America Chile Hundreds of Haitian minors allegedly entered the country on charter flights without authorities verifying their relationship to the accompanying adults, either during the journey or upon arrival, according to the Prosecutor’s Office
Europe Montenegro Chapter 2, covering the free movement of workers, and Chapter 28, dealing with consumer and health protection, have ben completed in Montenegro's EU accession negotiations; the country is now nearer to its goal of completing membership talks within 2026
America Honduras Not even half of the actions planned to protect the members of COPINH, an indigenous peoples organization, have been carried out, a new investigation revealed; the measures had been decided after COPINH suffered from a breach of security information
Africa Malawi Residents of Lilongwe have been rebuked by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, who urged them to abandon a “culture of neglect” and littering, and adopt the discipline of cleanliness seen in other cities such as Blantyre
Europe Liechtenstein 150 years ago, the Liechtenstein Gorge was opened to visitors and has since become one of the most impressive natural spectacles in the Alps; to celebrate the anniversary, special walking tours have been scheduled at night
Africa Ivory Coast A week after the expiry of the 72-hour deadline given by the Minister of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene to the operators in charge of household waste collection, in several municipalities of Abidjan garbage continues to worryingly accumulate
Oceania Fiji Urgent reforms are needed in Fiji’s water and sewage sector: the infrastructure challenge is estimated at $8,7 billion, equivalent to twice the Government’s annual budget and about two-thirds of Fiji’s gross domestic product
Asia Japan Rruling Liberal Democratic Party proposed reducing the consumption tax rate on food and beverages from the current 8% to 1% for two years starting April 2027; in the last general election campaign it pledged cutting it to zero
Asia East Timor Economic diversification and job creation will be at the core of 2027 State General Budget that aims to reduce the country's dependance on petroleum revenues; the budget will support investments in key industries, infrastructure, connectivity, services
Africa Guinea-Bissau Minister of Women, Family and Social Solidarity called for support and unity of all Guineans in eliminating the practice of female genital mutilation, underlining that it is not only the responsibility of the Government but of the whole society
America Guyana The Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology will no longer produce sun-dried tomato ketchup due to a reduction of the demand; the governmental group NAREI will take over the project
America Peru Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former leader Alberto Fujimori, obtained 50,052% of votes and was elected with less than 1% margin over her opponent, showing a deeply divided country; because of this, the results came 10 days after the presidential run-off
Africa Egypt Coca-Cola opened a new $35 million PET line in Alexandria with a production capacity of 65.000 bottles per hour and over 33 million cases annually, showing its commitment on investing in Egypt as a key hub for regional markets
America Paraguay After over 250 university degrees were found to be false, controls on “suspicious” cases have been intensified and the Minister of Education and Science presented a new digital system to monitor students’ matriculations