Europe Albania Diaspora is remembering 35 years since the cargo ship Vlora docked in Bari, Italy, with 20.000 refugees fleeing the collapse of the communist regime; the disembarking of 8 August 1991 is the largest single-vessel mass migration landing in European history
Asia Yemen The Arab Monetary Fund has signed a $1 billion agreement with the government of Yemen to support a comprehensive economic, financial and monetary reform programme
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Town Manager Clayton Burgin promised that 389 registered vendors will be set up in the Central Market, the two new fruit and vegetable markets and designated locations by today
Asia Nepal An urban water supply and sanitation project will be implemented in the Municipality of Chandragiri, seeking a long-term solution to the water supply and sewage problem in the municipality
Asia Myanmar Japanese journalist Toru Kubota, who spent three and a half months in prison after being arrested near an anti-government demonstration, called on Tokyo to put more pressure on the junta and take in refugees fleeing the country
America Colombia With the renewed post-pandemic awareness of work-life balance, the government has decided to decrease the work day from 8 hours to 7 hours
Asia Armenia The country plans to launch two more satellites into orbit by 2028; the first satellite - ARMSAT-1 Earth Observation Satellite - was launched in May 2022 from Cape Canaveral, USA
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Experts from the Office of Drainage Roads surveyed 100 erosion heads threatening the University of Kinshasa site to assess anti-erosion works
Africa Sierra Leone Four of the country's top lawyers have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against President Bio's directive to change the voting system
Europe Austria A strike by employees of Austria's main national railway operator paralysed almost all rail traffic in the country on Monday; workers are demanding an average wage increase of 12 per cent against 11 per cent inflation in Austria
Africa South Sudan UN experts observed that if government is serious about tackling sexual violence, it should immediately remove from office and investigate those governors and county commissioners believed to be complicit in systematic rape
Africa Ghana Government should establish a price control mechanism to ensure uniformity of food prices across the country, according to Dr Edward Ebo Onumah, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Agri-Food Economics at the University of Ghana
Asia Uzbekistan From January to November, more than 1.000 tonnes of wine products were exported from Karakalpakstan
Africa Gabon The executive council of the Gabonese Basketball Federation and that of the National Basketball League have produced an agreement for the Fégabab to relaunch the flagship national competition under a new formula