troops arrive in North Africa. 1945: The Allies land on the west coast of Burma, conquering Akyab. On the same day, British prime minister Winston Churchill visits France. 1946: Nazi ...

Where wild apple trees once grew along streams and fence lines, now there are condominiums, shopping malls, and international banks in their stead. Today, the modern city of Almaty has the forest ...

And complicated. As a Soviet Studies major in college (yes, it was that long ago when it was still the USSR), I was excited ...

Mark Narborough kindly relayed his odyssey to Mail Sport, beginning on Monday when he flew from London’s Heathrow Airport to Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city ... Bishkek to Almaty in Kazakhstan ...

Daytrips from Almaty: Kolsai & Kaindy Lakes & Charyn Canyon; Ancient petroglyphs of Tangly; Discover nomadic life in ‘The Huns’. Astana: Gaze at the city’s modern architectural marvels ...

Chelsea sealed a fifth UEFA Conference League win of the season as they secured a routine 3-1 win away in a freezing-cold Almaty. Despite the mammoth 6,000km trip to Kazakhstan, a rotated Blues ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — This month’s 12News Golden Apple Award goes to a reading interventionist in the Port Arthur school district. Lisa Welty has been honored with the Golden Apple Award for her ...

Kazakhstan has become the ninth nation to field the A400M, with Airbus Defence & Space having handed over its lead of two examples in Almaty. Announcing the milestone on 10 December, the European ...

Manchester City secured a hard-fought 2–0 victory away at Leicester on Sunday afternoon to earn their first Premier League away win since October. Savinho and Erling Haaland scored the visitors ...