Africa Comoros Tayar, the first Comorian ride-hailing app, has been launched with support of Comorian Association of ICT and its incubator Comor'Lab; relying on geolocation, it is designed to enhance road safety and has an alert system connected to emergency services
America Paraguay 7.000 farmers marched to Asuncion City to denounce President Mario Abdo Benítez's alleged failure to comply with the agreements reached in March 2022, where the state promised to support family farming and resolve the producers' debts
Oceania New Zealand The 35th census took place yesterday, with special measures taken to avoid problems occurred in 2018 census and with special assistance to Maori people so that they can complete the survey and concur to gather data
Oceania Tuvalu His Excellency Rashid Matar Al Qemzi presented his credentials to His Excellency Rev. Tofiga Vaevalu Falani, Governor General of Tuvalu, as Non-Resident Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
Africa Rwanda Rwanda was ranked among the top 10 African countries in the Global Soft Power Index 2023, published by Brand Finance, a leading independent brand evaluation and strategy company
Asia Tajikistan The country will start supplying onions to Kazakhstan in exchange for grain in a new agreement signed to expand cooperation in agriculture
Asia Indonesia Customs controls at small ports will be strengthened to crack down on the illegal import of used shoes, said Ministry of Industry responding to a Reuters report that found that shoes donated to a recycling programme in Singapore were shipped to Indonesia
Africa Malawi The country received 20.000 tonnes of fertiliser from Russia, expressing gratitude to the Russian Federation for the gesture, saying it was an act of goodwill resulting from good bilateral relations
America Bolivia The government is currently working on a plan to fully industrialise lithium by the end of this year, by carefully studying and selecting the companies that will be extracting and processing the good for its commercialisation in the next years
America Belize During the country’s celebration of Women’s Month, the government announced that it will officially eliminate the General Sales Tax on all women’s sanitary products, now being classified as part of the basic supplies of a household
Europe San Marino Trek-Segafredo cyclist Antonio Tiberi was fined €4.000 for killing a minister's cat in San Marino and his team suspended him for 20 days without pay
Africa Morocco Out of a total of 23.411 foreign students in Morocco in 2021, 19.256, almost 83%, were of African origin, reports Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Abdellatif Miraoui
America Colombia A group of 79 police officers and oilfield workers were taken hostage by residents blocking an oil exploration, and have now been freed in exchange of government negotiations to suspend the operation
Asia Cyprus The new government has put on hold a budget request of around €3 million earmarked for the purchase of state vehicles, including 35 limos for officials