America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Africa Rwanda The Rwanda International Students Film Festival, open to students and emerging filmmakers from local and international educational institutions, will organise screenings and workshops, to use the film as medium to promote awareness on human rights issues
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
America Antigua and Barbuda A series of heavier taxes next year will hit consumers; drinkers and smokers will be hit by a 10% excise tax on alcohol and tobacco, and the tax will also include cannabis products
America Peru A redesigned S/200 banknote has been introduced, featuring local artist Tilsa Tsuchiya Castillo's image on the obverse, and highlighting regional flora and fauna on the reverse
America Paraguay A controversial pension law has been sanctioned creating the Pension and Retirement Superintendence, which aims at having the state regulate public and private entities managing workers' funds
Africa Benin Costumed locals have performed the traditional mask dance during an annual festival in Ouidah
Africa Angola The first chapel built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Angola is now officially open; the new meeting house was built some 17 months ago to become a place of worship for three wards
Oceania Australia Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines will launch Australia flights in March next year, with Australian actress Margot Robbie as Brand Ambassador
Asia Cambodia The return of 14 Cambodian cultural treasures was welcomed by the Prime Minister, who emphasized that it is the recovery of the souls of Cambodian ancestors who left their homeland because of the civil war
Oceania Nauru The country has a new Taiwan ambassador, after Joseph Chow's transfer from his previous role as representative in Fiji was approved
Europe Bulgaria A petition to maintain the national holiday of the Republic of Bulgaria on 3 March received over 10.000 signatures in support of holding a referendum
Asia Nepal An increasing number of Nepalis are undergoing cosmetic surgery as a beauty-enhancing treatment, but many raised an alarm on the lack of regulation to govern this sector
Asia Bangladesh 29 near extinct fish species have been recovered in the past 14 years and preserved in the newly established Live Gene Bank