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
Asia Indonesia The Jenderal Kunarto Volleyball Center in Sentul, Bogor, Indonesia, has been judged one of the best volleyball development centers in the world in the opinion of the president of the International Volleyball Federation
Oceania Tonga Miss Tonga, Vesalua Tupou, has been crowned the Continental Queen for Oceania at the 2023 Face of Beauty International preliminary competition in the Philippines
Africa Republic of the Congo A yellow fever free vaccination campaign for members of the Congolese Armed Forces has been officially launched in Brazzaville
America Uruguay The country’s hydroelectric plants usually produce 45% of national energy during the local rainy period, but due to its drought, this year they only produced 15% of national energy, resulting in a significant increase of energy imports
Asia Philippines A US Armed Forces advance party, which will join the 2023 "Balikatan" exercises next month, will arrive in the Philippines on 20 March
Africa Sierra Leone Presidential candidate 2023 of the main opposition All People's Congress party - Samura Kamara - has nominated MP Chernor Ramadan Maju-Bah as his running mate for the upcoming elections, to be held on 24 June 2023
Asia Pakistan The country has reported its first polio case of 2023, at a time when delegations of the French Agency for Development and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are in the country to analyse efforts to eradicate the disease
Asia Vietnam Chợ Rẫy Hospital has the highest number of registered organ donors in the country, according to the National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation
Asia Thailand A bill to protect sex workers is being drafted to legalise the profession in a bid to prevent them from exploitation
Asia United Arab Emirates The House of Wisdom has inaugurated the 'House of Wisdom Network', a pioneering initiative to expand the reach of books to a wider slice of the community
Asia Myanmar The UN refugee agency has helped Myanmar junta officials travel to Bangladesh for repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees, while saying conditions in the country remain unsafe for their return
Asia Mongolia Parliament approved the President's veto of the Social Media Human Rights Protection Act and the four accompanying laws, as it would violate some articles of the Constitution
Asia Uzbekistan Islamic Development Bank contributed $200 million for the implementation of the Sustainable Rural Development, a plan for rural areas with the active participation of the local population