Health authorities of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) urged local residents to be cautious with mosquito bites on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia is lifting restrictions imposed on the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage in 2023, after the coronavirus pandemic forced a downsizing of the annual event for three years.

Air traffic in the U.S. has been severely affected, with hundreds of flights delayed and many canceled after a major technical malfunction.

Beijing has suspended short-term visas for South Koreans starting from Tuesday following the introduction of extra travel requirements for visitors from China by Seoul in December.

Jinan, the capital of east China’s Shandong Province, began to hand out cash subsidies starting this year to encourage families to have more children.

Brazil’s Supreme Court late on Sunday removed the governor of Brasilia from office for 90 days due to flaws in security in the capital, after thousands of backers of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked government buildings.

The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) is collaborating with presidential candidates and other stakeholders in Nigeria to ensure peaceful elections in the country.

The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Helga Maria Schmid, has spoken out against calls for Russia’s exclusion from the 57-country group.