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
Europe Slovenia A bill banning flavourings in electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco has been adopted; smoking lounges will also be banned, though through a five-year transition period
Africa Ethiopia A work of art by Ethiopian-born, US-based artist Julie Mehretu, 52, sold at auction in New York for $10,7 million, making it the work by an artist of African descent with the highest selling price ever
Europe Latvia The European Court of Human Rights found no violation in Latvia's move to state language education; subjects taught in Latvian, the national language, have been increased in state schools, thus determining fewer lessons in Russian
Africa Tanzania The French oil company TotalEnergies would not respect the sanctity of hundreds of graves in a controversial project to build a heated pipeline from the oil fields of Uganda to a port in Tanzania, according to GreenFaith's complaint
Africa Algeria The country has appointed Abdelfetah Daghmoum as its new ambassador to Spain, after almost 20 months of diplomatic friction caused by Madrid's reversal of course on the Western Sahara issue
Asia Azerbaijan Chingiz Farzaliyev, Azerbaijani artist and professor, director of the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, was awarded the 'Sharaf' Order for outstanding services to the development and promotion of Azerbaijan's fine arts
America Panama The World Bank's executive board approved a US$40 million project aimed at enhancing fiscal sustainability and expenditure efficiency in Panama over five years, focusing on bolstering public service effectiveness through improved information systems
America Uruguay Uruguay secured an unprecedented US$350 million ecological loan from the World Bank, offering reduced interest rates contingent on achieving specific environmental goals, particularly a verifiable reduction in methane emissions
Asia Iraq The Iraq Future Foundation for Economic Studies and Consultations has predicted that US goods exports to Iraq will exceed two billion dollars in 2023 for the first time in five years
America Paraguay Venezuela and Paraguay have decided to restore diplomatic and consular relations after being broken since 2019, as announced in joint statements by both foreign ministries
Asia India India's data science education market is set to outpace the growth of the global market, according to Imarticus Learning and Analytics Insights; the Indian market will have a CAGR of 57,52%, while the global market will have a CAGR of 16,43%
America Dominica Work has begun on the new Goodwill Secondary School, which, once completed, will be designated as a centre of excellence for technical vocational education and training