Asia Bangladesh Recent studies demonstrated that microplastics are present in water, sediments, fish, salt, soft drinks, milk, edible oil and more products in Bangladesh, underscoring the growing concern that these pollutants are transferred to humans through food
Europe Spain Telegram is the subject of a legal dispute in Spain after Spanish media companies filed a lawsuit over the alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted audiovisual content and demanded its suspension as a precautionary measure
Oceania Samoa Some 26.000 Samoans will be assisted by a project of the US Agency for International Development's Office of Humanitarian Assistance, preparing them to cope more effectively with the shocks of future disasters
Asia Palestine Palestinians are returning to devastated homes in Khan Younis, finding rubble and dead bodies after the Israeli army withdrew its forces; living conditions in the Gaza Strip are bordering on famine after 6 months of war
Asia Mongolia 350 people of various ages and backgrounds will benefit from scholarships in "Grow with Google" program that includes online study in English for 3 months, 40 hours of classroom instruction and 30 hours of on-the-job training
America El Salvador El Salvador's economic growth in 2023 was the highest in the last 30 years, according to the latest data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR)
Europe Moldova The population and housing census, organized once every 10 years, is scheduled from April 8 to July 7 and the information obtained will be crucial for policy making, monitoring and evaluation, scientific research and more
America Ecuador Ecuador's government increased the value-added tax VAT from 12% to 15% at the beginning of this month, as a measure to finance the fight against organized crime, following a weekend with at least 28 murders
Asia Kuwait The rules and regulations for the acceptance and use of donations in public institutions have been announced by the Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Finance
Africa Liberia Five county councils recently met to collectively review, finalize, approve, and sign a joint resolution committing each county to allocate 2-5% of its development budget to fund sanitation
America Honduras In Honduras, wildfires have affected 63.433 hectares so far in 2024, with 1.014 fires recorded since January, marking a 10,8% increase compared to the same period last year
Africa Madagascar Ambatovy, major industrial operation mining and refining nickel and cobalt, has been allowed by the government to sell more than 10% of its ammonium sulfate production on local market for national economic interest, despite Law on Major Mining Investments
Asia Bhutan Druk Holding & Investments, Bhutan's investment division, is partnering with Bitdeer Technologies Group to increase the ocuntry's mining capacity sixfold through the use of advanced hardware technology
Africa Libya To finance the new airport project in Tripoli, a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Libyan Airport Authority and two foreign companies