Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
Europe Poland The EU's Fit for 55 agenda benefits only the richest member states and is imposed by a European Parliament driven by an agenda of 'green communism', said government party leader Jarosław Kaczyński
Asia Philippines The Philippines and the European Union have launched the Copernicus Capacity Support Action Programme for the Philippines, the first space cooperation programme in the region
Oceania Papua New Guinea The National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea is considering collaborating with DataCo in cybersecurity research and awareness
Europe Austria The communist party KPÖplus made huge gains and secured a solid fourth place in its best supra-local election result since at least World War II in the Salzburg state elections on Sunday
Africa Nigeria At least 746 Nigerians die each year from complications of oral cancer, with a high rate of cases recorded
Europe Portugal A public tender worth €1,48 million has been issued for the purchase of a platform that will manage and store information collected from municipal bodycam and video surveillance systems
Africa Comoros The president of the Comoros archipelago said he wanted talks with Paris about plans to expel all illegal migrants from the French island of Mayotte, most of whom are Comorians
Europe Italy In a political climate where the ruling party does not seem to support celebrations for 25 April, the day of liberation from Nazifascism, President Mattarella called for 'keeping memory alive and not forgetting those who fought to defend freedom'
Africa Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit France in June, his office said, weeks after a diplomatic spat over a Franco-Algerian activist
America Saint Lucia Team Saint Lucia emerged the overall winner of the Caribbean Champion of Champions boxing tournament, held on Friday and Saturday night at the Vigie Multi-Purpose Sports Complex
Asia Singapore Hand-poke tattooing, hand made dot-by-dot with a needle dipped in ink, a practice gaining popularity since the pandemic, is now questioned for fear of poor safety and hygiene standards
Asia Taiwan Bainian Youtiao, or “hundred year youtiao”, a small family business in Tainan, will be shutting down after over a century of making youtiao; founded in 1901 and run by the same family for three generations, closes for poor health conditions of the owner
Asia Brunei Brunei announced Saturday 22 April as the first day of Eid Al Fitr, the Islamic festival, because the sighting of the crescent moon of Shawwal has not been proven in the country