America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
America Paraguay A controversial pension law has been sanctioned creating the Pension and Retirement Superintendence, which aims at having the state regulate public and private entities managing workers' funds
Oceania Australia Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines will launch Australia flights in March next year, with Australian actress Margot Robbie as Brand Ambassador
Asia Armenia The ‘EU4Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Armenian Communities’ project, with a budget of €2,8 million and co-financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, was launched in Yerevan
America Peru A redesigned S/200 banknote has been introduced, featuring local artist Tilsa Tsuchiya Castillo's image on the obverse, and highlighting regional flora and fauna on the reverse
Africa Botswana Botswana MPs strongly opposed the proposal to remove the passport requirement for travel between Botswana and Zimbabwe
America Bahamas The Bahamas Women's Health Initiative hosted its fifth annual Christmas lunch, feeding 40 young mothers enrolled in the Adolescent Health Clinic and PACE School
Africa Angola The first chapel built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Angola is now officially open; the new meeting house was built some 17 months ago to become a place of worship for three wards
America Antigua and Barbuda A series of heavier taxes next year will hit consumers; drinkers and smokers will be hit by a 10% excise tax on alcohol and tobacco, and the tax will also include cannabis products
Europe Belarus The output of import-substituting goods in 2023 is expected to amount to $29 billion; two years ago it was about $26-27 billion and next year it is set to exceed $30 billion
America Panama Panama initiated the "ordered closure" of Cobre-Panama, the largest Central American mine, following the Supreme Court's ruling of its activities as unconstitutional due to its environment harm, impacting the economy and leading to employee layoffs
Asia Bhutan King Jigme Wangchuck announced the construction of a vast international city in an area of over 1.000 km² on the border with Assam, India, presenting it as 'economic corridor to connect South Asia with South-East Asia via north-eastern states of India'
Asia Bangladesh 29 near extinct fish species have been recovered in the past 14 years and preserved in the newly established Live Gene Bank
Asia China Autumn migration of birds in China has roughly ended and monitoring of wintering habitats is ongoing, according to China's National Forest and Grassland Administration; authorities have intensified monitoring of harvesting areas to avoid man-made damage