Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
America Cuba Human rights activists have reported that two of the authors of the denunciation song Patria y vida are on trial in Havana and face between 7 and 10 years in prison
Africa Cameroon Secondary Education Minister Lyonga has ruled through new rules that pregnant high school girls will no longer be excluded from school, but will be able to apply for maternity leave at 26 weeks and resume classes after giving birth
Europe Austria Conservative Chancellor Nehammer rejected calls by President Alexander Van der Bellen - of the Greens, running for re-election - to make naturalisation easier, stating that there will be no softening on citizenship
Oceania Australia Sydney Build Expo 2022 opens today at its 6th edition; it is the main appointment in the country with over 500 qualified exhibitors and 400 top speakers focusing on a number of cutting edge building-linked subjects
Africa Sudan Sudanese human rights activist Ameira Osman Hamid has won the Front Line Defenders Award, a major international recognition for human rights defenders
Africa Uganda Amid growing discontent over economic situation and rising cost of living, President Museveni declared that his government won't intervene to ease the burden on the nation, as government subsidies or removing taxes on imports would crash the economy
Africa Morocco Transparency Maroc, an anti-corruption association, described the new draft law wanted by the Minister of Justice as a way of preventing civil society organisations from lodging complaints against suspicions of waste and misappropriation of public funds
Africa Burkina Faso The increase in the price of bread announced by the Coordination of Bakers, a trade association, has been blocked by the government and the price of the 200 gram baguette therefore remains at 150 francs (0,23 euro cents)
Europe Belgium The minimum age to vote in European elections has been lowered to sixteen for all European citizens resident in the country; the law, proposed in 2021, has now been approved by parliament
Europe Iceland The Icelandic Secondary School Students' Union has launched the Support Bank, which ranks the performance of schools according to accessibility and services for those with learning needs
Europe Germany Porsche Athlete Sebastian Steudtner now officially holds the world record in big-wave surfing; his ride of a 26,21 metres (86 feet) in Nazaré on October 29, 2020 has now been recognized and awarded by the World Surf League and by Guinness World Records
Asia Lebanon Lebanese consumers smoke an average of 1.955 cigarettes per year, highest rate in the region followed by Kuwait and Libya, according to the 7th edition of the Tobacco Atlas report, an anti-smoking initiative published by the American Cancer Society
Africa Ethiopia Last week, more than 4.500 people were arrested in the state of Amhara, officially to protect citizens; opposition parties and media report that Addis Ababa also targeted activists and independent journalists