America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Africa Chad About 8 million registered voters will go to the polls today to decide whether to adopt a new constitution; the 'yes' vote is supported by a broad alliance of parties, including the military-led transitional government led by General Mahamat Deby
Asia Maldives The Bank of Maldives announced an interruption of Mastercard services abroad, due to a technical problem with its service provider
Europe Luxembourg Amazon will not pay €250 million in taxes in Luxembourg after the European Court of Justice ruled that the tax ruling granted in its favour does not constitute illegal state aid, a major blow to the European Commission's efforts against tax evasion
Asia Kyrgyzstan Water reservoirs and water basins will be built to address the country's water shortage; the reservoir construction programme will last until 2027
Africa Djibouti The World Bank has approved a new International Development Association credit in the amount of $15 million to improve the competitiveness and resilience of some agribusiness value chains in Djibouti
Asia Kazakhstan The country would need over $600 billion to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, said Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov, urging the relevant ministries to step up efforts to attract investment in green technologies
Oceania Tuvalu All international flights in and out of Tuvalu have been suspended and repairs to the runway are ongoing at Tuvalu's only international airport, hit by a heavy downpour that may have caused damage
Europe Kosovo The municipality of Prizren provided a total of 1100 families with social assistance for the winter season with 3 cubic metres of wood
Africa eSwatini The country has been ranked the most corrupt in Africa at 87%, by Afrobarometro, a pan-African and independent research network; due to the shortage of medicines caused by corruption, hundreds of people have died since the health crisis broke out
Asia Vietnam Dinh Van Luong, director of the National Pulmonary Hospital and head of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Project, said the country is striving to eliminate tuberculosis by 2035
Europe Austria Centre-left party SPÖ wants to suspend the price of carbon dioxide emissions to soften the blow of high inflation; 'we demand that the CO2 tax be suspended until energy prices are reduced to a reasonable level,' said Kucher, head of parliamentary group
Europe Slovakia As of next year, the state will contribute funds to help eligible persons cope with the increase in mortgage instalments; the amount of the new state social benefit will be 75% of the increase in housing loan instalments, up to a maximum of €150 per month
America Canada About one Torontonian in 10 used a food bank between April 2022 and March 2023 - more than double the preceding year - according to the annual Who's Hungry report, produced by the Daily Bread and North York Harvest food banks