The football fairy tale with an oriental flavor has come to an end. The dream of most football fans has come true – Messi, who owns all imaginable and unimaginable records, at the last (as many believe) World Cup for him, finally became world champion!
The Japanese government intends to attract more foreign workers from Central Asia, in part through a "special skilled worker program" that allows foreign nationals to take on manual labor jobs. Japan news writes about it on Sunday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has published his latest quarterly report on Afghanistan, in which he highlights the economic, humanitarian and political situation in the country.
Turkmen athletes have won two bronze medals at the WKF Asian Karate Championship among adults, cadets, juniors and athletes under 21, held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
The Judo Championship of Turkmenistan was held on December 16-18. The tournament was held by the Youth Organization of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and the Judo Federation of Turkmenistan.
At the end of November, the Netflix series premiered on the streaming site “Wednesday”, which is a spin-off of the film “The Addams Family”. It took the film three weeks to become one of the top three most watched shows on Netflix and the second most watched series on English television.
China's Guizhou Satellite TV has launched a short video series "Be My Guest". The protagonist of the film is a foreigner who, as a tourist, is invited to visit Guizhou and star in a film in the format of a reality show, talking about his impressions and emotions from being in a new area for him.
Every year on December 18, Qatar popularly celebrates the country's National Day. This date is considered the day of unity and unity of the people.
Matches of the 26th round of the Turkmenistan football championship were held on Saturday. If the champion of the country - "Akhal" and the silver medalist - "Altyn Asyr" became known three rounds before the end of the championship, then the fate of the third place has not been decided to this day.
The head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, showed a photo of his four-legged friend, Alabai, originally from Turkmenistan. The corresponding publication appeared in his Telegram channel.
So the 22nd FIFA World Cup, which has become **[the best](https://orient.tm/ru/post/43353/glava-fifa-infantino-nazval-chempionat-mira-v-katare-luchshim-v-istorii)**, is nearing completion for the entire history of FIFA. The final match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Iconik stadium will take place tomorrow. Many people know that the fight for the World Cup unfolded for the first time in the Arab world, and even in the autumn-winter season. However, in addition to these facts, there are several other interesting details that may surprise both football fans and those who are far from this popular game.
On Thursday, December 15, 13 deals totaling $4.3 million and 37.8 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
On the Day of Universal Health Coverage, WHO introduced two new online tools to ensure health for all, the official website of the organization reports. The first is to provide people with reliable information for making everyday decisions to protect their own health and well—being, and the second is to help governments develop and provide the population with optimal health care packages.
The UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (RCPDCA) in Ashgabat organized the fourth dialogue between governments and youth.
The bill necessary for this was developed by scientists of the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and presented at a meeting of the Permanent Commission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly on Social Policy and Human Rights.
