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
Asia Japan A bill pending in Saitama Prefecture that would have made it illegal for guardians to leave children unattended at home or let them play outside and going to school by themselves will be withdrawn following a public uproar
Europe Moldova Some 5,7 million lei (almost €300.000) will be allocated from the government's reserve fund to liquidate the consequences of last summer's natural disasters
America Belize The Belize Police Department has reported a significant decrease in crime, attributing this positive trend to the hard work of its officers; recent statistics from COMPSTAT highlight this decline at a nationwide level
Asia Iran The condition of a 16-year-old Iranian girl, in a coma after an alleged assault on the Tehran metro because she wasn't wearing proper attire, has 'deteriorated' in hospital, local media reported
Europe Ireland About 210.000 students up to the Junior Cycle will get free books; the funds will not cover the cost of digital devices and it will not apply to nearly 30.000 students attending fee-paying schools
America Bolivia President Luis Arce was expelled from the MAS party due to his refusal to attend the party's congress, deepening his rivalry with former President Evo Morales, who was named MAS sole candidate for the 2025 elections
Asia Kazakhstan The number of complaints by Kazakhs about the Internet and mobile communications has increased 2,5 times
Europe Latvia 400 kindergartens received similar threatening e-mails yesterday as those already received by 300 schools on Tuesday; State Police immediately informed the kindergartens that these were low-level threats and it wasn't necessary to evacuate the facilities
Africa Niger For the first time since 26 July, the US administration has formally declared that the military takeover in Niger was a coup
Africa Djibouti More than seven out of ten women and girls, aged between 15 and 49, have experienced female genital mutilation in Djibouti; there has been an 8% decrease between 2012 and 2019
Europe Netherlands The country will abstain from the EU's final vote on renewing the authorisation of the controversial herbicide glyphosate this week, despite most lawmakers urging the cabinet to vote against it
America Saint Lucia The opposition United Workers Party has urged the citizens of Saint Lucia to participate in a march in Vieux Fort on Saturday 14 October; one of the main reasons for the Vieux Fort protest will be the concerns about St. Jude Hospital