Asia Laos About $12 million in digital taxes from global technology companies have been collected under new law: foreign providers of online services must register with Lao tax authorities regardless of whether they have a physical presence in the country
Asia Japan Support measures for low-income families are being considered in a new economic package to be compiled by the Japanese government and ruling party to ease the impact of inflation
Africa Rwanda President Paul Kagame has announced that he will run for a fourth term in next year's presidential election
Africa Ethiopia The celebrations of Meskel ('the Cross' in the Amharic language), one of the most important holidays in Ethiopia, were held; about two-thirds of Ethiopia's 120 million inhabitants are Christians
Africa South Africa Aziz Pahad, a veteran of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, has died at the age of 82; his family describes him as a patriot and freedom fighter who dedicated his life to the Africa National Congress and the service of South Africans
Africa Togo The teaching of English as early as kindergarten and elementary school has been announced by the Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education and will come into effect from the next school year throughout the country
Europe Norway The ban on cars with Russian license plate will come into effect at midnight on Monday; the provision taken by Norway has been shared with a number of European countries
Africa Ghana A call was recently made by the Ghanaian president that reparations must be paid for the slave trade "to address the historical injustices that have shaped the structure of the world"
Africa Cape Verde Santo Antão has its first Computerized Axial Tomography (CT) machine; it went into operation with the opening of the branch clinic of Medicentro, located in Porto-Novo
Africa Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's central bank is working to accelerate another form of payment called ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold, through the use of digital tokens backed by gold
Europe Croatia Croatian breeders of Lipizzaner horses have united in a national federation to safeguard their heritage
America Grenada The state-owned Gravel & Concrete Corporation has agreed to rehire a worker who was fired following an altercation with another employee in order to avoid strike action
Europe Netherlands About 2.000 people living in the vicinity of Tata Steel in IJmuiden have registered with the foundation Frissewind.nu to join the class action against the company
Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria's participation in an IMF initiative to raise funds for the Poverty Reduction and Growth Fund will amount to about $6,7 million, which will be secured from the 2024 state budget