Oceania Solomon Islands Preparations are underway for a second mass stray dog culling in Western Province, planned and approved earlier this year; the necessary dog bait and veterinary drugs have arrived at Gizo Town, the provincial capital
America Brazil The state has evicted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, reportedly by using satellite imagery
Asia Cyprus The new online tax payment system Tax For All went live today, replacing the old Taxisnet system; to allow users to familiarise with it, the new submission date for filing tax returns from Q4 last year has been extended to April 26
America Canada PM’s wife Sophie Trudeau took US First Lady Jill Biden to the curling rink on her first trip to Ottawa, then to the National Gallery of Canada to take in an exhibit of works by female Canadian artists
Oceania Tonga The much-awaited National Rugby League competition for Secondary Schools kicked off over the weekend after 3 years
Asia South Korea Total births have decreased over the past decade, shrinking from 471.000 in 2011 to 261.000 in 2021, while the rate of premature births grew from 6% to 9,2%; figures are published in new statistics from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Africa Morocco Morocco’s national football team made history on Saturday, scoring a win against heavy-weight, five-time world cup winner Brazil in a friendly match
Europe Vatican City The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue released his wishes for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and Id al-Fitr, urging both Christians and Muslims worldwide to join for a “more peaceful, harmonious and joyful coexistence” as opposed to “a culture of hate”
Europe Luxembourg About 70% of the people living in Luxembourg City are foreigners and about 90% of them have not yet registered to vote in local elections
America Dominica The pilot train-the-trainer programme for construction professionals has been launched; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Developmen hopes it will create a professional network and that participants will make good use of knowledge
America Cuba Cuban professionals discussed the sugar agro-industry and the impact of climate change in a seminar at the National Sugar Training Centre
Europe Norway About two-thirds of Norwegian museums are struggling with electricity bills so high that they may have to close during part of the winter
Oceania Marshall Islands Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from around the world were sent to the country after a three-year absence
Asia Nepal Public opinion questions the rationale of the national identity card, officially launched with a distribution campaign in 2018, as it will be a long time before the card replaces the citizenship certificate