Asia India Indian Railways' first hydrogen-powered train made its maiden journey covering an 89-km route between Jind and Sonipat in Haryana state; the 10 coaches were powered by a 1.200 Kw hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system, the world's most powerful for a train
Oceania Fiji A tractor equipped with a 3-disc plough was handed over to the Narewa Farmers' Cooperative by the The Minister of Agriculture and Waterways
Europe Luxembourg Amazon's employment grew by about 15% and has now become Luxembourg's second-largest corporate employer in 2022, before this year's job cuts
Europe Hungary The government's goal is to double Hungary's GDP from HUF 80.000 to 160 million by 2030, PM Orbán said; Hungary's development level stood at 78% of the EU average in 2022, up from 66% in 2010, and the government aims to raise this ratio to 85-90% by 2030
Africa Guinea The statutory members of the Guinean Football Federation in an extraordinary general assembly, unanimously approved the new statutes proposed by the Standardisation Committee
Africa Ethiopia The last of the 17 historic venues known as Azmari Bets, the Ethiopian cabaret club Fendika, has been saved from demolition; Azmari, itinerant poet-musicians from rural Ethiopia, improvise to the sound of the masinqo, a single-string violin
Asia Kyrgyzstan The National Investment Agency and the Kyrgyz-American Association for the Development of Logistics Services have signed a memorandum of cooperation that envisages the creation of 5.000 jobs in the country
Europe Netherlands The Smart Photonics chip plant in Eindhoven, which specialises in the production of photonic chips, will receive a €100m investment from a consortium consisting of the Dutch government, banks and several semiconductor companies
Asia Laos With 10.000 cases and six deaths already reported this year, the Lao Ministry of Health is actively tackling the dengue fever epidemic in the country with a mission to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds and raise awareness among the local population
America Chile The Senate has declared President Gabriel Boric's Commission against Disinformation - specifically for the press and online - unconstitutional, stating it should be discussed by the National Congress instead of being established by a ministerial decree
Europe Moldova More special equipment for state border control and surveillance has been donated to Moldova by the German Federal Police, including 30 radio stations and 58 portable thermal imaging cameras
Asia Singapore The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said some flat buyers who applied for a new eligibility letter fell victim to system problems that lengthened the processing time
America United States Elon Musk has begun replacing Twitter’s iconic logo with the letter X; he made the surprise announcement tweeting “adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds” after disclosing earlier this month Twitter's negative cash flow and -50% in adv
Asia Israel The Israeli government will protect archaeological sites in the West Bank, where there are over 3.000 ancient sites, about 80% of which are in Area C, a region under Israeli military and civilian control