Asia India Young-led ‘cockroach' movement, whose protests are challenging Modi’s government on accountability and educational reforms, is attracting professionals, families and public support after police used tear gar and beatings to disperse march on parliament
Africa Rwanda Paul Kagame is again a candidate in Rwanda's presidential election, to be held next July 15, in a choice made "uncontested" by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the party always led by Kagame, who is thus running for a fourth consecutive term
Europe Portugal Democratic Alliance wins legislative elections with 29,49% of the votes, resulting in a slight victory for the centre-right coalition but falling short of an outright majority
Europe Croatia The Croatian parliament, the Sabor, will be dissolved on 14 March, and parliamentary elections will be held in April or May, as by law they must be held within 30 to 60 days from the date of dissolution of parliament
Africa Uganda The Parliament has to decide on a bill to restrict the use of surrogacy to women who are infertile or have health problems that prevent them from having children; the law provides for penalties of up to five years for doctors who oppose the new provisions
Europe Latvia After the attack on the Occupation Museum, plans are being made to speed up the creation of a comprehensive video surveillance network throughout Latvia; the Interior Minister will have a month to identify what is already in place and what can be used
America Panama Archaeologists have unearthed a 1.200-year-old tomb in Panama containing a trove of gold treasures and the remains of what could be human sacrifices
Europe Hungary Ferenc Krausz, experimental physicist, has been named person of the year 2023 by public media; he is a 2023 Nobel laureate for his experimental methods in producing attosecond pulses of light to study the movement of electrons within atoms
America Suriname Leaders of the Society for Krishna Consciousness and the Suriname Islamic Association achieved a historic moment of cooperation and interfaith, as they exchanged sacred scriptures, emphasizing shared values and the universal essence of spirituality
America Uruguay The Americas Act, a bipartisan US legislative proposal for trade and investment expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean, was welcomed with optimism by Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, considering Uruguay as a potential "pilot case"
Africa Senegal Incidents cast a shadow over the start of the election campaign in Senegal this weekend with violent clashes between supporters of presidential majority candidate Amadou Ba and those of opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye
America Nicaragua Nicaragua has formally sued Germany at the International Court of Justice for funding Israel and cutting aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA
Africa Nigeria Nigerian breweries has announced another increase in the price of its products, the fourth in one year, due to rising production costs and the need to save the company's accounts from such an increase
America Jamaica Over 8.000 participants from 200 schools were trained in restorative justice and Justice Minister Hon. Delroy Chuck encouraged them to become advocates for the conflict resolution method in their schools and communities