Let's start with the social news. The birth rate continues to grow in Uzbekistan, as reported by the National Agency for Statistics. So, for eight months of this year, 627 thousand 196 newborns were registered in the country's registry offices, which is 6.4% higher than in the same period of 2022. With which we congratulate their parents.
Mayor of the city of Arkadag, Shamuhammet Durdylyev, and governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, signed an agreement on cooperation in the trade, economic, scientific, technical and humanitarian spheres.
The German circus Roncalli refused to perform with animals and completely replaced their performances with holograms. Elephants, horses and even a giant fish enter the arena, only now it is a digital installation, writes The Daily Mail.
During the official visit of the delegation from St. Petersburg to Turkmenistan, Governor Alexander Beglov visited the memorial complex "People's Memory" in Ashgabat.
Beekeeper Islam Yakubov, whose bee yard is located in the Dashoguz region, is currently working to establish the production of new products. In the near future, he is ready to offer consumers propolis, bee milk and various types of nut honey, according to the website of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.
The French Institute in Ashgabat reports that the training center received diplomas from France for the April DELF/DALF 2023 French language exams.
Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov met on Sunday evening with blockade survivors living in Turkmenistan, Smolny reports.
On September 11, seismic training is planned to be carried out in Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Emergency Situations asked all residents of the country to actively participate in them and remain calm. These exercises will be a training event at which residents of the country will be reminded of the rules of behavior in the event of destructive earthquakes, and practical skills in applying these rules will also be developed, including identifying safe places and actions at reception centers for victims, Ulysmedia.kz reports.
In the Chinese city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, the official opening of a themed garden of Asian flowers dedicated to the 19th Summer Asian Games took place, People's Daily writes.
Gleb Smorodinov, a 9th grade student at the Kazan IT Lyceum, presented his invention at a meeting with the head of Rospatent Yuri Zubov. A student has created a device for treating strabismus in children, which automates the therapy process. The device has already been patented and is ready for production.
Simar Khurana, a six-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest video game developer in the world. This is reported by the website of the Guinness Book of Records.
Scientists from China have developed a prototype device that can deflect or move space debris, as well as attract spacecraft at a distance of up to 1 km. The device operates on the basis of a magnetized coaxial cannon that fires high-speed plasma rings. The study was published in the journal Systems Engineering and Electronics, according to the South China Morning Post.
Pirates and ordinary sailors of the 18th century were afraid of bananas and called this fruit cursed. And taking him on board, according to maritime superstitions, was forbidden as well as the presence of a woman on the ship. Therefore, in the old days, navigators considered it a bad omen to carry boxes of bananas with them, and among them there was an opinion that these tropical fruits bring bad luck and terrible catastrophes.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has sent deep condolences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco in connection with the strong earthquake that occurred in the country, which caused numerous human casualties and large-scale destruction.
The new law, which came into force in Kazakhstan on Saturday, September 9, establishes the rights and responsibilities of online platforms and bloggers. In particular, along with existing criminal liability, administrative liability is being introduced for the dissemination of false information online.
