Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Oceania New Zealand 180degrees crackers, owned by the Australian manufacturer Arnott's Group, has announced it will build a production plant in New Zealand, 25 years after closing its factory in the country
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities and his counterpart from Gabon signed in Libreville the visa waiver agreement for diplomatic, service and ordinary passports between Sao Tome and Principe and Gabon
America Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise trip to Ukraine yesterday and met with President Zelenskyy, while announcing more military support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russian individuals and entities
Asia Mongolia The country will increase the monthly minimum wage by 31% to 550.000 Mongolian tugriks (about $178) from the beginning of 2023; currently, the minimum wage in the Asian country is 420.000 tugriks (about $136)
Asia Kuwait The country generates 51 kg of rubbish per person/month, an average of 1,7 kg per person/day, double the global average, according to government statistics, which is planning a system of smart containers for rubbish collection in new residential areas
Oceania Papua New Guinea The PNG Department of Information and Communications Technology is encouraging more digital transformation champions to drive awareness and education given the high potential that information technology can have
Oceania Palau For the past 10 years, the country has been facing a non-communicable disease (NCD) health crisis, which was declared in 2011; the First Lady, a member of the NCD Coordination Mechanism, said most of the deaths today in Palau are related to NCDs
America Paraguay This year infrastructure investments have grown by around 35% - reaching US$200 million, which is a new record for the country
America Saint Lucia Panic but no reports of injuries as an intruder walked in Vieux Fort Catholic church and launched Molotov cocktails during mass
Africa Rwanda The second phase of the Rwanda Urban Development Project (RUDP II) is expected to provide basic infrastructure in secondary towns and address unplanned settlements and flooding in the city of Kigali
America Honduras The local fishing crisis has become so severe that fishermen are going to Nicaragua to fish; this has led to the recent arresting of hundreds of them, as they are fishing in foreign waters where they can’t operate
Asia Maldives The owner of the Ocean Surveyor, which was used to conduct survey work off Hulhumale''s northeastern reef, has been fined over 198.000 MVR (almost 13.000 US$) for natural damage
Europe Lithuania Lithuanian Railways said it is planning to lay off around 2.000 of its more than 9.000 employees with 6 million euros earmarked for redundancy payments to employees