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
America Uruguay The government has declared a health emergency after detecting the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in hundreds of dead swans, thus suspending all current events and expositions related to birds
Asia Tajikistan The Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region government has written on its Facebook page that a power rationing is expected to be introduced in the region
Africa Tanzania The country started the debate on legal reforms with the launch of a public participation process, in order to pave the way for the revision of laws to ensure that they all conform to changing times for sustainable development
Europe Switzerland Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, says he is closely following the discussions in the Swiss legislature, which could allow Swiss arms to be transferred to Ukraine under certain conditions
Asia Uzbekistan Starting 1 April, Uzbekistan will launch the Solar Home programme to incentivise the installation of low-power solar panels in homes in the provinces; low-capacity RES units are to be installed in the homes of 37.000 residents
Asia Turkmenistan The Association of Driving Schools has published for the first time in the country 25 3D video lectures on the rules of the road in Turkmen and Russian, on the basis of which it will be possible to prepare oneself for driving licence examinations
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu chiefs asked the Malvatumauri Chiefs' Council and the Vanuatu government to build a chiefs' Nakamal building
Europe Ukraine "Ukraine will have the fighters, it's just a matter of timing and procedures," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference
Asia Yemen The head of the Yemeni Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, intensified meetings with European officials to mobilise European efforts to pressure Houthi militias and support economic reforms
America United States The search for two of the flying objects shot out of the sky earlier this month has been called off, difficult terrain and climate conditions part of the reason; President Biden affirmed they would be most likely research balloons
America Belize As the country has tight bilateral relations with Cuba, Prime Minister John Briceno has formally requested the US to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsored terrorists, and condemned its unjustified designation as a state promoting terrorism
Africa Sierra Leone A pilot project for the verification and monitoring of reforestation programmes involves the use of drone-based remote sensing and data management technologies