America Uruguay To restore police presence on the streets is priority for Montevideo's new police chief, who rejects the idea of heavy hand, defends use of armored vehicles to protect officers, maintains that Uruguay is far from falling into violence as Central America
Europe North Macedonia The government of North Macedonia adopted the ninth anti-crisis package, allocating €662 million to mitigate economic challenges, with 26 social security measures designed to provide targeted assistance to vulnerable citizens and businesses
America Bolivia Manuel Rocha, former US Ambassador to Bolivia, has been formally charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuban intelligence for decades, allegedly meeting with Cuban intelligence agents and providing false information to US officials about his travels
America Dominican Republic In the first six months of 2023, cigarettes became the agricultural product that generated the largest export revenue for the Dominican Republic, with over 22.000 metric tonnes exported
Africa Mozambique Additional 28 fully-funded scholarships from Partnership with Ocean Countries Programme for students in Mozambique and Senegal has been launched by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Asia Armenia It is necessary to regulate at the legislative level the issue of citizens' right to self-defence through the use of arms, announced Vilen Gabrielyan, deputy of ruling Civil Contract Faction and author of the package of bills to regulate the arms trade
Africa Guinea-Bissau An Ecowas communiqué 'strongly condemns the violence and all attempts to disrupt the constitutional order and the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau', calling for 'the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators'
Asia Syria The UN World Food Programme said it will end its main assistance programme in January in war-torn Syria, where more than 12 million people do not have regular access to enough food
America Belize A 17% surge in vegetable costs, particularly fresh produce, contributed to an overall food category inflation rate of 11,5%, as per the Statistical Institute of Belize
Africa Cameroon The Bloggers Demo School programme will start today the 6-month training for 22 young people in blogging and content production
Asia Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon proposed the creation of a glacier study centre, recalling that his country is fast losing many glaciers, more than 1.000 in recent decades, mainly due to the increasing impact of global warming
America Antigua and Barbuda The contributions of the 2022 National Title recipients were celebrated at the investiture ceremony held at the Government Palace, for contributions in areas ranging from diplomacy, nursing, education and national development
Africa South Sudan Former NBA player Luol Deng's foundation inaugurated the NBA Junior League and a new basketball court in South Sudan, setting the stage for the tournament early next year
Europe Montenegro The population census began on Sunday, after the scheduled date was postponed several time for the demand by opposition parties for the completion of all the conditions of the agreement signed between the opposition and the prime minister for the census