Turkmenistan
1.Turkmenistan has increased the number of long-distance passenger trains.According to the new traffic schedule, trains connecting Ashgabat with Turkmenabat, Turkmenbashi, Serhetabat and Turkmenabat with Gazojak began to run daily.
Thanks to the new schedule, residents of the Balkan, Mary and Lebap velayats will receive a permanent connection with Ashgabat.You can buy passenger train tickets in Turkmenistan on the official website of the “Turkmendemiryollary” Agency.
2.SpaceX, owned by American billionaire Elon Musk, has confirmed its participation in the international transport conference ITTC 2023, which will be held in Ashgabat on May 3-4 this year.
More than 500 specialists from 40 countries of the world will take part in the forum “International transport corridors: interconnection and development 2023”.The event will also be attended by such well-known companies as Alibaba, Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa, FlyDubai, Lukoil, Lenovo, Hyundai, Toyota, Russian Railways and many others.
3. The most beautiful Ahal-Teke horse will be chosen in Turkmenistan. The international beauty contest of Ahal-Teke horses will be held on April 30 in Ashgabat. In addition, competitions among cultural and art workers for the best artistic embodiment of the beauty of the Ahal-Teke horses will be held in Turkmenistan.
4.The Embassy of Qatar in Turkmenistan invited Muslims for a Ramadan meal.Chargé d'Affaires of the State of Qatar in Turkmenistan Ghanem Abdullah Al-Remaihi invited representatives of the Muslim community to have an iftar.
The event at the headquarters of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Ashgabat was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Berdiniyaz Myatiev, as well as the heads of diplomatic missions and offices of international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan.
5. In February of this year, Kyrgyzstan purchased 62 million 50 thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity from Turkmenistan. The total cost amounted to 161 million 580,7 thousand soms.
World
6. Victory Day in Moscow and other cities of Russia in 2023 will be held in a mixed format - face-to-face and online events dedicated to the memory of the Great Patriotic War, including the Immortal Regiment campaign, will be held in the regions.
7.In “Yandex Browser” there was a function of translating video content from Chinese.The neural network was trained not only to translate with subtitles, but to overlay voice acting in Russian when watching a video in Chinese.
According to Yandex representatives, after adding the translation function from Chinese to Russian, it became possible to work with other languages of similar complexity - Japanese and Korean.In order to “teach” the neural network Chinese, it was first forced to learn 6500 hieroglyphs, as well as to learn four tones, with the help of which the meaning of what was said in Chinese is determined.
Sport
8.The football club “Arkadag” defeated the Mary “Merv” in its debut match in the championship of Turkmenistan on football.The fight was held on the field of “Nisa” stadium in Ashgabat and ended with the score 2:1. “Arkadag” scored the first 3 points and settled on the third line of the standings.
In another meeting on Tuesday, “Kopetdag” beat “Energetik” on the road - 2:0, and “Nebitchi” turned out to be stronger than “Shagadam” - 2:1 at home.
9. There were no surprises in the second legs of the Champions League quarter-finals. “Real Madrid” beat “Chelsea” again, and “Milan” held out against “Napoli”. Thus, “Real Madrid” and “Milan” advanced to the semi-finals.
10. The Russian national team refused to participate in the tournament of the Central Asian Football Association. As the RFU explained, fears of a “heavy load” on the players and heat became obstacles.
11. “Al-Nasr” Ronaldo lost to “Al-Hilal” - 0:2 in the Saudi Arabian championship. Odion Ighalo converted two penalties. Cristiano hasn't scored in two games in a row.