Asia Laos New rules for intellectual property protection wereintroduced, allowing businesses to protect industrial designs internationally through a single application under the Hague System; It simplifies registration and administrative procedures, reducing costs
Asia Taiwan The country recorded its fourth consecutive month of year-on-year export growth in February, with foreign sales up 1,3% year-on-year to $31,43 billion, the second highest ever for the month
America Mexico Hundreds of protesters demanding justice for 43 missing student teachers from the Ayotzinapa area forcefully entered Mexico's presidential palace, claiming that the government needed to take better action regarding this matter
Europe Ukraine The Secretary of the Ukrainian Council for Security and National Defence admitted the possibility of the West starting to help Ukraine not only with weapons, but also sending troops, Ukrainska Pravda reported
Africa Republic of the Congo The ambitious Kinshasa-Brazzaville road-rail bridge project, which will connect the two closest capitals in the world, will have a 1.575-metre-long toll bridge over the Congo River, with a railway and a two-lane road and pedestrian crossing
Asia Cyprus The Cyprus Shipping Chamber condemned the Houthi missile attack on the ship True Confidence, with three crew members dead and at least four others injured; the commercial vessel is managed by a Company registered to a Cyprus address in Limassol
Asia Iraq The Iraqi National Investment Commission has announced that it has received 17 proposals from foreign, Arab and local companies for a waste management and electricity generation project in Baghdad
Europe Albania After years of negotiations, Albania and Italy signed the long-awaited agreement on the recognition of reciprocal social security contributions, which will benefit over 500.000 Albanians living in Italy and all Italians who have worked in Albania
Oceania Papua New Guinea The International Monetary Fund re-established a resident mission in Papua New Guinea, ending an absence of more than two decades from a Pacific island country with which it has had stormy relations
Africa Liberia The lower house of the Parliament passed a motion to establish a war crimes tribunal more than 2 decades after the end of the devastating civil conflict; the resolution must now be debated by the Senate before being forwarded to President Joseph Boakai
Europe Latvia The definition of maximum permitted teaching hours is considered by Minister of Education as a possible solution to teacher overload; one third of teachers, 34%, carry more workload than the 36 hours provided for by the contract
Africa eSwatini The Eswatini Stock Exchange signed MoU with Taiwan Stock Exchange and Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange in Taipei, a response to Taiwan's foreign policy efforts and a milestone for cooperation between the two sides' capital markets
Europe Germany In a long-running dispute over asylum policy between the German federal states and the central government, the states made a request to outsource asylum applications to third countries
Asia Israel Israel is blocking 1.500 trucks of humanitarian aid at Rafah crossing and preventing them from entering Gaza; the goods are officially being rejected for 'security reasons' and include oxygen, incubators, refrigerators, tents, solar panels