Oceania Solomon Islands With newly improved roads in Auki, provincial police appealed to drivers in Malaita to use responsibility and greater care in driving; reckless driving had reportedly increased since works began, forcing to monitor underage drivers and speeding vehicles
Europe Ireland Ireland will focus on protecting human rights in light of the war in Ukraine and promoting a welcoming, inclusive and diverse Europe during its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe
Africa Mali Members of the UN Security Council, meeting for a scheduled meeting on peace and security in Africa, condemned Mali's withdrawal from the G5 Sahel regional force, hoping that Bamako will continue dialogue with its neighbors to combat the terrorist threat
Europe Lithuania Schools will teach skills such as how to survive in the wilderness, how to build tents, how to introduce safety, and how to give first aid to pupils in grades five to ten; the 3-day course is expected to be introduced next spring and will be compulsory
Oceania Kiribati WB has approved the Kiribati Outer Islands Resilience and Adaptation Project, involving collaboration with 20 island councils in Kiribati and 3 urban councils in Tarawa, openly supporting rural communities against climate change
Asia Israel Since Thursday, government has been in a minority in parliament: Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, a deputy from the left-wing Meretz party, said she no longer wanted to support the coalition led by Prime Minister Bennett, who now has only 59 out of 120 MPs
Europe Iceland The project to sequence the DNA of all Icelandic inhabitants celebrates its 25th anniversary: today it is the world's largest genetic database, a mine of data for understanding the role of genes in hundreds of diseases and finding new treatments
Europe Czech Republic The country will tighten passport controls on refugees and only grant aid to those fleeing war and who have crossed the border into Ukraine, the Ministry of the Interior announced following the influx of Roma people with dual Hungarian-Ukrainian citizensh
Africa South Africa The government said it will review its decision to spend more than $1 million on a flag project after public outcry, a work the government defended that it claimed would attract visitors
Africa Senegal The country will launch its first satellite into space in the third quarter of 2023, according to a recent announcement by Gayane Faye, coordinator of the Senegalese space programme, adding that the Senegalese Space Agency will also be launched soon
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Authorities have announced the seizure of 1,5 tonnes of elephant ivory in the past seven days, one of the largest hauls of ivory stolen from poachers in Africa in recent years
Europe Russia McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants an leaving Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union
Europe Netherlands A large majority of Dutch MEPs in the House of Representatives opposed the European Commission's plan to bring in more migrant workers from North Africa to cope with labour shortages
Africa Cameroon Some eighty families, around one thousand people, were forced by bulldozers to leave their homes in the Bali district of the economic capital Douala to make way for the planned construction of a five-star Marriott hotel