America Panama A tanker paid a record $5,3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal before the number of daily transits will be reduced due to the El Niño weather phenomenon; rainfall deficits and drought deplete water reserves needed to operate the canal
America Saint Lucia The country's travel portal is back up and running after the weekend outage; all travellers must apply to enter Saint Lucia's travel authorisation portal which operates through www.stlucia.org
Asia Tajikistan The country has begun work on connecting to the integrated Central Asian energy system; Tajik energy company Barqi Tojik expects to complete activities by the end of 2022
Africa Mauritius Indian PM Modi said the country is a prime example of India's approach to partnership for development that is based on the needs and priorities of its partners, after the two countries jointly inaugurated the social housing units project in Mauritius
Asia Kyrgyzstan The Ministry of Agriculture will receive a 7-year grant of US$29 million from FAO to restore 6.000 hectares of forests and 644.000 hectares of pastures
Europe Greece All kindergartens, nursery schools and schools throughout Attica and the regions affected by the severe snowstorm will be closed for a second day also today; there will be no online classes, because the needed administrative staff will be absent
America Jamaica The Jamaica Labour Party has issued a statement urging the government to work with the banks to find ways to avoid any cost increase at this time, since Jamaicans -in their opinion- could not afford it at the moment
Oceania Nauru Brisbane firm Canstruct International has been granted a new extension, its 8th, for AUS$218,5 million to provide six months of "garrison and welfare services" on the island for the detention of 107 people, costing more than $11.000 per detainee per day
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Most of the young people over 25 who have recently left the country have emigrated to EU countries, according to Fena agency from the BiH Statistics Agency
Europe Croatia After Stancija St. Antonio d.o.o. was once again proclaimed the most awarded olive oil company in the country in the EVOO world ranking for 2021, the mill launched a cocktail created for the occasion based on extra virgin olive oil
Europe Belarus Belarusians will be able to vote earlier than scheduled for the referendum on amendments to the Belarusian Constitution, said the deputy head of legal, analytical and methodological work at the Central Election Commission
Africa Sudan Al-Jazeera's licence was revoked by the Ministry of Culture and Information, which accused the network of "unprofessional" television coverage of the anti-coup protests; the move is considered an attack on press freedom
Africa Lesotho According to a new law, all employees, both private and public, will not be allowed to work if they have not been vaccinated and unvaccinated people will not be allowed to seek medical help in all health centres
Asia Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he will propose a law requiring the head of government to retire at the age of 72 once he leaves office