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
America Colombia A group of 79 police officers and oilfield workers were taken hostage by residents blocking an oil exploration, and have now been freed in exchange of government negotiations to suspend the operation
Oceania Solomon Islands Inter-institutional cooperation in Solomon Islands is accelerating in the fight against corruption: public sector practitioners discussed critical issues focused on making its prosecution successful
Asia Thailand According to the Department of Health, one in 10 Thai children is clinically obese; the head of the DOH emphasised the crucial role parents have to play in cultivating a healthier environment
Africa Cape Verde An open conversation to make students aware of the importance of energy transition has been promoted by the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy in cooperation with the Centre for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance
Europe San Marino Trek-Segafredo cyclist Antonio Tiberi was fined €4.000 for killing a minister's cat in San Marino and his team suspended him for 20 days without pay
Africa Morocco Out of a total of 23.411 foreign students in Morocco in 2021, 19.256, almost 83%, were of African origin, reports Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Abdellatif Miraoui
Africa Zambia The Zambian government has agreed to offer Kenyan farmers land for large scale cultivation in Zambia
Asia Uzbekistan Russian airline Pobeda will launch a direct Moscow-Tashkent charter flight from 21 April and a twice-weekly Moscow-Samarkand flight, Uzbekistan Airports said
Europe Italy Prime Minister Meloni, for the first time, six days later, spoke out on the shipwreck of the migrant fishing boat off the coast of Calabria and the controversy that followed, denying any responsibility of her government
Europe Estonia In yesterday's elections to elect a new prime minister and renew the 101 seats in the unicameral parliament, one of the most talked-about topics of the campaign has been support for Ukraine
Europe United Kingdom British intelligence (MI5) could have foiled the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing says a public enquiry after three years of research and testimony from 267 people
America Argentina The government has once again asked the UK to restart negotiations at the UN over the sovereignty of the British-run Falkland Islands, as the country has yet again claimed ownership over such land
America Chile Armed forces have been deployed for the next 90 days to the Bolivian and Peruvian borders to oversee the flow of people crossing, as the government is seeking more control over migrants coming through the country’s borders