America Canada Canada has become a significant player in the illegal wildlife trade according to an investigation by the Globe and Mail and the Pulitzer Center that give evidence of black-market activity propped up by vast wilderness, patrol blind spots, weak penalties
Asia Turkey The recent incident involving a primary school student in the capital Ankara who suffered serious injuries after an attack by stray dogs has reignited the debate on the issue of stray animals, raising concerns about escalating attacks in various cities
Africa Mauritania $302,9m loan has been approved by African Development Fund to co-finance the Mauritania-Mali solar power and interconnection project with the construction of a high-voltage electricity interconnection and installation of a solar farm in Kiffa, Mauritania
Oceania Solomon Islands The global scabies programme of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute completed the first round of mass distribution of an anti-parasitic drug in the Solomon Islands and Fiji, helping to protect millions of people from the disease
Asia Sri Lanka The police have launched a new system to simplify the process of identifying criminals arrested for drug-related activities, with a specialised data system linking all police stations
America Venezuela Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has appealed her disqualification from running in the 2024 presidential elections; challenging the decision, Machado asserted her legitimacy based on a strong victory in the opposition primaries
Oceania Micronesia Mobile Diving and Salvage Company 1-8, the deployed salvage force of the US 7th Fleet, completed the disposal at sea of an abandoned cargo ship in Pohnpei as part of Pacific Partnership 24-1
Africa Somalia Somalia has formally joined the East African Community as the 8th member state; President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed the bloc's accession treaty three weeks after being approved at a leaders' summit in Arusha, Tanzania
Europe Moldova CinemaHora, the first international forum dedicated to the film industry, with filmmakers from 20 European countries, for the first time in Moldova, was hosted by Parliament
Africa Burundi The joint Tanzania-Burundi-DRC standard gauge railway project has received the necessary funding to begin the next phase of its development, with the African Development Bank approving several financing means worth $696,41 million
Africa Mauritius The 15th anniversary of the Seafarers' Welfare Fund was celebrated during a special event held at the Domaine de Rose Belle, in Rose Belle
America Suriname Detainees at the Nieuwe Haven bureau in Suriname are protesting by mass-throwing government-provided food, expressing dissatisfaction with its taste and demanding better food quality
Asia Mongolia Farmers will be able to buy fodder from the State Reserve at a 50% discount; governors have been instructed to monitor the proper distribution of fodder and to prevent its misuse and sale
Europe Malta The country recorded the highest employment growth in the whole of the EU in the third quarter of this year, according to Eurostat, with an increase of just over one percentage point, more than double tham Belgium, which came second with half a point