Asia China 10 United States-based companies have been added to China's export control list, government procurement barred from 50 US companies two weeks after the Pentagon blacklisted some of China’s best-known companies for alleged ties to the Chinese military
Africa Namibia The country will begin distributing the HPV vaccine to adolescent girls in April, a senior Namibian health official said
Europe Ukraine President Zelensky recalled on X that two years have passed since the Russian attack on the Mariupol Drama Theater, raising "eternal remembrance for all those whose lives were taken by Russian terror"
Oceania New Zealand The country will record "significantly slower" economic growth in the coming years, the finance minister said, as slowing productivity hampers the economy; the announcement came as New Zealand is about to issue a pre-budget update in two weeks
Europe United Kingdom Only 10% of the funds promised to reduce inequality under the leveling program have been spent; Public Accounts Committee noted ministers "unable to provide any compelling examples of what leveling up funding has delivered so far"
Africa Mauritius The ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of 100 housing units by New Social Living Development on Puspass Avenue in La Source was held in the presence of many government ministers
Oceania Micronesia Ms Jenny Grant-Curnow is the new Australian Australian ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia
Europe Moldova The Council of Europe's anti-corruption body listed reforms Moldova needs to make, focusing on lobbying in government, police and border police integrity, and the work of the country's anti-corruption prosecutor's office
Africa Mali Mali's junta has disbanded the nation's main student organization, the Mali Student Association, accusing it of disrupting classes and provoking clashes and killings
Asia Vietnam Nearly 200 people have been treated for food poisoning after eating contaminated chicken at a restaurant in Nha Trang city; the deputy director of the Khánh Hòa Department of Health said that so far, tests of samples and food have not yet yielded results
Europe Vatican City The Holy See Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition - Venice Biennale, which will be displayed in the Giudecca women's prison, will illustrate the ability of inmates to embrace art to transform their lives
Africa Zambia National power company Zesco has announced a series of scheduled eight-hour blackouts to ration electricity after the country is hit by a devastating drought due to a very poor rainy season
Asia Uzbekistan Mobile operator Perfectum has been privatized: 100% of the legal entity, Rubicon Wireless Communication, is now owned by Abdumalik Iminov; privatization was ordered by presidential decree in October 2020
Oceania Vanuatu The Department of Biosecurity has partnered with New Zealand's AgResearch to release a virus in areas of Efate heavily infested with the coconut rhinoceros beetle, including Devils Point, Bukura, and Ifira