America Barbados The Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector is urging young Barbadians especially, to prepare for retirement and contribute to the National Insurance Scheme saying too many elderly people practice mismanagement of money
America Antigua and Barbuda The director of the Water Business Unit of Antigua Public Utilities Authority updated the public on the reason for further interruptions to the water supply in some areas, but residents questioned the purpose or need for such maintenance for 3 days
America Canada Ontario directed its liquor control board LCBO to withdraw all Russian spirits; liquor stores in the Manitoba and Newfoundland also said they were proceeding to removal while a number of bars across the country haven’t served Russian vodka in the weekend
America Trinidad and Tobago The United States Agency for International Development/Eastern and Southern Caribbean (USAID/ESC) will establish a field office in the country over 2022
America Bolivia The country received a visit from UN officials that made observations on the judicial system and gave recommendations on the structure, organisation, and functioning of it in order to render it more fair and effective
America Honduras President Xiomara Castro sent a formal letter to the United Nations asking for the establishment of an ‘International Commission Against Corruption and Impunity for Honduras’, in order to battle against unresolved issues that the past government left
America Costa Rica The nation’s authorities, concerned about surging migration from Venezuela, have imposed visa requirements for Venezuelan visitors
America United States Mrs. Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated to the Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation
America Guatemala The indigenous community of Q’eqchi’ asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn the country since the government hasn’t granted the community their respective land rights
America Peru Enzo Romero, a Peruvian mechatronics engineer, will be one of the remarkable individuals of TED Fellows 2022, since he invented a low-cost human prosthesis that has aided many disabled low-income individuals
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The country has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in the near future, following several Caribbean countries in doing so; the Ministry of Tourism began supporting the ban in 2018, starting a campaign called "Plastics Be Gone"
America Paraguay The country officially declared that the state of emergency has ended and has lifted pandemic restrictions such as temperature checks and social distancing; the only rule still maintained is masks
America Dominica The country mourns painter Earl Darius Etienne, known for his ability to work with a variety of materials, from canvas, wood, paper, fabric to old recycled jeans