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
Europe Portugal Tonight, St. Anthony Day's eve, the matchmaker Saint, 16 couples will be married in Sé Cathedral in Lisbon; a tradition since 1958, now the ritual includes press and TV coverage and live broadcast and is sponsored by the City and local wedding planners
Europe Serbia By winning the final of the 2023 edition of Roland Garros against Norway's Ruud, Novak Djokovic became the most winning tennis player in the history of the sport, reaching the milestone of 23 Slam titles
Africa Mali Violence against health workers more than doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, according to report by Swiss NGO Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition
Asia Tajikistan The Global Slavery Index 2023, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation, showed Tajikistan ranked 6th among countries with the highest estimated prevalence of modern slavery, with a rate of 14 per 1.000 population
Europe Moldova The National Health Insurance Company in the period January-June 2023 collected revenues amounting to over 4 billion and 219 million lei (€220 million) in the mandatory health insurance accounts
Africa Tanzania Air Tanzania celebrated the delivery of Africa's first 767 Freighter, which arrived at the airline's hub in Dar es Salaam and will provide the operator with dedicated airlift capacity to serve the country's growing cargo market
Asia Saudi Arabia Exhibition 'Journey through the Holy Places' opened in Jeddah, offering a compelling exploration of the pilgrim's experience during Hajj with historical pieces and the participation of 26 artists, including three Saudi photographers
Africa Cape Verde Caboverdian artist Élida Almeida took the stage at Seixal World Music at the Parque Urbano José Afonso, in Miratejo, Portugal
Africa Ivory Coast The president of the African People's Party of Côte d'Ivoire, former head of state Laurent Gbagbo, has submitted a request to the local Independent Electoral Commission of Angré to ask for his reinstatement in the Ivorian provisional electoral list
Africa Niger A joint mission of the EU Delegation and Italian Ambassador to Niger carried out an assessment of the various programmes on environmental sustainability: 360 bioclimatic houses were built and 54 hectares of land were developed
Europe Bulgaria The number of voluntary abortions is decreasing, while the number of miscarriages is increasing, according to Prof. Krasimira Dikova, director of the National Health Data Directorate at the National Centre for Public Health and Analysis
Europe Slovakia The country has yet to spend more than 30% of its cohesion funds - a total of €4,3 billion - but with less than seven months to go, €800 million, or 5% of the total amount, is set to be lost
Europe Iceland EU's proposal of increasing the age of the driving test from 17 to 18 to harmonise the rules was rejected by the Minister of Transport, who said that reducing the frequency of accidents among young drivers was already successfully achieved there