America Canada "Lake Ontario – then, now and always” Prime Minister Carney posted, saying the name comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, pre-dating the foundation of both Canada and the USA, who proposed Lake America as a new name following Canada's retaliatory tariffs
Europe Andorra The Andorra Mountain Music Winter Edition, an event offering four concerts by internationally renowned DJs over the next four Saturdays, has been postponed from its original date and starts today
Africa Chad At the end of the extraordinary elective general meeting at the Chad Chamber of Commerce (CCIAMA), Moussa Adam Moussa was elected president of the National Council of Chadian Importers, Investors, Industrialists and Exporters (CONITE)
Asia Turkmenistan The development programme for 2022-2052 sets out a number of goals, including the further active development and strengthening of the sphere of statehood and the promotion of greater public confidence in governmental and social institutions
Europe Montenegro The country currently counts active ambassadors in seven countries, while in some important addresses such as Washington, London and Berlin, the position of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary has been vacant for 12 months
Africa Algeria The president has decided to suspend, until further notice, the application of taxes and duties on food and computer equipment imposed by the 2022 financial law to combat the high cost of living
America Colombia The National Administrative Department of Statistics just released a new study confirming that 2021 was effectively the year with the highest GDP growth the country has ever had, with an increase of 10,6%
America Ecuador National authorities arrested the Interpol’s ‘most wanted’ criminal, Juan Hernando Hurtado, alias ‘El Paisa’, a top illicit armed group leader
Africa Gambia The 8th African Islamic Finance Summit will convene in the country at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in March 2022 with two-day post-event workshop to explore Africa's untapped financial market for socio-economic benefits
Africa Sierra Leone The US AIDS program is helping the country reach the UNAIDS global goal: 95% of people living with HIV to know their status; 95% of those who know their status to be on treatment; 95% of those on treatment to have achieved viral suppression by 2030
Asia Bangladesh The country's export earnings in the information technology sector exceeded $1,3 billion; the government's target is to increase the gain to $5 billion by 2025
America Brazil Eight major social networks, including Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram, signed an agreement to fight fake news and disinformation during the upcoming October elections along with electoral authorities
America Honduras Former president,Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited by the US less than a month after being out of office; he was accused by the US state of drug trafficking and using illicit weapons
Asia Singapore The intention of a tax on disposable bags in supermarkets is to "discourage overuse", said the minister of Sustainability and Environment