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
Asia Cyprus In the yearly review of the most impactful events of 2021, the massive wildfire in Arapakas that in July only took hours to destroy almost everything in an area of around 55 square km, has earned the title of the worst blaze in living memory
Europe Romania For the first time in ten years, the money sent home by Romanian workers working in other EU countries exceeded the amount of foreign direct investment, writes business portal Ziarul Financiar
Europe Slovenia With yesterday's end of the Slovenian semester of EU Council Presidency, analysts have underlined how there have been poor results on the most important decisions, including the EU enlargement to the Western Balkans
Europe France The leadership of NATO's highest military force, the Very High Readiness Joint Force, has been taken over from Turkey starting today
Asia Taiwan Starting today, eggs sold in the country must have a traceability code on the shell, allowing consumers to easily identify the source of the eggs and how the hens are raised
Asia Malaysia The country will invest $335 million in cash and other forms of relief for those hit by the devastating flooding in December, when around 70.000 people were displaced
Africa Kenya On the shores of Lake Victoria, Nairobi-based green energy provider Biogas International is piloting a project that is converting the invasive water hyacinth plant into cleaner cooking fuel
America Barbados Following discussions between Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) and Bridgetown Cruise Terminals Inc., a decision has been made not to further extend the lease for the management and operation of the cruise terminal, that from today will transition to BPI
Africa Senegal Aminata Mansour Sène was the woman who led the inaugural journey of the regional express train linking the capital to Diamniadio, considered a revolution for public transport in Dakar
Europe Finland From today, no meat will be served at Helsinki's meetings, seminars, workshops and public events anymore, while seasonal vegetarian food and/or responsibly caught local fish will be offered; cow's milk will be replaced by oat's milk
America Chile Since 1995, many citizens spend New Year's Eve or Day in cemeteries to include the loved deceased in their celebrations
Africa Chad The National Transitional Council adopted two bills on general amnesty, one for acts of terrorism, complicity, recruitment of children under the age of 18 in armed groups and one for acts of offence against the integrity of the state and crimes of opinion
Europe Ireland As the use of any festive fireworks must be overseen by a professional operator, a considerable smuggling from Northern Ireland, where regulations governing the sale of fireworks are more permissive, is reported every year