Malawi's President Peter Mutharika took a positive step by signing into law a bill that enables people to request and obtain vital information such as water-quality testing results.

Indonesia has passed new legislation for copyright, patent and trademark protection, that seems to pose some challenges to well-known brand owners.

Julia Bradbury urges parents to take children out in term time, and addresses the travel industry as being "evil" for inflating prices during the holiday season.