Asia Laos New rules for intellectual property protection wereintroduced, allowing businesses to protect industrial designs internationally through a single application under the Hague System; It simplifies registration and administrative procedures, reducing costs
America United States Former President Donald Trump will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram more than two years after he was banned for inciting violence when his supporters stormed the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is not ready to move out of LDC status - said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Jeremiah, identifying trade as a support to the economy
Europe Serbia The 16th edition of 'Kustendorf', the international film festival dedicated to young directors and film students, opened on Wednesday evening in Drvengrad, an idyllic mountain village built entirely of wood in western Serbia
Europe San Marino The €4 million fine imposed on Facebook in 2019 for dissemination of personal data of about 12.700 San Marino citizens has been confirmed, a ruling that could set a dangerous precedent for the social network
America Canada PM Trudeau will host a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Feb 7th as his government looks to finalize a deal on health-care funding with the provinces, who have been demanding a meeting to press him for a multibillion-dollar increase to the funding
Asia Yemen $4,3 billion are needed by the UN to fund its humanitarian activities in the country this year to support 17,3 million of its most vulnerable people
America Guatemala As the amount if irregular Dominicans has nearly doubled in the past year, the country will now request a visa from people with citizenship from the Dominican Republic in order to stop the irregular migration heading towards the US
Africa Zambia Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation is committed to improving support for the promotion and establishment of forestry outsourcing schemes by individuals and communities as a means to combat global warming
Asia Singapore The Ministry of Transport is helping Nepalese authorities recover and process data read from the flight recorders of Yeti Airlines Flight 691, which crashed in Pokhara on 15 January
Europe Slovenia The new line under construction between the port of Koper and the Divača junction in the hinterland will be expanded into a double-track railway in the future, with the government having approved the plan
Asia Cyprus The recent spike in flu type A cases has led the Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela to call on the people to get the flu vaccine, especially the elderly and the fragile
Asia United Arab Emirates Some delivery companies have decided to cancel all orders during unstable weather and heavy rains to preserve the safety of their traveling workers
Asia Thailand On Thursday evening, hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil in downtown Bangkok in support of two political activists on hunger strike, whose health condition is rapidly deteriorating