America Bolivia 77 gold bars seized at Viru Viru Airport in compliance with a court order have been delivered to the Central Bank of Bolivia; the total weight recorded during the valuation process is 189.503,9 grams with an average purity over 90%
Europe Romania The jury of the national selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 has chosen 12 songs from the 84 entries in the pre-selection phase of the contest, thus announcing the participants in the February show
Europe Netherlands Labour Party and GroenLinks withdrew some of their objections to the government's plans to reform the pension system, paving the way for the legislation to be passed in the Senate
America Saint Lucia The Constitution Amendment Bill, which will set out the legal framework for accession to the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), will undergo second reading
Africa Republic of the Congo New agents from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Humanitarian Action attended a workshop in Brazzaville to learn about their missions on the ground in favour of vulnerable people
Asia Nepal The Nepali Congress has called a meeting of the central committee for the execution of work for today to discuss the election of a parliamentary party leader and the formation of a new government
Asia Taiwan The newly rebuilt Nanfang'ao Bridge in Yilan County will open today three years after the collapse that caused six deaths and 12 injuries
Oceania Tuvalu PM of Tuvalu and the PM of Antigua and Barbuda submitted a request to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for an advisory opinion on the obligations of States under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
Africa Niger A bill establishing the basic principles of disaster risk management has been adopted, thus providing a legal framework for the organisation of civil protection
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Central Africa expressed concern about acts of "torture, degrading human treatment and extrajudicial executions" that allegedly took place at the military headquarters in São Tomé
America Saint Kitts and Nevis For 2023, the St. Kitts and Nevis tourism industry will receive an injection of $18,1 million to ensure the offer remains globally competitive
Africa Tunisia The country went to the polls for early general elections yesterday, in the shadow of party boycott decisions; 1.058 candidates, 120 of them women, represent 161 constituencies and compete for the 161 Assembly seats
Asia North Korea North Koreans commemorated the 11th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il's death
Europe Poland The Polish Prime Minister paid tribute to the victims of the 1981 repression by the country's communist authorities against striking miners in the southern city of Katowice, which he described as 'an open wound in Polish history'