Africa Morocco Rivalry between Morocco and Algeria has a new geopolitical battlefield in the Sahel, where they are deploying radically different strategies; the area is under geopolitical reconstruction after the vacuum left by French withdrawal and the rise of Russia
America United States The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permanent from 2023; if the House also passes the Sunshine Protection Act, the time Americans live on during the summer - four hours behind (GMT) - will be the standard time year-round
Asia Saudi Arabia The UK-based King's College Hospital will open in Jeddah and by the end of 2023; it will count 150 beds in the first phase and increase to 250 beds later, and be featured with a fully equipped emergency department, single rooms and VIP suites
Africa Comoros The National Office for Examinations and Competitions has extended the registration deadline to today, after noting that almost 50% of the expected number of candidates had not yet completed the procedure
Asia China The country's most extensive shutdown in two years will enter its ‘phase-2 stage’ today; to conduct mass testing and control a local outbreak in Shanghai with a lighter economic impact, East and West river sides are following different closure dates
America Cuba Authorities have announced the updating of customs regulations, with a direct impact on the population and new economic actors, as they allow the border to speed up the processes of import and export of goods and the flow of passengers
Europe Ireland Irish Ambassador to Washington Dan Mulhall will become Global Professor of Irish Studies at New York University (NYU) this September, retiring from the Department of Foreign Affairs in August after a 44-year diplomatic career
Europe Belgium According to a report by Het Laatste Nieuws, US President Biden's visit to the city has been accompanied by about 50 vehicles and 500 to 1.000 staff members, at an estimated cost of €6,8 million, or €2.368 per minute
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The population of northern São Tomé has been using for over two months untreated water, with the Director General of Natural Resources and Energy calling for the situation to be restored
Europe Spain More than half of women in Spain say they have been the target of sexist statements about being bad drivers
Oceania Samoa Vaccinations of children aged 5-11 years carried out in Savaii last week registered a notable success, with 96% of eligible children receiving their first dose
Africa Chad The Ministry of Public Health has opened a national dialogue to find ways and means to reduce the maternal, neonatal and infant mortality rate; Chad has a maternal mortality rate of 860 per 100.000 alive births, against a world figure of 211/100.000
Europe North Macedonia Around 140 fires - bush, forest, building and households - were recorded in March, some of them very serious, with damage estimated at around 38,5 million euros, according to the director of the Crisis Management Center (Cmc)
Asia Palestine North America's largest Middle Eastern academic body, the Middle East Studies Association, officially voted to ratify the BDS - Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement - resolution in support of Palestine