Africa Seychelles Parents whose autistic children didn't meet medical assessment criteria for support in November 2024 - June 2026 will now be eligible for assistance under the Children Neurodivergent Disorder Needs Scheme CNDNS, introduced by government in July 2026
Asia Palestine The Palestinian organisation Boycott4Pal explained why and how Lacoste supports and finances Israel, renewing its calls to boycott the French iconic brand
America Bolivia The country has partnered with Chinese firms to begin extracting the largest reserve of lithium in the world, worth a total of 21 million tons
Europe Kosovo PedaKos project, focusing on early childhood education in Kosovo, which began in 2018, has concluded; it was supported by the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development and implemented by Volantari nel Mundo RTM with the support of the Italian Embassy
Asia Saudi Arabia The first group of transit visa holders have arrived in Saudi Arabia; the four-day visa allows holders to make Umrah and travel throughout the kingdom
Asia North Korea In the 1970s, the country ordered 1.000 vehicles from Swedish carmaker Volvo; to date, the state has yet to settle the bill
Europe Moldova President Maia Sandu presented the awards to 53 people of culture for their outstanding achievements in their creative work and for the high professionalism with which they contribute to the promotion of the nation's spiritual values
Asia Cyprus Over 470.000 passengers travelled through Larnaca and Paphos airports in this January, +105,6% on 2022 and +12% on the passenger traffic of January 2019, a record year; the largest traffic was coming from Greece, the UK, Israel, Poland and Germany
Asia Iran Jafar Panahi, the film director imprisoned on charges of carrying out anti-government propaganda with his work and banned from making films for 20 years, has been freed; the release came 48 hours after he began a hunger strike in protest
Africa Lesotho Central Bank of Lesotho, noting the negative impact of the South African energy crisis on Lesotho's economy, has decided to moderately raise the interest rate by 25 basis points, from 7 to 7,25% per annum, to counter the inflation rate
Europe Monaco The Monaco Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society organises and promotes the screening of the film "Dante" by Pupi Avati, scheduled for today at the Théâtre Des Variétés Monaco
Africa Botswana Sales of diamonds from Botswana reached record levels last year: the reason is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which caused Western buyers to flee Russian diamond sellers, at the same time as demand for diamond jewellery increased
America Dominica The Carnival Princess Pageant 2023 will return Sunday, 5 February with five girls from primary schools in the northeast and west of the island competing for the crown