Turkey's defense and aerospace industry racked up US$950 million in exports in the first four months of 2021. With over US$386 million, the US was the top export market for the aviation and defense industry sectors.

Total demand for air travel in March 2021 was down 67.2% compared to March 2019. That was an improvement over the 74.9% decline recorded in February 2021 versus February 2019. The better performance was driven by gains in domestic markets, particularly China. International traffic remained largely restricted.

Trade between Russia and China in the first four months of 2021 grew by 19.8% year on year, to US$ 40.207 billion. Exports to the Russian Federation from PRC in January-April increased by 38.7% and amounted to about US$ 18.19 billion. Imports of Russian goods and services increased by 7.7%, to US$ 22.016 billion.

TAV Airports and Kazakhstan Infrastructure Fund have completed the buy-out of Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan’s main aviation gateway and an important junction on the modern “Silk Road”. The capacity of the airport will be doubled with a USD 200M investment. Almaty is the 15th airport in TAV’s global network.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized the Sinopharm vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to have this authorization.

The UK's largest tour operator has announced that it will subsidise the cost of Covid testing for customers who book its package holidays.

In order to raise awareness about vaccination, the Government of Georgia has created a special website https://Provax.ge.

The semiconductor industry's constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient — simultaneously.

Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend.

Ether, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency after bitcoin, on Thursday extended a breakaway rally to a new record high of $3,616.10, gathering momentum as investors diverted focus from its main rival.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week sold nearly $2 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission compiled by OpenInsider.

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing measures and an accelerating vaccination campaign help lower the infection rate.

“We do not have the resource to lift the curfew at this stage, because we are expecting the peak of the third wave of coronavirus. We need to decrease mobility due to the safety of our citizens”, Tikaradze declared.

The travel company will take Georgian tourists only to Turkey during the summer season, while the company will consider other countries from the fall.

Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center for Diseases Control and Public Health (NCDC), told journalists at the webinar that the WHO would consider the additional documentation submitted by the Chinese side.

"I am a doctor and who asks me, I advise to have a glass of wine instead of 1-2 bottles. In other cases, taking little alcohol can be a medicine, but if we drink much – it works on the opposite," - said Amiran Gamkrelidze.

I see my role in supporting the Georgian government to find ways and mobilize resources through international assistance. That will bring additional benefit to the Georgian government, “said PM’s Special Advisor for Investments Vazil Hudak.

PM said Vazil Hudak is well acquainted with the Georgian economic team and would help with the plan to restore the Covid-19 pandemic-hit economy in the country rapidly.

There are 69 people placed in government-assigned quarantine facilities, 4 354 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, 759 asymptomatic, and mild symptom patients are being treated at government-assigned treatment facilities.

An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17% of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and other food services. The number of hunger affected people on that particular year was 690 million. An estimated household food waste per capita in Georgia was 101 kg, the highest among its neighbors.