Turkey's first Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV), the FGN-TUG-S01, developed by Fergani Uzay entirely with local means, has begun its orbital mission.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus summoned Erikas Vilkanecas, Lithuania's Acting Ambassador in Belarus. A protest was lodged against him regarding the violation of the border by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported that 33 people have died due to arboviruses transmitted by mosquito bites.
The number of fatalities resulting from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has sharply increased, reaching 442.
The number of flood victims in the southern provinces of Thailand has increased to 145. This was announced by the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom.
A horse named Pumukkel from Germany was recognized as the smallest in the world. The miniature stallion got into the Guinness Book of Records.
The death toll from a massive fire in Hong Kong has risen to 94 people. This is reported by the Xinhua news agency with reference to the megalopolis fire department.
A Peruvian court concluded the criminal case against former President Martin Vizcarra and found him guilty of accepting bribes.
As a result of a devastating large fire in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, at least 44 people were killed, and more than 270 people are still missing.
During the year, more than 240 million people connected to the global network, and now about six billion inhabitants of the planet are online – three quarters of the world's total population.
