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
America Colombia Causing indignation and embarrassment, the Colombian Police Academy dressed their cadets in Nazi uniforms for an event meant to honor Germany; President Ivan Duque had to issue a formal apology condemning the incident
America Nicaragua The government has formally began the process to permanently withdraw from the OAS due to its disagreement with regards to the legitimacy of the state’s recent elections; this process could take up to two years
Asia Sri Lanka The first national survey of women and girls has found that one in five women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner, says the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) Sri Lanka
Asia Yemen Amid severe shortages of life-saving medicines and other supplies caused by the conflict, the health ministry has appealed to local and international organizations to step in and save some 1.700 patients in need of kidney implant surgeries
Oceania Solomon Islands The National Referral Hospital has made known that Solomon Islands National University nursing students in training there are not matching expectations, working under required standards according to medical staff
America Suriname Today the nation celebrates 46 years of independence with military parades, government speeches, and national ceremonies
Asia Indonesia Cryptocurrency trading, growing in popularity in the world's largest majority-Muslim country, has been declared banned for Muslims by the National Council of Islamic Scholars
America Bolivia In collaboration with UNICEF, the government will create a children’s program to educate toddlers and young parents about caring for society and promoting key values, such as solidarity and kindness
Europe France Given the high frequency of suicides among farmers compared to the rest of the population, the government has presented a roadmap in an attempt to curb specifically these occurrencies; an action plan is expected by December 2020
America Dominican Republic Fucsia, a digital magazine about gardening, botany and lifestyles around nature, founded by journalist Yulendys Jorge, creator of Cayena, the first digital magazine for Dominican women published in 2008, recently turned five months online
America Saint Lucia Swimmer Vanessa Eugene completed the first documented swim known from Sandals Grande St Lucian beach to Rat Island and back, for a total of 14 Km
America Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela won the regional elections held this past week, where the opposition participated for the first time in four years
Asia Iran Iranian photographer Mohammad Babaei has won the Winter Sports Photo Awards at the World Media Summit in China for his stories on Iran's national women's ice hockey team during their training for the Asian Challenge Cup