America Suriname Widespread flooding has isolated communities, devastated crops and shuttered schools and businesses; the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency is currently focusing all of its resources to aid these communities
America United States Oxford high school in Detroit, once a theatre of mass shooting, has been testing an artificial intelligence-based gun detection software that, combined with surveillance cameras and professional monitoring, can alert authorities within seconds
America Trinidad and Tobago The government is negotiating with US-based Quanten to sell the idled Pointe-a-Pierre refinery, more than a year after a local group's proposal to purchase the plant was rejected by the government
America Venezuela Juan Vicente Pérez, the oldest living male human being on earth, has just turned 113 years old
America Bahamas The Biden administration is confident in the Bahamas' commitment to regulating the emerging multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency industry, according to US Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols during an official visit
America Uruguay Uruguay has officially become one of the 5 countries in the world to ratify the International Code for the Protection of Tourists (ICPT), which ensures the protection of tourists in emergency situations and consumer rights of tourists
America Canada Power has been restored, debris removed from most areas hit on 21st by the derecho storm - a widespread, straight-line wind storm with fast-moving thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds; rural parts of W. Ontario could be left with no power for weeks
America Guyana A series of cash grants for national households in order to boost the Guyanese economy and the free distribution of fertilizers to local farmers to support them through rising inflation are the latest government measures with direct impact
America Honduras This month only, there have been around 1000 wildfires, affecting over 78.000 hectares of land — as a response, President Xiomara Castro promised to replace 53.000 of those hectares by the end of this year
America Nicaragua Dozens of female journalists have established their own digital ’news outlets’ to inform the outside world on what’s truly going on within the state, in response to sexism on the journalism field and the sociopolitical crisis
America Dominica Dominica's Catholic community has been urged to help the Church raise the EC$7 million needed, about €2,5 million, to complete the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fair Haven in Roseau
America Guatemala An ophthalmology day was held; organized by the government and with the help of the army, free ophthalmological assistance was provided to low-income families, helping them with exams, regular check ups, eye surgery and more
America El Salvador The country has extended its state of emergency for a third consecutive month amid a widespread attempted eradication of gang violence, and has also approved a set of new anti-gang laws