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
America Saint Lucia From January 2023 to the end of September, 15 persons died of AIDS-related illnesses; Senior Medical Officer Dr. Gajadhar recalled that the country passed from having no drugs to having antiretroviral therapy available and free to the patient
Oceania New Zealand St John's had no plan to deal with a terrorist attack, leaving the organisation unprepared to respond to the Christchurch mosque massacre that left 51 dead, according to an investigation
Asia Myanmar The Myanmar Embassy to Japan announced that over 800 Myanmar workers will be recruited in Japan
Oceania Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's KINA Bank officially unveiled in Port Moresby its mobile banking team, known as Red Thunder, which will register individual and corporate customers in a fast and efficient mobile banking system
Africa Zimbabwe The South African government has announced the extension of the Zimbabwean exemption permit until November 2025, providing relief to some 178.000 Zimbabweans currently residing in South Africa
Asia Mongolia The launch event of the partnership between Mongolia and Google took place in Ulaanbaatar and Colin Marson, Director of Google for Education, announced that Google will provide 1.500 scholarships for Google Career Certificates
Oceania Vanuatu The country will host the prestigious Oceania Football Confederation's Men's Nations Cup in June next year, after successfully hosting the Men's Champions League for the first time this year
Africa Zambia Chipata Central Hospital is admitting an average of 28 mental health patients per month, with schizophrenia being the most common mental illness; Eastern Province Clinical Care Specialist Francis Mubanga recalled a general increase in mental health cases
Africa Republic of the Congo Growth rate went from 1,7% in 2022 to 4% in 2023, according to President Denis Sassou N'Guesso's State of the Nation Address to Parliament
Oceania Palau Twenty-three Palau High School students experienced what it means to produce, publish and tell a story as journalists during a six-day workshop conducted by members of the Palau Media Council as part of a project called "Nurturing Future Journalists"
Asia Kyrgyzstan Hundreds of vendors in markets across the country demonstrated to protest the government's plan to introduce a new taxation system as of 1 January, which will increase taxes, demanding that the previous system, based on a fixed annual amount, be retained
Asia North Korea The US, South Korea and Japan have imposed new sanctions on North Korea over the country's recent launch of a military reconnaissance satellite
America Canada As nations agreed to a landmark deal to create a global climate damage fund on the first day of climate talks at COP28, Canada pledged its own support with a contribution of $16M; other countries have pledged between $10M and $100M US