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%
Asia Singapore Companies that qualify to contribute to Singapore's economic priorities and commit to hiring and training local workers will soon be allowed to hire temporary S Pass and work permit holders over and above the prevailing quotas for foreign workers
Africa Seychelles The Seychelles participated in the 23rd Rodrigues Creole Festival last week, with a delegation led by the Secretary-General of the Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts, David Andre
America Brazil The country’s sugarcane fields yielded 16,23 million tonnes last month, a record-breaking +318,75% with respect to last year
Europe Iceland Following the Justice Minister's declaration of a 'war on organised crime' after the recent knife attacks in a Reykjavík nightclub, the police will receive funding of 500 million Icelandic kroner ($3,5 million) to set up special investigation teams
Asia Bahrain Minister of Industry and Trade Abdulla Adel Fakhro inaugurated Bahrain's 51st National Day product showcase at the LuLu hypermarket, highlighting the role of the private sector in improving the Kingdom's performance in various fields
Africa Eritrea Eritrea and Kenya will lift visa requirements for each other's citizens, believing that the move will strengthen bilateral relations, improve people-to-people ties and enhance regional integration
Europe Belgium PAN Europe and Nature&Progrès Belgium took legal action against the systematic authorisation of two cypermethrin-based insecticides, jointly asking the Belgian Council of State to immediately suspend the authorisation
Africa Libya The use by the EU border agency, Frontex, of aerial surveillance to allow the Libyan coast guard to intercept migrant boats, knowing of the subsequent abuses, makes it complicit according to Human Rights Watch and Border Forensics
Africa Mauritania Thirteen historical sites and two elements of Mauritanian cultural heritage were recently included in the World Islamic Organisation for Education, Science and Culture in the Islamic World (Icesco) heritage lists
Africa Ivory Coast The first edition of the competition to decree the country's most beautiful beaches has begun; the project puts the seven Ivorian coastal communities in competition for the promotion of beaches and inland tourism
Africa Nigeria The country produces 2.599 films per year, far surpassing second Africa’s producer, Ghana, with 600 per year as states UNESCO report on the film industry in Africa
Asia Armenia Armenian Foreign Minister presented the situation in the Lachin Corridor to the President of the UN Human Rights Council
Africa Central African Republic An investigation by an international consortium of journalists published in early December shows that the paramilitary group Wagner is extending its grip on the diamond sector by circumventing the ban on the export of precious stones from certain regions