Asia India Workers and homemakers, with robot-hands and head-mounted cameras record first-person "egocentric data" of manual tasks, precious for tech companies to train physical AI and humanoids, building for free knowledge that will eventually take up their jobs
Asia Tajikistan The education official denied reports of an exodus of teachers from the country as totally unfounded, stating that the dropout due to the pandemic has receded and more than 8.000 graduates in pedagogical specialities have been recruited
America El Salvador A woman in El Salvador was condemned 30 years of prison after having a pregnancy miscarriage since it was ruled as a homicide; she was recently released after being in prison for 10 years, this being a big step forward for abortion laws in the country
Asia Azerbaijan Teknofest, the world's largest aerospace festival, will be held in Baku from 26 to 29 May; the organisation of an international festival of aviation, space and technology in the country is considered a significant step forward in technological development
Europe Ukraine A Ukrainian intelligence report reveals that Russia has deployed an additional 7.000 troops along the border, but considers the troops still insufficient for an invasion
America Ecuador National authorities arrested the Interpol’s ‘most wanted’ criminal, Juan Hernando Hurtado, alias ‘El Paisa’, a top illicit armed group leader
America Brazil Eight major social networks, including Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram, signed an agreement to fight fake news and disinformation during the upcoming October elections along with electoral authorities
Europe Montenegro The country currently counts active ambassadors in seven countries, while in some important addresses such as Washington, London and Berlin, the position of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary has been vacant for 12 months
America Colombia The National Administrative Department of Statistics just released a new study confirming that 2021 was effectively the year with the highest GDP growth the country has ever had, with an increase of 10,6%
Africa Burkina Faso The Banque Agricole du Faso, in its first strategic retreat, diffused the content of the Strategic Development Plan 2022-2026 to staff; in a difficult economic context, the bank recorded on 31/12/21 a balance sheet total with an increase of 166% on 2020
Europe Denmark New data from Danmarks Statistik showed that 12.900 couples divorced in 2021 - an 18% decrease from the previous year and 19% lower than the average of the last ten years; there was also a 3% decrease from 2021 in marriages
Asia Turkmenistan The development programme for 2022-2052 sets out a number of goals, including the further active development and strengthening of the sphere of statehood and the promotion of greater public confidence in governmental and social institutions
Africa Gambia The 8th African Islamic Finance Summit will convene in the country at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in March 2022 with two-day post-event workshop to explore Africa's untapped financial market for socio-economic benefits
Africa Benin Igboho has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Republic of Benin for unlawful detention at the Court of Justice of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) as the cost of general damages for each day he spent in detention