Turkmenistan
1. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, during a working trip to the Balkan velayat, blessed the start of construction of a new combined cycle power plant with a capacity of 1574 megawatts. The new power plant will be built in the Turkmenbashy etrap and will become one of the largest energy facilities in the country. It will be equipped with four gas turbines and two steam turbines manufactured by General Electric.
2. “Turkmenistan” Airlines announced the resumption of passenger flights to Abu Dhabi. Flights will be launched from November 17. “Turkmen Airlines” planes will land at Abu Dhabi International Airport. You can view the current schedule and buy tickets for international flights online on the official website turkmenistanairlines.tm.
3. A monument to the great Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbayuly will be erected on the territory of the Magtymguly Fragi cultural and park complex under construction in Ashgabat. National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said this at a meeting with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev within the framework of the working visit of the Turkmen delegation to Astana to participate in the 10th Summit of the Heads of State of the OTS.
4. President of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan Allaberdy Ashirov represented the country at the first meeting of the subcommittee on scientific and technical partnership of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee. The meeting participants assessed the current state of scientific, technical and innovative activities of Turkmenistan and China, and prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation were considered.
5. At the summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Astana, the National Leader of the Turkmen people spoke in favor of expanding multilateral cooperation in the field of culture. “I would like to note that cultural and humanitarian relations occupy an important place on the agenda of multilateral cooperation between Turkic states that have similar histories, cultures, languages and traditions”, - noted the National Leader of the Turkmen people.
World
7. American singer Billie Eilish changed her hairstyle and became the butt of jokes on the Internet. The 21 years old singer published a photo in which she appeared with a new hairstyle. The hair on the top of her head was colored red, yellow and green. Some saw a weather map in the new image, some saw a heat map of a football player, and some even saw the Apple logo.
8. Forecasters are warning that a new hurricane, dubbed “Domingos”, is approaching the Atlantic coast of Europe, replacing hurricane “Ciaran”. It is expected that today a new storm will hit France, Spain, and northern Portugal, where there will be strong winds and rainfall. The strongest winds will affect the northern parts of the Atlantic coast, as well as the Pyrenees.
Sport
9. Turkmen kickboxer Islam Rahmetov will take part in the “REN TV Fight Club” tournament in Sochi, which will be on November 18 in Krasnaya Polyana. According to the sports organization Gala Sports Management, Rahmetov will meet with Russian Ruslan Kiselyov in the ring. The main event of the tournament will be a kickboxing match between Russian MMA stars Ivan Shtyrkov and Vladimir Mineev.
10. Former Rubin head coach Kurban Berdyev congratulated the Kazan club on the 15th anniversary of the first championship in the Russian Premier League. Let us recall that on November 2, 2008, “Rubin”, under the leadership of a Turkmen specialist, beat Ramenskoye “Saturn” with a score of 2:1 on the road and, 3 rounds before the end of the season, won the first gold medals in the Russian Football Championship in its history. “Dear residents of Tatarstan, Rubin fans. Congratulations on the anniversary. Very pleasant nostalgia for those times, I hope they will happen again. I really miss Tatarstan and Rubin. Congratulations to everyone!” – the club’s press service quotes Berdyev.
