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
Africa Nigeria According to first data, the candidate in the lead is 70-year-old Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos; the opposition is calling for the annulment of vote also because organisational problems have caused delays in voting in several polling stations
Europe Germany Changes to German ship safety regulations plan to restrict the work of migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean, many of which operate under the German flag, plans leaked by the Ministry of Transport reveal
Africa Burkina Faso The prime ministers of Burkina Faso and Mali, who co-chaired a joint Mali-Burkina Faso Council of Ministers, said they had laid the foundations for a federation between the two neighbouring states 'which share common challenges'
Africa Mauritius A training farm in aquaponics and hydroponics as well as a solar water drip has been inaugurated at the Mauritius Prison Service in Beau Bassin to facilitate women prisoners’ transition and reintegration into the community
Oceania Papua New Guinea The country plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem, as Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko confirmed to his Israeli counterpart
America Dominican Republic The Civil Aviation Board JAC approved a special permit from the Spanish airline World2fly, established in 2021, to operate the Madrid / Santiago de los Caballeros / Madrid route through the Cibao International Airport
Europe France French taxpayers may have to pay out €14,6 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the Tax Fraud Assessment for 2022, reported the Ministry of Public Accounts
Asia Japan A working group within the Ministry of Justice has proposed raising the age of consent from 13 to 16, part of a wider review of Japan's sex crime laws, after several rape acquittals in 2019 sparked protests
Asia Armenia Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan received last week the delegation led by MEP François Alfonsi, co-founder of the Friendship Group with Artsakh in the European Parliament
Europe Slovakia The National Council will consider banning cages for chickens and laying hens after investigative videos showing animal welfare conditions at three Slovak farms were leaked online
America Honduras The country registered 356 homicides less than this time last year; as a result the government has opted to extend and expand to 123 municipalities its state of emergency given its results
Europe Croatia Zagreb's local authorities are proposing to rename four streets currently named after high-ranking officials linked to the Nazi Ustasha regime, in another move away from the historical revisionism in vogue in the 1990s
Asia Taiwan The Wall Street Journal reported in the last days that the US would increases troops deployed to train Taiwan's military in support of a specific programme, speaking of quadrupled numbers of soldiers involved