Africa Cameroon In an unprecedented disruption to academic calendar, the Ministry ordered the immediate rescheduling of all remaining papers for the ongoing 2026 examination session after a severe security breach compromised confidential materials across digital networks
America Jamaica Revenues and subsidies for the period from April to September were higher than budgeted stated Economic Programme Oversight Committee Chairman Keith Duncan
Africa Mozambique The traditional Mapiko dance, practised by the Makonde people in northern Mozambique, has been officially recognised as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent preservation
Europe Greece The New Democracy party has announced that it will for the first time allow postal voting in the European elections in June 2024
Asia Georgia Georgian non-governmental organisations staged a pro-European Union march in Tbilisi on Saturday, a week ahead of the bloc’s decision on granting the country membership candidacy status
Africa Tanzania An agreement for one of largest land-based carbon credit projects in East Africa involving 6 national parks covering 1,8 million hectares has been signed: polluting companies will pay other organisations to reduce or remove their greenhouse gas emissions
Oceania Papua New Guinea A bilateral security agreement with Australia will provide the country with more assistance for its police and support for its legal system
Europe Norway Ever-emerging variants of the Covid virus have infected thousands of Norwegians in recent weeks, filling up vaccination centers that were markedly quiet earlier this autumn; pharmacies also report brisk sales of Corona self-testing kits
Oceania Samoa Samoa's 60 Tala commemorative banknote was awarded 'Best commemorative banknote of the year' at the High Security Printing Asia event in Sri Lanka
Asia Jordan Latest forestry management technologies, including remote sensing and artificial intelligence, will be adopted in an effort to protect the country’s green cover from illegal logging and wildfires, according to ministry’s officials
Africa Sudan Over 3.000 humanitarian organisations operating in Sudan have completely ceased work since the outbreak of the ongoing civil war in mid-April, the official SUNA news agency reported, citing the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission
Europe Denmark The horses of Faroe Islands are endangered and the idea of using Icelandic mares as surrogates is being considered; in 2018, the Faroe Horse Association and the Icelandic Farmers' Association created a family tree and digital registration system
Asia Saudi Arabia More than 1.000 local, Arab and international publishing houses are exhibiting their products at the fifth Jeddah Book Fair, launched by the Commission for Literature, Publishing and Translation under the slogan 'Ports of Culture'
America Trinidad and Tobago Marlene McDonald, former minister and former MP for Port of Spain South, has died, confirmed the People's National Movement