Asia Bangladesh Recent studies demonstrated that microplastics are present in water, sediments, fish, salt, soft drinks, milk, edible oil and more products in Bangladesh, underscoring the growing concern that these pollutants are transferred to humans through food
America Honduras The country has declared a national, 90-day health emergency due to an outbreak of avian flu killing hundreds of pelicans
America Belize The country has currently reached an unemployment rate of 5%, which is the lowest it has ever been in almost 20 years
America Suriname The country has successfully restructured its debt with India, meaning that all the money for technical assistance and credit lines that was blocked can now be used for the government’s implementation of community programmes
America El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced the liberation of over 3.000 inmates that were arrested during the state’s crackdown on gangs, who after their trial were determined as innocent and wrongfully detained
America Guyana The country is currently negotiating an agreement with India so it can become a long-term supplier of oil, with the possibility of granting several of its oil blocks to India
America Ecuador Evidence against President Guillermo Lasso’s relatives being involved in corruption has caused the government to hold a new investigation of all public entities, with help from the Interpol in order to detect all people possibly involved in corruption
Europe Montenegro The Minister of Finance with a technical mandate, Aleksandar Damjanovic, stated that it is currently impossible for the average salary to be €1.000, which would lead to a financial collapse
Asia Mongolia In 2022, the country had trade relations with 160 countries around the world and total trade turnover reached $21,2 billion, of which exports accounted for $12,5 billion and imports for $8,7 billion
America Guatemala The state accused Colombian Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, who led a Guatemalan anti-corruption unit, of committing illegal acts; Colombian President Gustavo Petro has rejected any arrest warrants, thus rising political tensions between the 2 countries
Asia Turkmenistan The president of Turkmenistan, regarding his country's neutrality, has made it clear that if foreign interests intend to grab the country's massive natural gas reserves, they will have to abide by the rules of Ashgabat
Africa Liberia The Liberia Electricity Corporation has reported a sharp increase in power consumption that is affecting the country's energy supply
America Saint Kitts and Nevis A new group of eight scholarship holders from St. Kitts and Nevis will travel to Cuba at the end of January for university studies under the government's education cooperation programme
America Saint Lucia National Committee for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Saint Lucia held its leadership and membership training workshop at the University of Southern Caribbean