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 Sao Tome and Principe The government has promised to rebuild the five houses that collapsed on the Boa Esperança farm following the last windstorm, as announced by the Minister of Defence and Internal Administration, who visited the community
Oceania Tonga The Royal Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism and Trade Show will return in June-July this year, after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19 and the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami
Asia Kyrgyzstan The Bishkek City Council approved an increase in tariffs for the collection and burying of household solid waste, to be applied from March
Europe Sweden Terrorist threats against Sweden have increased, the Swedish Security Service warned in a press release, citing the Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy in February as one of the main reasons
Europe Austria Austria's imports of Russian gas are approaching the market shares last reached during the pre-war period, as Gazprom is again delivering the total contracted quantities
Africa Kenya A team of archaeologists has unearthed some of the oldest stone tools ever used by humans, dating back some 2,9 million years; they give evidence the tools were used by other branches of early humans not just ancestors to Homo Sapiens
Europe Bulgaria The Sofia Dessert Fest comes to a close today at the Sofia Mega Mall, where sweet lovers enjoyed cakes, pastries, cupcakes as well as handmade themed products for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday
Africa South Africa Kiernan Forbes, one of South Africa's most popular rappers, known by his stage name AKA, was shot dead as he walked out of a restaurant in Durban
America Barbados The new child protection bill provides for the establishment of a new child protection agency
Europe Belgium Eleven Belgian universities have appealed to the authorities to make the movement of foreign researchers and students in Belgium easier
Europe Poland Poland threatened Minsk with sanctions against the country after a court in Grodno sentenced Andrzej Poczobut, a Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist living in Belarus, to eight years in prison
Africa Chad The education situation in the country improves, with a ratio of one teacher for every 32 students, which is above international standards; however, there are challenges such as the anarchic creation of colleges with almost no students and teachers
Africa Burkina Faso 'Faso Dan Fani', a fabric completely made in Burkina, the first to be certified as such, will soon characterise the clothing of the country's students with new school uniforms made of this fabric, as desired by the Ministry of Education