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
Asia Sri Lanka In response to recent findings published in the British medical journal The Lancet regarding child malnutrition and underweight girls, Sri Lankan health authorities have rejected content referring to Sri Lanka's representation
Africa Gambia Food supplies are enough to cover the month of Ramadan and even beyond - Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof said
Europe Spain If strict new rules on cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs would go into effect, a heavy impact on tourism is feared; they would be forced to close at 1 a.m. in order limit working hours and impose the 37.5-hour work week
Asia Georgia Construction of the Shorapani-Argveta section of the Rikoti Pass is in its final stages and Georgian population will be able to use the Zestaponi Bypass starting in May, said Irakli Karseladze, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure
America Belize Belize has solidified its global engagement strategy by formally establishing for the first time diplomatic relations with Uzbekistan
Europe Estonia The EU Council approved the directive on platform work, with the green light from Estonia, which had previously opposed it
Africa Egypt The country will export locally produced insulin injections to Cuba for the first time through the United Company for Pharmaceuticals, an affiliate of the Acdima Group
Europe Sweden According to scientists, current logging practices are bringing old-growth forests to the brink of extinction as vast areas of old-growth forests are being cut down and replaced by fir and pine plantations, resulting in a devastating loss of biodiversity
Africa South Sudan The country will produce 600.000 tons less grain this year than it would need, FAO estimates
America Dominican Republic To celebrate the independence of the Dominican Republic, Jumbo presented the book "Collection of Dominican Words and Expressions," which features a selection of distinctive words and phrases born out of "Being Dominican is the Best from A to Z" campaign
Africa eSwatini Eswatini denied reports that it had offered nationality to citizens of other southern African countries to make up for the population crisis
Europe Hungary Ferenc Krausz, experimental physicist, has been named person of the year 2023 by public media; he is a 2023 Nobel laureate for his experimental methods in producing attosecond pulses of light to study the movement of electrons within atoms
Europe Portugal Democratic Alliance wins legislative elections with 29,49% of the votes, resulting in a slight victory for the centre-right coalition but falling short of an outright majority