America Brazil The federal import tax on international purchases of up to US$ 50 made through e-commerce platforms like Temu, Shein, and AliExpress has been erased; experts say it is a strategic move in view of October's upcoming general elections
Africa Guinea The Guinean Football Federation and former star Pascal Feindouno have appealed for calm after at least six fans died while celebrating the local selection's first win at the African Cup of Nations
Asia Uzbekistan A bill to mitigate penalties for the illegal import of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been passed by the Uzbekistan Senate; it introduces administrative liability instead of criminal liability
Africa Comoros The crisis in the Comoros deepens, with two days of clashes that left one person dead and six injured in Moroni, where the opposition has called on the population to demonstrate and denounce Azali Assoumani's disputed victory in the presidential elections
Africa Djibouti Plans are underway to build a national cancer centre, the first of its kind in a country without access to radiotherapy; Ministry of Health invited experts from the IAEA, WHO and IARC to conduct a global cancer imPACT Review in the country in October 2023
Africa Sierra Leone In a recent interview Joseph Rahall, executive director of Green Scenery, shared his concerns about the rising heat in the country, with various impacts of heatwaves like increases in disease, threats to agriculture and disruptions in fishing industry
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The police opened an investigation into the country's first murder in 2024 in Cayon
Europe Slovakia Culture Minister Simkovicova stated that the country will resume cooperation with Russia and Belarus, suspended in 2022; Simkovicova's spokesperson stated that there are many ongoin conflicts and that artists and culture shouldn't suffer because of them
Asia Maldives According to a senior official in the Office of the President, the government would be holding talks with an Egyptian contractor for the construction of a bridge connecting Hithadhoo and Hulhumeedhoo in the town of Addu
Europe Russia A bill to annul a 1956 agreement on fishing rights between the Soviet Union and Great Britain, which granted British fishing vessels the right to operate in certain areas of the Barents Sea, was submitted to Parliament
Asia India Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate today a large Hindu temple in Ayodhya symbolising the country's growing Hindu cultural nationalism, a movement also known as Hindutva, which stands on the site of a mosque demolished in the 16th century
Africa Guinea At least five journalists were arrested by gendarmes on 18 January 2024, the day of the demonstration called by the Guinean Union of Press Professionals
Asia Malaysia Tan Sri Devaki Krishnan, the first Malaysian woman elected to public service, has died at the age of 100; an influential figure in Malaysian politics, she had been called the 'Grand Dame of Malaysian Indian politics'
Europe Moldova The Intelligence and Security Service has informed that it has come into possession of data indicating the revival of disinformation and manipulation campaigns to destabilise the situation in Moldovan society and regional security