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
Europe North Macedonia Radical Islamist content online in North Macedonia has decreased, but experts say those behind it have grown more sophisticated in their use of Internet propaganda
Oceania Australia Record rains are provoking floods in Kimberly and Canberra, while Fitzroy River flows breaks the records of 2022; evacuation operations are being performed from homes, hospitals and public buildings, with incessant use of helicopters
America Chile The country has launched a new scientific mission to explore Antarctica by using new equipment that will allow for its exploration even during winter in order to better understand rising sea levels and temperatures
Europe Denmark A 2022 new study of ethnically-Danish people’s attitudes towards immigrants suggests that while young Danes (18-30), generally sympathetic to the plight of refugees, wouldn't like them, or immigrants, to be educated at the same schools as theirs
Europe Kosovo Kosovo will host five persecuted Afghan journalists, a government decision praised by the European Federation of Journalists for 'showing an exceptional sense of solidarity with journalists in distress around the world'
America Mexico The government kicked off the new year by incrementing the minimum salary by 20% and doubling the number of mandatory vacation days
Africa Burkina Faso 28 bodies were found in Nouna over the weekend: the government started investigation immediately; the Collective Against Impunity and Stigmatization of Communities denounced "abuses" by Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland, army auxiliaries
Europe France An audience rebound of +59.2% on 2021 has been registered by the French National Cinema Centre; according to the figures released, audience numbers were three-quarters of their pre-Covid attendance numbers with 152 million admissions in 2022
Europe Iceland The New Year’s Eve swim in the frozen sea held in Nauthólsvík saw over hundred people participated, all in fancy dresses, at about -2°C reports the Reykjavík Sea Swimming Association
Oceania New Zealand A collection of century-old artifacts being auctioned internationally is raising questions about whether they are ethical to buy and sell; they include moa leg bones, a golden huia beak brooch, a kiwi skeleton, a taxidermied bird, two types of Māori clubs
Asia Japan Emperor Naruhito offered prayers for people’s happiness and world peace as him and his family waved to crowds of New Year’s well-wishers from the balcony at the Imperial Palace in the celebration halted for the past two years
Africa Eritrea Eritrean troops are slowly leaving the Tigray region; although their presence is still confirmed in many places in the north of the region, columns of soldiers have been spotted crossing the border
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Local sources from Kibumba on Monday, reported that the expected withdrawal of the M23 rebels from Kibumba - 20 km from North Kivu capital Goma, is still "not effective"