Asia Thailand Rubella has been eliminated in Thailand as a public health threat, achieving the WHO criteria for interruption of endemic transmission; imported cases is now the key concern, especially for infections during pregnancy
Africa Senegal "for a world free from hunger and malnutrition", the government is ready to work with the EU and the French Agency for Development (AFD), as the technical advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment said
Asia Tajikistan EBRD and Asian Development Bank will allocate $ 110 million to modernize electricity networks in the country
Oceania Solomon Islands An additional $180 million grant and loan agreement was signed to build a 22-kilometre transmission system for the Tina River Hydro Project
Africa Djibouti The Union de la Presse Francophone Djibouti has organized the press award ceremony, with several winners from the print, audiovisual and online media who stood out for the quality of their reporting and production
Asia Georgia Protests took place in Tbilisi to increase electoral quotas for women in the draft amendment to the Electoral Code
Africa Comoros Nearly $10 million from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) will fund a garment production unit to provide a livelihood for families in the country, build a student dormitory and two health centers for women and children
America Bahamas The Government will appeal after a landmark Supreme Court ruling that allows the country's men to automatically pass on citizenship to their children, regardless of whether their children were born out of wedlock to non-Bahamian mothers
America Saint Kitts and Nevis Bars and shops across the Federation have been suspended from selling liquor to discourage group socializing, in a bid to protect the public from the second wave
Europe Switzerland A record number of 76,200 deaths was registered in the Federation in 2020, +12.4% compared to previous year
Oceania Tonga The roll out of second doses of vaccines for Tonga begins today at the Basilica Church in Nuku’alofa and Vaiola Hospital
Africa Sao Tome and Principe In the next academic year each student in Príncipe will have a laptop identical to the 1,020 distributed this week in the city of Santo António
Oceania Samoa The country is waiting for the outcome of court cases relating to the April elections to be resolved after the Supreme Court met to determine the legality of Parliament's non-traditional oath of office held under a tent in the car park