America Canada Canada has become a significant player in the illegal wildlife trade according to an investigation by the Globe and Mail and the Pulitzer Center that give evidence of black-market activity propped up by vast wilderness, patrol blind spots, weak penalties
Africa Mauritania The Nouakchott International Film Festival, at its very first edition, will take place from 15 to 19 October, with the participation of 13 countries for a total of 28 national and foreign films
Oceania Vanuatu The largest infrastructure of the Vanuatu Mobile Force at Cook Barracks, with new dormitories, a new fire truck station and facilities for training, cooking and catering, is expected to open around April 2024
America Ecuador Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa of Ecuador's Acción Democrática Nacional party has faced allegations of 14 years of tax evasion, potentially resulting in a five-year prison term, involving around US$2,1 million in foreign transfers
Europe Lithuania With the installation of piles now being undertaken, the construction of the longest railway bridge over the Neris River, in the district of Jonava, is gaining momentum as part of Rail Baltica, the largest railway infrastructure project in Baltic States
Asia Malaysia A tax on capital gains and high value assets will be introduced while subsidies will be cut gradually to strengthen the country's fiscal position as the economic slowdown puts a strain on public spending
Africa Uganda Ugandan start-up Texfad has found an innovative way to use banana plant waste to produce plant fibres in an environmentally friendly way; Uganda is Africa's leading banana-producing country
Oceania Australia Australia Post has opened a new $75 million state-of-the-art parcel sorting facility to meet the country's growing demand for e-commerce
Africa Malawi The first cohort of 63 emergency responders, out of a total of 200, is being trained to handle public health emergencies upon initiative by the Ministry of Health, with support from the WHO and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
America Chile A new bill extends the current state of emergency in La Araucanía and part of Biobío to allow armed forces fight against gangs in the area; the “Mapuche conflict” is involving indigenous communities, logging companies and law enforcement authorities
Europe Kosovo Sunday's Euro 2024 qualifying match between Kosovo and Israel has been postponed for security reasons
Europe Luxembourg The city of Luxembourg has launched a call for applications from property developers wishing to sell housing projects nearing completion
America Guatemala Guatemala remains paralysed as the nationwide civic strike for democracy and against perceived threats to the constitutional order from the Public Ministry entered its tenth consecutive day, with authorities reporting 119 roadblocks throughout the country
Europe Liechtenstein Tobias Wehrli has been appointed as new CEO of EFG Bank von Ernst, Liechtenstein, by Swiss private bank EFG International