America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
Africa Ghana About 1,3 million high school students are expected to receive a tablet each as part of the "One Student, One Tablet" initiative implemented under the Ghana Smart Schools project
Asia Kuwait The country has announced a three-month amnesty period, that began March 17, 2024 to June 17, 2024, to offer relief to expatriates who have violated the country's residency laws
Europe Vatican City During a commemorative event in New York for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's Permanent Observer to UN, stressed the crucial role of education in eradicating racial prejudice
Oceania Marshall Islands Local filmmaker and photographer Chewy Lin and his team recently finished shooting the film FISH4ACP in collaboration with students from Majuro's Life Skills Academym
Oceania Vanuatu The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-risks Department has asked the PENAMA Provincial Government Council to relocate the manual weather station in Saratamata to another location for accurate and reliable data collection
Asia South Korea Housing supply measures to favor households with newborns up to 2 years old came into effect to curb housing costs, one of the factors bringing the country’s fertility rate to the world's lowest level; 70.000 units per year are offered in the operation
Asia Jordan Police resorted to the use of tear gas to disperse protests near Israel's Embassy in Amman demanding that the government sever relations due to Tel Aviv's ground military operation in the Gaza Strip; further demonstrations are likely to the end of March
Africa Mali Malian President Assimi Goita received the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for GNU Political Affairs, Mohamed Issa, who is leading the Libyan delegation to the meeting of the Alliance of African States held in Bamako
Asia United Arab Emirates Flu vaccination was made mandatory for Umrah and Hajj pilgrims starting March 26, with Ministry recommending that vaccinations be administered at least 10 days before departure to ensure vaccine efficacy and immunity
Asia Laos A labor festival was organized In Vientiane to try to meet the urgent need to fill 560 positions in 56 companies at a time of employment crisis
Europe Russia The defendants for the Moscow bombing were brought to court with signs of torture: swollen faces, bruises and cuts, one accompanied lifelessly in a wheelchair; Putin has, after initially blaming Ukraine, accepted the jihadist element
Asia Israel Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the country does not intend to comply with the call for an immediate ceasefire in the month of Ramadan, contained in the resolution passed by the UN Security Council thanks to the abstention of the US
Europe San Marino Giuliano Amato, jurist and former judge of the Italian Constitutional Court, will deliver the lectio magistralis for inauguration ceremony of 2023-24 Academic Year of the University of the Republic of San Marino today 27 March