Europe Vatican City “Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born: the interdisciplinary forum is promoted by Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame
Africa Liberia The Monrovia City Corporation has launched the planting of 20.000 mangrove and coconut trees along the Japan Freeway, the coastal strip of the borough of New Kru Town and West Point, respectively
America El Salvador An new law that eliminates taxes on technological innovations, software and app programming has been passed in order to boost the tech industry
Africa Ivory Coast The party of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has announced the creation of a body to combat electoral fraud, four months after the regional and municipal elections and two years after the presidential elections
Asia Philippines By an overwhelming 259 votes, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to impose sanctions on private primary and secondary educational institutions that prevent students from taking scheduled periodic exams due to unpaid financial obligations
Asia Malaysia Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank Indonesia have announced the commercial launch of the Indonesia-Malaysia cross-border QR payments link
Asia Iraq Iraqi Kurdish woman Shylan Kamal is breaking down gender barriers in the country, after her passion for bodybuilding led her to fight for gender equality in her homeland
Asia East Timor Cambodia's prime minister has promised to send experts to East Timor to inspect soil conditions and other environmental factors in connection with a major initiative to boost agricultural production in the ASEAN observer state
Africa Benin President Patrice Talon has ordered an investigation after attacks that killed about 15 people in the north of the country, the government announced, denouncing "criminal" acts
America Ecuador Armed forces have had presidential order to execute anti-terrorism actions throughout the territory, using all means against criminal organizations, in response to the violence that has been affecting the country for the past 2 years
Asia China Foreign Minister Qin Gang reportedly told the US ambassador to China that Washington is responsible for the deterioration of relations between the two nations and must "reflect deeply"
Africa Comoros Several teachers who had been suspended following an audit conducted by a commission of enquiry have been reinstalled, confirmed the Secretary General of the Intersyndical of Education Agents
Africa Burundi The First Lady of Burundi, Angelina Ndayishimiye, was elected in Abuja as the tenth president of the Africa First Ladies Peace Mission AFLPM
Europe Bulgaria 2.600 consumer complaints were handled by the European Centre in Bulgaria in 2022, an increase of 24% compared to 2021