America Canada Canada has become a significant player in the illegal wildlife trade according to an investigation by the Globe and Mail and the Pulitzer Center that give evidence of black-market activity propped up by vast wilderness, patrol blind spots, weak penalties
Africa Uganda Ugandan security forces have arrested 40 people in an operation against supporters of opposition leader Bobi Wine
Europe Ukraine After the Russian missile attack that killed over 50 people, the UN sent a team to the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region for inspection
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League has appointed Tony Archer as Manager of Competition Governance and Match Officials
Europe Spain Nearly 50 European leaders took advantage of a summit held Thursday in Granada to underline their support for Ukraine
Africa Ivory Coast Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has removed the prime minister and dissolved his government
Oceania Tuvalu Discrimination on the basis of gender and disability - as long as it does not conflict with traditional values - has been banned under a new constitution that came into effect this week
Asia Tajikistan Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a former activist of the opposition movement Group 24, was sentenced to 8½ years in prison on charges of making public appeals to forcibly change Tajikistan's constitutional order
Africa Tunisia Abir Moussi is the latest prominent opponent of President Kais Saied to be arrested or imprisoned
Asia Pakistan Thousands of people took to the streets in several cities and towns of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for their demands, including exemption from electricity taxes and subsidised wheat flour
Africa Angola A team of scientists in Angola has discovered three snake-like creatures, a previously unknown species, with findings published last month in the African Journal of Herpetology
America Argentina Sergio Massa, presidential candidate, proposed the introduction of a national digital currency during a presidential debate, aiming to facilitate trade and economic transactions nationwide through mobile phones or cards
Asia Oman Companies producing and supplying tobacco products are urged to implement plain packaging for all tobacco products available across the Sultanate of Oman; the measure will be mandatory from April 4, 2024