Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Oceania Nauru Among the reasons for the break with Taiwan and the rapprochement with China would be the fact that the country faces immense financial pressure due to the imminent closure of the Regional Refugee Processing Centre
America Dominican Republic The Consulate General of the Dominican Republic in New York received a diploma of recognition for being named the Best Digital Communication System of 2023
Africa Gambia Girls' Pride Gambia concluded a 20-day training programme for 25 Home Science teachers in the Lower River Region on how to make handmade reusable sanitary napkins and on menstrual health and hygiene management through games
Europe Croatia The new Rijeka University Hospital complex, worth €158 million and the largest government investment in healthcare since Croatia's independence, was inaugurated; construction began in 2019
Oceania New Zealand A group of students and educators from New Zealand's University of Waikato, consisting mostly of Maori, visited Taiwan in January for a cultural exchange programme and to learn about Taiwan's indigenous culture
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Guinean civil society organisation expressed its concern to the Minister of the Interior and Public Order, Botche Cande, about the existence of traces of a large number of drugs in Guinea-Bissau
Oceania Marshall Islands The general manager of the water company stated that back-up generators will soon be installed to supply fresh and salt water service in Majuro, so that the service can continue despite frequent power outages
Europe Italy The World Meteorological Organisation confirmed the recording of 48,8 degrees in the Sicilian city of Syracuse on 11 August 2021: it is the highest temperature ever registered in continental Europe
Europe Moldova The pro-Russian Moldovan separatist region of Transdniester has declared that it needs more Russian natural gas to run its industry; last year, the country had met its gas needs from European markets, leaving Russian gas for the separatist region
Europe Montenegro The new documentary film 'Sagargur', which premiered at the Montenegrin National Theatre on Thursday, tells the story of women prisoners who served time in a Yugoslav political prison camp on the island of Sveti Grgur in the Adriatic Sea in the 1950s
Asia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan-based EdTech start-up CodiPlay presented its innovative solutions at the world's largest educational technology event, Bett 2024, which took place at the end of January at the ExCeL international exhibition and conference centre in London
America Costa Rica Biologists have discovered 4 new octopus species near Costa Rica’s El Dorado Hill, including the “Dorado” octopus, which laid eggs near low-temperature hydrothermal vents, revealing a previously unknown hydrothermal ecosystem