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 Sudan More than 100 Sudanese detainees, including high-profile politicians, are on hunger strike to protest on their unjustified and illegal detention and are considered part of the protest movement against the 25 October coup
America Bolivia In the past year, the price of lithium has increased by 800%, so the government has decided to further accelerate the industrialisation of it and invest more resources in the sector
Europe Montenegro At a time of deep polarisation, authorities have been urged to tackle online extremism in the country's new counter-terrorism strategy, which is to focus more on young people and the dangers of online extremist content, according to civil society groups
Africa South Africa Gauteng, the country's economic centre, is offering food vouchers to people aged 50 years who have not yet received the Covid-19 vaccination to encourage them to get the vaccine; Gauteng accounts for the majority of cases in the country with 32,4%
Asia North Korea Work has begun on a large 10.000-apartment residential project, a major housing initiative by the regime
Asia Yemen The UN Special Envoy to Yemen said that consultations would begin this week with all Yemeni parties - the government, Houthi rebels, civil society, political parties and experts - to find an inclusive political solution to the unending civil conflict
Europe Ireland Lawmakers could soon start voting remotely in a select number of situations, including potential future pandemics, according to a debated bill that would amend the Irish constitution
Africa Morocco Yassine Aouich, representing Morocco at the Beijing 2022 Olympics and one of just 6 African athletes, is the only one who grew up sporting in his country
Asia China The XXIV Winter Olympic Games will close today in Beijing; subject to a strong diplomatic boycott, the event was also highly contested for being environmentally unsustainable, with 100% artificial snow
Europe Germany Francesco Friederich entered history of the Winter Olympics as the first person to win the gold medal in bobsleigh in two consecutive editions; the country also scored a record-extending eighth sliding gold for the German team and won all three medals
Asia Cyprus Alpine skier Yianno Kouyoumdjian was the flag bearer and only Cyprus athlete in these Olympics - he declared representing the country was one of his goals as an athlete; his mother and his uncle competed in the 1980 '84 '88 and 1992 Winter Games
America Mexico Donovan Carrillo was the first figure skater to represent the country at the Winter Olympics in 30 years; after making it to the finals, he celebrated the historic moment by using his hands to plant a kiss on the Olympic Rings in the ice
Europe Ukraine Defending champion Oleksandr Abramenko won Ukraine’s first medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday and celebrated with a hug from Russian skier Ilia Burov at a time of rising tensions between the countries