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
America Antigua and Barbuda The Calvin Ayre Foundation came to the aid of accident survivor Andy Edwards, who was transported to the Cayman Islands for orthopaedic surgery abroad
Asia Japan Outdoor study by Japanese researchers show that microplastics exist in clouds, affecting the climate in ways to be understood; nine different polymers were found on Mount Fuji and Oyama in the airborne microplastics, from 7,1 to 94,6 micrometers in size
Oceania Solomon Islands A team from the World Trade Organisation Secretariat visited Honiara last week to hold consultations ahead of Solomon Islands' next trade policy review, scheduled for 2024
America Panama Panama and Costa Rica's presidents aim to address the migration crisis during their visit to the Darién area this upcoming week, seeking international support and considering relocating bus drop-off points to minimize the impact on their shared frontier
America Peru Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will appear before the Prosecutor's Office to address allegations related to 49 deaths during protests, facing charges of genocide, aggravated homicide, and abuse of authority
Asia Bahrain A Bahraini court reportedly sentenced 13 political prisoners who had protested against medical negligence in their prison at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to testimony documented by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Africa Lesotho Lesotho's third Country Programme Framework, the framework for medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a Member State and the IAEA, has been signed for the period 2024-2029
Europe Romania Romanian dog-training enthusiast Adrian Stoica won the America's Got Talent show with a million-dollar prize
Europe Italy Almost 1,2 million people in the Naples metropolitan area are actually living inside the two 'red zones' identified by the latest plans for the volcanoes Vesuvius and the Campi Flegrei caldera; evacuation tests have not been carried out since 2006
America Bahamas Nearly 3.000 people turned out at the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium in New Providence to apply for 300 jobs at the soon-to-open British Colonial hotel
America Uruguay Fishermen discovered a 20-ton, 15,5-meter-long dead whale on a beach in Colonia, Uruguay, marking the first sighting of such a species stranded in the country in a century; authorities have yet to determine the cause of its death
America Nicaragua Nicaragua has opened a Center for Open Education in Managua, offering free Russian language classes with the collaboration of Russia's Korolenko State Pedagogical University and the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
Asia Armenia All 349 injured by the Azerbaijani attack and fuel depot explosion were evacuated from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia by airlift or overland