Europe Austria Austria has opened a police station in the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, the renovated building in Braunau am Inn accommodates 50 officers; the house has been a destination for neo-Nazis and far-right extremists
Europe France The National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, approved by 44 votes to 2 a bill banning discrimination based on hair, preventing employers from requiring their employees to iron afro and dreadlocks and braids
Asia Maldives Over a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers have been sent to the country by China; the Maldives is seeing salt levels seeping into the earth and corrupting drinking water, making it dependent on desalination plants
Asia Kazakhstan 1,1 million plants will be planted in a drained part of the Aral Sea by the end of 2025 to revitalize the area, according to plans of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Asia Kazakhstan The Astana Hub International Technopark of IT Startups has seen a surge in projects started by female entrepreneurs, with nearly 250 companies registered, 25% of which have successfully extended their services abroad
Asia Japan The film Oppenheimer was first shown in Japanese theaters, several months after its US release in July 2023
Asia Cambodia There has been a significant increase in mobile payments due to digital transaction options allowing more people to switch from cash to digital payments, the National Bank of Cambodia said
America Suriname From this year, Easter Monday will no longer be a holiday in Suriname, aiming to improve labor productivity by eliminating the extra-long weekend, according to authorities
America Uruguay Over 5.000 people remain displaced due to heavy rains and 5 national routes are reported closed, according to Uruguay's National Emergency System
America Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association welcomed its new nursing assistants into the nursing field, while 30 students celebrated graduation from the multi-year program
Africa Ivory Coast The country has been confirmed as the site of the African women's basketball championship, AfroBasket, to be held in July 2025 in Abidjan
Asia Afghanistan Abdul Rashid Iqbal, president of Kabul Polytechnic University, said the first international water conference of this atheneum will be held by the end of September this year
Asia Palestine UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese presented a report with a body of evidence "suggesting that Israel has committed at least three of the proscribed acts in the Convention" of genocide toward the people of Gaza
Europe Albania Tirana Airport served 577.753 passengers in February, up from 341.247 a year ago; in terms of destinations, London UK led with 53.358 passengers, closely followed by Italian airports Milano Orio, Rome and Pisa