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 Thailand Transport Minister Suriya Juangruangreangkit has instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand to try to persuade airlines to lower fares on domestic flights, in response to complaints from travellers
Asia Yemen The Houthi group in Yemen claimed responsibility for the missile attack on what it described as a 'British ship' on Sunday in the Gulf of Aden
Oceania Solomon Islands Elections are intensifying in the Solomon Islands, with political parties presenting their pledges and some forming alliances
Africa Sierra Leone The launch of the 7th round of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, UNICEF's international household survey programme, by the Sierra Leone Steering Committee marks a major step forward in the country's commitment to advanced data collection and analysis
Asia Armenia The ECW First Emergency Response grant, provided by UNICEF, will support the Armenian government's refugee response plan with $1 million and improve access to early education services for refugee and host community children
Africa Republic of the Congo The Bretton Woods Institution has made CFAF 36,4 billion (US$60 million) available to the Republic of Congo to strengthen the performance of the Statistical Capacity Building Project
Asia South Korea Air passenger traffic grew 57% on-year in January, with a strong demand for connections to China; international travelers to and from South Korea reached 7,28 million, 91% of record year 2019, according to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Asia Kuwait Implementing fingerprinting for teaching staff in the Ministry of Education to control malpractice has been proposed by former Education Minister Dr. Badr Al-Issa, sparking a parliamentary and media storm
Africa Zimbabwe The country aims to reach 60% survival of children with cancer by 2030, said Dr Loice Hlatshwayo, oncologist at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals
Africa Niger Last week the country defaulted on a debt of 13,4 billion CFA francs ($22 million), the West African debt management agency said, bringing the total default to about $519 million since the July coup and its suspension from regional financial markets
America Trinidad and Tobago The Northern Division Operations Centre activated the TTPS Coastal and Air Support Unit and the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service after a family alerted the E999 Command Centre that they were lost on a hike
Africa Togo The Embassy of India in Togo inaugurated a library at the University of Lomé dedicated to India, called 'India Corner'
Africa South Africa The country must begin the transition to a cashless system to curb currency theft, crime experts advise, even though the latest crime statistics show a decline in cash theft