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
Africa Libya According to the proposal of the High National Electoral Commission, in line with the House of Representatives, the first round of voting will be held in exactly one month, thus being postponed to 24 January 2022
Asia Pakistan The country's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai received more than 550.000 visitors in the first 83 days of its opening, hosting more than 100 trade and thematic events, as well as daily cultural performances representing the country's different regions
Asia Indonesia Construction has begun on a new industrial zone on the island of Borneo, which officials said aims to use hydropower for plants that produce items including semiconductors, lithium-ion batteries, solar panels and aluminium products
Asia Azerbaijan Representatives of the Italian company C Group have inspected the sites of the structures relevant to the design of the Victory Museum, Occupation Museum, Memorial Park and Flag Square, which will be located in Fuzuli
America Trinidad and Tobago Born 100 years ago on 24 December, Gibs Kerr celebrated with a small gathering of loved ones at his Wallenvale Road, joined by the director of the Division of Ageing at the Ministry of Social Development and Family
Asia Lebanon Train/Train, a Lebanese NGO, wants to revive the days when there was a dense rail network with neighboring countries, hoping to get funding to restart travel between Beirut and Damascus
Asia Armenia The president hailed 'a new page' in ties with Saudi Arabia and thanked the Arab world for sheltering Armenians after genocide; there are fewer than 3 million Armenian citizens living in the country but worldwide diaspora is between 5 and 7 million
Oceania Tonga Three Tongan swimmers set new national records at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi
Asia China The University of Hong Kong has confirmed that the statue commemorating Beijing's Tiananmen Square repression has been dismantled and removed after 24 years
Europe Lithuania As the US recently approved the potential sale of Javelin missiles to the country, the country's leaders, along with those of Ukraine and Poland, held a trilateral meeting to reiterate unity against Russian aggression and to promise "serious consequences"
Asia Yemen According to the Reporters Without Borders report on journalists detained, killed, held hostage and disappeared in 2021, 9 of the 66 journalists held hostage in the world are in the country
Europe Norway Oslo Shooting Centre has to appear today in court because it does not want to pay the fine it received for improper storage of weapons after several weapons disappeared from the centre
America Colombia The state will receive a US$48.5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support its decarbonization and sustainability agenda