Oceania Nauru Nauru embraces a name change, and the beginning of renewed national pride, as the President decided to get back to traditional name Naoero for the country without holding a referendum
Africa Mauritania Mauritania's football federation has announced Amir Abdou, former head coach of the Comoros, as the new manager of its men's national football team
Europe Belarus Heavy sanctions on the country for its role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine have been imposed by a number of countries, lately joined by Australia and Japan
Africa Gabon The Directorate-General for Taxation (DGI) and the municipality of Libreville have signed a cooperation agreement on taxation; the DGI will also accompany the municipality in the training of its agents and structural reforms
Europe Russia The head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, apparently blamed liberal Western values - drawing particular attention to non discrimination of omosexuality - for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in his Sunday sermon
Europe Poland The country has agreed to hand over all its MIG-29 fighter jets to a US air base "immediately and free of charge" as part of a plan to provide aircraft to the Ukrainians
Oceania Australia The downpours that had hit New South Wales and Queensland, killing 20 people, have now reached Sydney, which faces an intensified threat and tens of thousands of people advised to evacuate their homes
America Antigua and Barbuda Hoteliers are encouraged to play a role in efforts to propagate disease tolerant cocnut palms: the Ministry of Agriculture special unit is willing to work along with resorts and hotels and make arrangements to accelerate the process of replenish the trees
Africa Sierra Leone Ignite Power's all-female team has electrified 60 health clinics across the country, with women's empowerment a primary goal in the formation of the project, along with the vital goal of clean electrification and maternal health
Asia Iraq The UN Security Council has approved an end to reparations to compensate Kuwait for losses related to the invasion in 1990; over 30 years, $52,4 billion has been paid out to Kuwait
Asia India Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi honored a woman cop for rescuing 73 missing children in the last 8 months and an e-rickshaw driver for saving two girls from getting kidnapped
Africa Somalia The Kenya Defence Forces, on a mission in the country to stop Al Shabaab for a decade now, have donated food, medical supplies and distributed fresh water to residents of Tabda
America Honduras 23 Nicaraguan NGOs - opposing to the current Nicaraguan government - signed a formal letter to President Xiomara Castro asking for her to support the report released by the UNHRC stating the violations of human rights that the current government has done
Europe United Kingdom PM Boris Johnson shared his '6 steps the West must take to help Ukraine right now' through a letter to the editor of USA newspaper The New York Times