Oceania Australia Police in New South Wales rejected arming guards at Jewish events; The Australian Jewish Association told the antisemitism royal commission that private security guards at Jewish events should be armed, authorities fear that would further fracture society
Africa Malawi Malawi is waiving visa requirements for 16 selected countries including United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany in a bid to boost its tourism industry that dropped by 80% in consequence of the pandemic
America Argentina Argentina has become the winner of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, 36 years after winning its last football world title
Africa Ghana Unstable currency and delayed payments to pharmacies, particularly by government facilities, are crippling the pharmaceutical industry; members of the Chamber of Pharmacy, though worried, have extended credits to local distributors and health facilities
Africa Tunisia The country went to the polls for early general elections yesterday, in the shadow of party boycott decisions; 1.058 candidates, 120 of them women, represent 161 constituencies and compete for the 161 Assembly seats
Africa South Africa Ruling party kicked off a closely watched convention on Friday that looks set to re-elect Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader, despite money-stealing scandal; 4.500 African National Congress delegates from across the country will vote at the 5-day convention
Europe Poland The Polish Prime Minister paid tribute to the victims of the 1981 repression by the country's communist authorities against striking miners in the southern city of Katowice, which he described as 'an open wound in Polish history'
Asia Nepal The Nepali Congress has called a meeting of the central committee for the execution of work for today to discuss the election of a parliamentary party leader and the formation of a new government
Europe Romania The jury of the national selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 has chosen 12 songs from the 84 entries in the pre-selection phase of the contest, thus announcing the participants in the February show
Europe Netherlands Labour Party and GroenLinks withdrew some of their objections to the government's plans to reform the pension system, paving the way for the legislation to be passed in the Senate
Oceania Samoa Bad weather on Saturday led to the cancellation of ferry services between Mulifanua and Salelologa by the Samoa Shipping Corporation
Europe Montenegro Montenegrin Interior Minister Filip Adzic said Wednesday that the latest series of false bomb scares in the country is being investigated, while schools have been ordered to work online until the end of this week
Africa Republic of the Congo New agents from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Humanitarian Action attended a workshop in Brazzaville to learn about their missions on the ground in favour of vulnerable people
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Central Africa expressed concern about acts of "torture, degrading human treatment and extrajudicial executions" that allegedly took place at the military headquarters in São Tomé