Africa Zambia To support formalized and safe gold mining in Chitambo district, government pledged to provide equipment to registered cooperatives, enabling small scale miners enhance their operations, and to build a district hospital with mortuary services
Europe Hungary An international migration research network involving five research institutes from three continents will be established in Budapest
Asia Tajikistan A sudden spike in petrol and liquefied natural gas prices has led to an increase in public transport fares in some regions of Tajikistan, up to a 25% rise in shared minibus taxi fares in Khorog
Asia Thailand A ban on alcohol consumption has been implemented in seven major national parks in northern Thailand in order to reduce littering and maintain a peaceful environment for visitors
Asia Qatar HMC's emergency departments received more than 700.000 visits in 2022; efforts to improve the level of care resulted in a reduction of waiting time for patients to be seen by a doctor to less than one hour after arrival
Oceania Tonga According to the International Monetary Fund, Tonga's economy is performing well, but faces increasing headwinds, following the recovery from the volcanic eruptions of January 2022 and the opening of borders after the long blockade of Covid-19
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Papua New Guinea Department of Information and Communications Technology's cyber security team recently conducted a crucial awareness session at the Port Moresby National High School
Europe Romania MedLife, the largest network of private medical services in Romania, will introduce a drone transport system for biological laboratory samples in western Romania; MedLife will be the first private medical operator in Central and Eastern Europe to do so
Oceania Kiribati The Kiribati President downplayed the chances of his country concluding a treaty with Australia similar to the historic pact signed last week with Tuvalu
Asia Sri Lanka The country has started planning to recruit graduate teachers and teaching assistants to fill vacancies in Tamil language schools
Asia Maldives President Solih awarded the Most Distinguished Foreign Service Medal to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khaleel, and to the Foreign Secretary, Latheef, after a long period of service in the Foreign Service, 41 years in the case of Khaleel
Europe Liechtenstein A special stamp was presented at the Regional Museum on the occasion of Liechtenstein's chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Africa Kenya Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan holy man suspected of leading the hunger cult and being responsible for the deaths of over 400 people, was found guilty on separate charges
Europe North Macedonia The Commission for Elections and Appointments appointed Marija Janiceska as Director of the Technical Operations Agency