Asia Sri Lanka Digital marketplace LilyLanka has been launched to connect small and medium enterprises with customers; the platform includes products, online sales and delivery services and aims to digitalize local trade, expand market access and support SMEs recovery
Oceania Fiji Ms Ailava Samuels of Fiji has been crowned as Miss Pacific Islands 2026; the contest took place in Nadi, Fiji, making the victory even more participated and inspiring
Europe Albania 20 people have been arrested in the port city of Durres as prosecution said they played a role in shipping hazardous waste produced by an Albanian steel mill to Thailand; the operation is being continued for the arrests of 13 other suspects
Asia Palestine At the current rate of evacuation it would take 4,5 years for the 20.000 patients, including 4.000 children in need of medical care, to leave Gaza according to figures released by international NGO Save the Children
Asia Israel Settling in the West Bank will be easier after the Israeli security cabinet at a closed-door meeting changed procedure regulations; a number of Arab and Muslim countries, say the measures accelerates illegal annexation and displacement of Palestinians
Africa Mauritania 184.000 refugees and asylum seekers have been registered by UNHCR in Mauritania as of 31 December 2025, of whom 74% are Malians and 26% from 19 other nationalities; 309.000 is the estimated number of migrants in the country
Europe Italy One week into the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, public shows appreciation for the first 'disseminated' games across northern Italy and 87% of those who watched the Opening Ceremony claimed that it has inspired them to follow the event
Oceania Tuvalu Prime Minister formally submitted Tuvalu’s Instrument of Ratification for the Pacific Resilience Facility to the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, thus officially committing to regional cooperation and climate resilience
America Chile 13 parties have been dissolved as they failed to reach 5% of the valid votes cast in latest election; the Board of Directors of the Electoral Service SERVEL applied current legislation to the letter
America Honduras Six agricultural schools have been transformed with Chinese-funded labs and food processing facilities, boosting technical training for rural youth and modernizing agro production
Asia Georgia Ilia State University announced admission quotas reduced to 300 students for the 2026-27 academic year, a destabilizing drop from 3.828 admissions in 2025; students and staff protested admission restrictions rallying outside the Ministry of Education
America Ecuador Ecuador has recorded a historic high of 29.402 million dollars in non-oil exports in 2025, up 18% from 2024, driven by strong growth in shrimp, cacao and banana sales to markets such as the EU, US and China, boosting diversification beyond crude oil
America Mexico Mexico has reiterated it has offered to facilitate dialogue between the US and Cuba amid rising tensions over Washington’s sanctions on countries supplying oil to the island, while continuing to send humanitarian aid to address Cuba’s energy crisis
Africa Republic of the Congo In Brazzaville, a new business is reshaping the local economy: parking lots on plots of land, cultivated or uncultivated; in underserved neighborhoods landowners transform their properties into paid parking spaces, charging affordable rates for drivers