America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
America Paraguay In response to the increasing number of Chikungunya cases, the country has taken measures to establish designated treatment areas within clinics throughout the territory and a national alert has been issued to raise awareness of its spread
America Cuba In order to raise the quality of public health, the Centre for Medical Biophysics plans a new version of Imagis 2.0, a software created 25 years ago to access Imaging services from any area of the clinics
Asia Armenia Armenia and Azerbaijan held the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October, amid rising tensions over the Karabakh region
Asia Bangladesh For the second consecutive quarter, the US became the main source of remittances for Bangladesh, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in second place
Asia Bahrain A bus driver and a public school employee were arrested after a child was found abandoned inside a locked bus outside a house
Oceania Nauru Digicel Nauru donated a recharge voucher worth $5.000 to the Covid Task Force at its Aiwo headquarters
America Bolivia In an effort to consolidate its ties with Venezuela, not just politically but also economically, the country has signed 14 collaborative projects, which include possible trade agreements, joint commercial agendas, and more
America Guyana This week, the state marked the 57th anniversary of the Geneva Agreement, which settled the territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, however, Venezuela publicly rejected the agreement, claiming that Guyanese territory belongs to Venezuela
Asia Nepal Centre for Informal Sector Services reported an increase in the number of human rights violations in 2022, with 7.376 victims of human rights violations in 2022, up from 6.285 in 2021
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina A few kilometres from the Croatian border, a new administrative detention facility has sprung up to 'facilitate' the repatriation of migrants transiting along this junction of the Balkan route within the Lipa transit camp
Asia Iran The head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce said Iran will open a trade centre in China by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (20 March)
Asia Afghanistan According to Saturday's Guardian report, the governemnt banned the sale of all contraceptive drugs and devices to women in Afghanistan
Africa Mauritius Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth said that his recent trip to the UK included discussions about Chagos island residents who were forced to leave decades ago, and said that all Chagossians worldwide are welcome to resettle