Asia China "An open-source artificial intelligence zone" aimed at BRICS nations has been proposed by President Xi Jinping's at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, yet another sign of the increasingly fierce race for technological supremacy with the US
Europe Ukraine The state has announced that it will soon switch to a paperless system with public services to be provided using digital tools
Asia Taiwan The Water Resources Agency (WRA) announced more water restrictions for some areas, with the water supply to Taoyuan and New Taipei City’s Linkou District to be curbed from May 21st
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Local designer Antonieta Almeida celebrates her election as Foreign Designer of the Year 2021 by the Globos de Moda Gala
Europe Slovakia The Transport Minister Dolezal has presented a cross-border bike sharing project in Komarno
Africa Sudan The UN chief spoke at the Paris conference stressing the common responsibility to help the country consolidate its democratic transition, rebuild the economy and deliver peace and development
Africa Togo According to Sanda Ablamba Johnson, Minister-Secretary General of the Presidency, the creation of "A new Round-Table On African Debts" think tank comes at the right time as it deals with debts and better conditions for financings
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Most recent data show that Vincentians are among the growing list of Caribbean nationals immigrating to Canada, with over 2000 individuals since 2015
Oceania New Zealand The national Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai highlights the indigenous concept of guardianship for land, sea and sky
Africa Liberia Over 15 journalists representing print and e-media houses have met in Monrovia for a five-month mentoring aimed at fighting Covid-19 misinformation and other forms of human rights violations in the country
Africa Gabon Vaalco, a London-based company, will double its production in the country with a four-well campaign to start in late 2021 and the continuation of works on new floating storage and offloading vessel for Etame complex
Africa Niger The National Emergency Management Agency commenced the direct distribution of relief materials to 24,925 households of internally displaced persons affected by banditry in 14 Local Government areas
Africa Eritrea With a A$20.3 million placement, Danakali supports Colluli Potash Project in the country and aims at being world leading potash producer and exporter
Asia China The self-mocking nickname Mǎ nóng ('country programmer') is increasingly used to describe young people from small towns who move to big cities to work ceaselessly in IT and think maybe a job as peasant wasn't that bad