Asia Laos About $12 million in digital taxes from global technology companies have been collected under new law: foreign providers of online services must register with Lao tax authorities regardless of whether they have a physical presence in the country
Asia Armenia Following the latest Azerbaijani offensive, thousands have already left their homes from Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, a fleeing that threatens to wipe out an entire community
Asia Syria The International Court of Justice has confirmed the imminent start of hearings on the case 'Syrian Assad regime's crimes against Syrians'
Europe Malta The Cannabis Responsible Use Authority will organise the first harm reduction training for selected prospective associations by next November
Asia Thailand Activist Arnon Nampa was sentenced to four years in prison for lese majesty after he publicly called for reform of the monarchy
Europe Latvia EU Competition for Young Scientists in 2025 will be organised in Latvia; director of National Centre for Education said that in the last 7 years new opportunities have been created for Latvian students to participate in scientific research
Europe Finland The "World of Statistics" page of social networking platform X ranked Finland first on the list of countries that consume the most coffee in the world with 9,6 kg per person per year
Asia South Korea The government is working on a law that would allow women to give birth anonymously in hospitals, to reduce the number of unregistered births and promote maternal care
Europe France The exhibition entitled Renault 12 at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille tells the little-known story of Maghrebi families in France
Asia India This year's monsoon rainfall in India was the lowest since 2018, as the El Nino weather pattern made August the driest in more than a century, likely affecting agricultural production
Africa Djibouti To expand schooling to all five-year-olds by 2030 new strategies are being promoted by the Ministry of National Education and Technical Training
America United States A recent Human rights watch report indicates that Washington has never paid reparations to victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and other US prisons in Iraq, where thousands of men, women and children were reportedly incarcerated by US soldiers
Europe Greece As central Greece begins to recover from the deadly flooding caused by Storm Daniel, authorities are under scrutiny for their lack of preparedness and failure to implement EU directives on flood management
Africa Sudan In Sudan's tangled political and military scene, new armed actors are emerging, fuelling fears that the conflict that has been going on since last April between the army and the paramilitary rapid support force could last for a long time