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 Afghanistan 231 newspapers have had to close and 6400 journalists have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control of the country, according to a survey conducted by Reporters without Borders, RSF, and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association
America Mexico The National Migration Institute (INM) successfully took 20.000 migrants that were at the Guatemalan border to diverse parts of the country to proceed with their documentation and migration processes
America Guatemala The government declared a state of siege in the indigenous communities of Nahuala and Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan due to their territorial conflict that left 13 people dead in the past days
Asia Kuwait The holidays of all health workers are suspended from today until the end of January due to the emergence of the new variant Omicron
Europe Belgium Seven nuclear reactors will be shut down by 2025, but the country remains open to the possibility of using new-generation nuclear technology, according to an agreement reached by the parties in the coalition government
America Argentina President Alberto Fernandez announced that a AR$20.000 bonus - around US$195 - will be given to all state workers as a way to compensate them and fight against rising inflation
Europe Latvia The charity marathon "Dod pieci", run by the youth radio station Pieci_LV, raised 470.078€ which will be channelled towards awareness and solutions of environmental accessibility issues for people with functional impairments and disabilities
Europe Montenegro The Adriatic-Ionian motorway will be built in line with all EU and NATO standards, in a cooperation between the government and US company Bechtel
Europe Belarus The radio station Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been added to the government's list of extremist organizations; Belarusians who subscribe to RFE/RL online could face up to six years in prison
Asia Kazakhstan Parliament passed a law to abolish the death penalty; the last execution took place in 2016
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Red Cross made a donation of posters and bookmarks to the Sexual Offences Unit of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, helping to raise awareness and educate communities and groups about sexual violence
Oceania Vanuatu President of Athletics Vanuatu, Rex Issachar, looked back on the past year, describing it as difficult for his sports federation, with challenges such as lack of quorum at executive meetings leading to meetings being postponed several time
America Canada Though weather forecasters gave high chances of a white Christmas throughout the country, about 1/3 of the population did opened their windows on a green landscape: snow melted for a rise in temperatures in most of southern Ontario, including Toronto