Africa Uganda Uber has ended its operations in Uganda after having been a commodity in the local urban transport for over a decade; the exit takes immediate effect and follows extensive review of Uber's business priorities across Africa
Oceania Kiribati Curfew has begun after the first commercial flight in almost two years brought 40 cases to the country which until now had been virtually untouched by the virus
America Brazil Regardless of President Jair Bolsonaro’s objections, the country officially began vaccinating children aged five to eleven
Africa South Africa A report has been published detailing the fruits of four years of investigations to unravel the system of fraud of former President Jacob Zuma
Europe United Kingdom The average cost of a basic funeral has fallen for the first time in 18 years, dropping 3,1% to an average of £4.056 last year, according to insurer SunLife's Cost of Dying report; last year funeral directors were ordered to display clearer price lists
Asia Singapore A coalition of students has called on universities to move away from the fossil fuel industry by 2030, after the group Students for a Fossil Free Future released the Fossil-Fuelled Universities report detailing the "extensive" links between the parties
Africa Burkina Faso The government announced last week that it had foiled a plot from within the armed forces to destabilise the state, which would have been the first coup of the year on the African continent
Asia Syria China has sent over 4.000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid to the country, with the Chinese ambassador handing them over to the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent at its headquarters in Damascus
Europe North Macedonia The new coalition was formally approved after the parliament vote, with the new cabinet to be led by a social-democratic coalition headed by Dimitar Kovačevski as prime minister
Oceania New Zealand Two New Zealand navy ships are heading to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency supplies and diving teams
America Honduras Taiwan removed all tariffs from 25 goods imported from Honduras under a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA), as a way to incentivise newly-elected president Xiomara Castro to not cut off diplomatic ties with Taipei
Oceania Palau A deal with Cryptic Labs launches the Digital Residency programme, the first time global citizens can claim digital residency supported by blockchain and a sovereign entity acting as a digital identity with the functionality and validity of a global state
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Budget 2022 will ensure that all lobster fishers receive free materials to construct up to 1000 additional lobster pots, and invest US$1,3 million in a partnership with Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union to grant fishers affordable loans to purchase boats
Europe Luxembourg The country will spend 300 million euros more on research, a 17% increase over three years, bringing the budget to 1,7 billion, in response to criticism of its lagging research spending