Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Europe Denmark A snow storm in the north of the country forced about 30 people to sleep at an IKEA store on bedroom furniture on display as 30 cm of snow trapped them inside right before closing time
Africa Mauritania The presidents of Senegal and Mauritania laid the foundation stone for the inauguration of the Pont de Rosso bridge, a strategic link for the two countries over the Senegal River that separates them
Asia Afghanistan Sharbat Gula, the 'Afghan girl' on the 1985 National Geographic cover, joins the thousands of Afghans who have fled to Europe
Asia Azerbaijan Azersu OJSC has provided water supply to military and civilian facilities in Lachin district, officially territory of the country after the Second Karabakh War in 2020
America Trinidad and Tobago The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Ltd (TTSE) has announced an upgrade to its Avvento trading and surveillance platform for brokers
Africa Somalia "Escape from Mogadishu", a film about the escape of South Korean and North Korean diplomats during the Somali civil war in the 1990s, won the best film award at the 42nd annual Blue Dragon Film Awards, one of Korea's top film honours
Europe Hungary Flats in Budapest are the cheapest of the Visegrád capitals - of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic; to buy a 50-square-meter flat, you need the average salary for eight and a half years, the lowest amount of the four cities
Europe Albania With the country due to hold a delayed national population census next year, minorities organizations are urging authorities to address the shortcomings of the 2011 census, which they claim cost minorities dearly in terms of resource allocation
Asia Malaysia The government will hold regular commodity sales as part of efforts to keep commodity prices affordable for consumers, after prices of vegetables and other fresh produce rose sharply in recent weeks
Oceania New Zealand The country has become the first in the world to fully legalise drug testing services, allowing illicit substances to be tested at music festivals and beyond, in a move that experts say will save numerous lives
Africa Mali Several political formations came together in a leaders' meeting in Bamako and announced their merger to try to save the country from the serious situation it is in
Asia India Alpine skier Arif Khan is the first, and so far only, Indian athlete to qualify for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics; he said he was proud of the big boost that can come for winter sports for the youth of his region, Kashmir
Africa Ethiopia The #NoMore movement, born to denounce the media campaign and interference by the West against the country and African in general, has been now joined by influential artist Akon; the hashtag has been top trending for weeks