Asia Indonesia After a 7,7 magnitude earthquake hit Flores, the scientific community said consecutive major earthquakes, (like Venezuela, Colombia) are normal: global earthquake rates remain steady, averaging about 16 major earthquakes, magnitude 7 or higher, each year
Africa Libya Overcoming the current political impasse in Libya can kick-start the progress needed to address the myriad crises in the country, the UN chief said at a high-level African Union meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Europe Italy A serious attack on a group of students by young people from Azione Studentesca - a group linked to the extreme right - occurred at the Michelangiolo high school in Florence
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
America El Salvador The country is planning to open a “Bitcoin Embassy” in the US, aiming to establish a Salvadorian Bitcoin representative office to work on new joint projects that promote the adoption of Bitcoin
Europe Montenegro A group of Belarusian musicians has called off a planned concert in Budva, Montenegro, in support of Ukraine, after a pro-Russian gathering protested in front of the venue
America Suriname Dozens of protesters forced their way into the country’s parliament as hundreds more protested through the Paramaribo capital to complain against government austerity measures, including the elimination of subsidies, against a backdrop of high inflation
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
Africa Liberia The National Disaster Management Agency and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a note verbale for a consignment of rice worth about USD 500.000
Africa Guinea Evolving development context, accelerating climate change and environmental degradation could have a serious impact on Guinean children, say findings of the Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in Guinea
Europe Belarus The country is ready to launch production of Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 17 February
Asia Bhutan Bhutan's Ministry of Education and Skills Development recently conducted a national online coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who took various CodeMonkey courses in schools
Europe Andorra Investigation agency Método3, a business group dedicated to political investigations, opens a branch in the Principality to investigate 'the Andorran establishment' and uncover alleged corruption in the country
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo About fifty bakers from pilot bakeries have been trained on the integration of 10% cassava flour in breadmaking