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
America Haiti Factory workers have been protesting in the last days outside the SONAPI industrial park complex in Port-au-Prince demanding a higher wage, $14 a day; it is the second major strike by workers in the space of three weeks
Asia Armenia The opposition boycotted the work of the National Assembly's committee enquiry into the circumstances of the 44-day war, accusing it of being unable to be impartial given the current government's factual admission of responsibility
Asia Sri Lanka The Finance Ministry confirmed there is a small shortage of four essential goods - milk powder, LP gas, wheat flour and cement - and assured that at the moment sufficient stocks of all other items are on hand
Africa Mali If a resolutive decision is not taken to end the dispute between Orange-Mali and Moov Africa Mali (Sotelma/Malitel) by today, the Synergy of workers of the two companies will use its right to strike from 21 to 25 February
America Trinidad and Tobago The National Carnival Commission has released prices for the use of pods at Carnival City in Queen's Park Savannah, which vary depending on events and group size
Asia Turkey Turkish zoologist Pedram Türkoğlu made an appeal for the protection of whale species seen in Turkish waters, underlining that especially the population of the cachalot and minke whales have entered the 'endangered species' category
Africa Ethiopia Geleta Ulfata won the seventh edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon and the US$30.000 prize and Dagne Siranesh Yirga was the first woman to cross the finish line after running the 42km race
Asia Cambodia The Tourism Commercial Capacity Building Programme has been launched: among other things, it will support the development of ecotourism in Kampong Speu province and of smart tourism solutions to encourage urban tourism in Phnom Penh
Europe Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been confirmed as President of the Republic for another 5 years, with 2/3 of the Federal Assembly having chosen him; while declaring himself 'super partes', he stressed that he will stand by those who fight for democracy
Africa Seychelles Programmes on 'Byenveni Kreoflix', the country's first Creole entertainment streaming service, are also available through a monthly subscription; programmes are mainly in Creole with elements of English and French
Europe Slovenia Following the changeover to electronic vignettes on 1 February, the motorway company DARS has so far sold 748.800 electronic vignettes, 91% of which are annual
Europe Romania Romanian startup XVision plans to take its AI-based X-ray analysis software to Western Europe and beyond after attracting €1m in a new seed funding round
Asia Oman The Ministry of Labour has urged all establishments employing 50 workers or more to appoint an Omani to supervise occupational health and safety