Ahmed Abdelhakim Yaref represented Algeria’s National People’s Assembly at a solidarity conference in support of the Sahrawi people. It took place in Algiers on October 18.
New Zealand police have moved the search for missing 47-year-old Erika Rodrigues Coelho near Queenstown to a recovery phase. Two specialist search dog teams have joined the effort.
Entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan and Algeria discussed prospects for trade, economic and investment cooperation. The events were held ahead of Kazakhstan’s Republic Day.
A 46-year-old Perth man has been charged with allegedly recording a woman secretly and possessing and transmitting child abuse material. He was granted bail and was due back in court on 16 October.
Some 400 orphans, widows and people with disabilities received food aid in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The provincial department distributed it with financial support from a charitable organization.
Since April, Macao’s Cultural Affairs Bureau has set up more than 40 10-minute reading corners across Macao and the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. New organisations and businesses can take part.
Kazakhstan has approved a national standard for 3D printing. It defines specifications for raw materials and finished parts and sets out methods for testing them.
Ankara hosted an international academic and cultural event titled “The Kurultai Tradition in the Turkic World: Historical Memory and Statehood.” The Turkish edition of The Phenomenon of the Kurultai was presented there.
Azerbaijan’s State Border Service says it stopped an attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran. Officers found 6 kg and 485 g of drugs during operations on October 18.
Akmola Region of Kazakhstan and Russia’s Leningrad Region have signed a memorandum on interregional cooperation, covering industry and the agro-industrial sector.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref. Aref is in Dushanbe on a working visit to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Heads of Government.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed their countries’ strategic partnership. New agreements worth $12 billion were reached at a business council meeting.
The distribution of improved wheat seeds and chemical fertiliser has begun in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock is running the programme with partner organisations.
Researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed StableAFM for atomic force microscopy. Tests showed that adding physical measurement constraints reduced the model’s mean squared error by about 31.3%.
Kenya’s National Assembly has passed a tax amendment bill to keep VAT on petroleum products at 8% and change how excise duty on ceramic tiles is calculated.
eGov.kz offers an online service to acquire rights to a land plot within city limits. Users must sign in with an electronic digital signature and open the Land Relations section.
Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez has announced the Venezuela Alimenta plan to strengthen food security and combat hunger. The government also plans to introduce a bill on the local economy.
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