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American entrepreneur Elon Musk will leave the post of CEO of the Twitter microblogging service. He announced this on his social network account.


American entrepreneur Elon Musk will leave the post of CEO of the Twitter microblogging service. He announced this on his social network account.


The winners of the Falling Walls Lab competition of innovative projects, which was held in Turkmenistan for the first time, have been determined.


The relevant committee of the European Parliament in Strasbourg approved the first set of rules for artificial intelligence, which prohibit face recognition by computer networks without the participation of people.


Turkmenistan is ready to expand international partnership in the field of green technologies and is taking practical steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, in particular methane. The country also intends to promote hydrogen energy and aims for active cooperation in this sector. These theses received detailed coverage during the round table held on Thursday, May 11, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and dedicated to the issues of green economy and digital transformation for sustainable development.


The status of a memorial was given to the Muslim spiritual and educational center, which opened in the ancient city of Volokolamsk in memory of the heroic deed of the heroes of the 8th Red Banner Guards Division of Panfilov, formed in Central Asia. This is reported by the Russian press with reference to the press service of the administration of the Volokolamsk district.


President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda on Thursday during his visit to Dushanbe. The subject of negotiations was the Turkmen-Tajik agreements reached at the highest level the day before in a number of areas, among which transport cooperation was highlighted.


The prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and USAID to promote regional and national projects were discussed on Thursday by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Khadzhiev and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Asian Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Anjali Kaur. He arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.


The Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN held the third meeting of the Group of Friends on Sustainable Transport in a virtual format on May 10.


More than 500 dishes will be featured on the dining menu at the Olympic Village in Paris, all tailored to specific diets, food habits and religious beliefs, according to a post published by Inside the Games.


Days of Culture of Turkmenistan will be held in Albuquerque, the largest city in the US state of New Mexico, on October 23-24. The organization of the cultural event was discussed on Thursday during a video conference, which was attended by representatives of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the University of New Mexico, located in the southwestern United States.


At the annual conference for developers in California, USA, Google Corporation presented its first folding smartphone Pixel Fold. This is reported by the company's blog.


On Wednesday, May 10, 29 deals totaling $30.8 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.


The Chairman of the Turkmen parliament, Dunyagozel Gulmanova, signed a resolution on assigning the status of a settlement to a residential complex in the Kyarizek district of the city of Arkadag. The document also provides for the assignment of a new settlement named after Aba Annayev, TDH reports.


The administration of the city of Arkadag announced a tender for the purchase of utility vehicles and equipment. The announcement was published in the official Turkmen press.


President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree approving the composition of the Turkmen-Kazakh intergovernmental commission from the Turkmen side, TDH reports.