Europe Luxembourg Luxembourgish Gynecologists's association announced that they are relieved to hear that surgical reconstruction of the hymen and virginity certificates will no longer be allowed; the move is considered a step towards better protection of women's rights
America Uruguay On International Women's Day, thousands of women marched in Montevideo demanding that progressive laws be backed with real financial support, emphasizing the fight against gender violence, inequality, and advocating for social change
Europe Austria In 2024, for the first time in sixteen years, Austria's trade balance was in surplus, with imports lowernthan exports, according to figures provided on Friday by Statistics Austria
America Canada Mark Carney, elected the new leader of the Liberal Party with 85,9% of votes, will be Canada’s 24th prime minister; the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England neither run for political office before nor sits in the House of Commons
Africa Botswana BOTSAT-1, Botswana's first space satellite, has passed all tests and is ready for launch from Space X's facilities in California, USA, and the long-awaited event is expected to take place soon after technical problems delayed it
America Paraguay Paraguayan President Santiago Peña withdrew the candidacy for the OAS Secretary General position due to the lack of support from several countries in the region, which shifted their backing to Albert Ramdin of Suriname
Africa Ghana Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, is showing lively activism in trying to re-establish relations and diplomatic ties, and not only, with the countries of the Sahel Alliance, namely Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Africa Angola The country made history at the African Fencing Championships that ended Thursday in Luanda, winning its first international medals since the creation of the fencing federation in Angola ten years ago
Africa Tanzania The Nile Basin Initiative, pursuing sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utilization of the common Nile basin water, handed over 8 state-of-the-art hydrological monitoring stations to Tanzania to optimize water management
Europe Spain The Prado Museum will bring together for the first time eight works by El Greco from around the world; 'The Assumption of the Virgin', which belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago, was last exhibited in the Madrid art gallery more than a century ago
America Colombia Rising guerrilla violence, internal cabinet conflicts, and a dispute with Donald Trump made the approval rating of Colombian President Gustavo Petro drop to 33% in February
America Costa Rica Costa Rica is coordinating with Panama to expedite southbound migrant transit, mainly for Colombians, Venezuelans, and Ecuadorians, by providing regulated transportation to protect them from traffickers
Africa Mali The suspension of the issuance of mining permits will be partially lifted upon initiative of the Mali's Ministry of Mines; the awarding of mining titles had been halted in November 2022, citing efforts to improve the licensing process
America United States 26.000 images have been reportedly flagged for removal in the Pentagon’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) purge, including references to the esteemed Tuskegee Airmen and the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan during World War II