Asia China 10 United States-based companies have been added to China's export control list, government procurement barred from 50 US companies two weeks after the Pentagon blacklisted some of China’s best-known companies for alleged ties to the Chinese military
Oceania Tuvalu Taiwan's Foreign Ministry emphasised Sunday the strength of its relations with Tuvalu, amid speculation that the Pacific island country might follow Nauru and pass diplomatic recognition to China
America Haiti Tipsy's Bar & Grill has reopened in Cap-Haitien, after having been closed a day after a marriage proposal between two women went viral, claiming that violent incidents had been reported; owner said he wanted to welcome all customers without discrimination
America Saint Lucia A tax amnesty programme has been introduced to allow uncollected tax revenue to remain in the pockets of citizens and businesses
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
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
Asia Iran Iranians in 15 countries including Canada, the US, Iraq and others in the EU demonstrated as part of the global 'No to Executions' campaign against the increase in death sentences in Iran
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
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 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'
Africa Kenya Kenya will abandon the Government to Government agreement, an oil supply deal with 3 national oil exporters in the Gulf launched by President William Ruto last spring in an attempt to halt the Kenyan shilling's freefall against foreign currencies
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 Iceland The new mayor of Reykjavík, Einar Þorsteinsson, defended the right of Palestinian protesters to gather in Austurvöllur Square, in front of the Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, adding that the protest was peaceful and the cause is sympathetic to everyone
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