America Brazil A Federal Court ordered Land Reform Agency to remove land occupiers from various sites in the Amazon; the decision follows a request from the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, a nationwide coalition that is denouncing unlawful settlings
Africa Djibouti The Director General of the National Police, Colonel Abdourahman Ali Kahin, received the Commander of the Japanese base in Djibouti, Colonel Suzuki Kosuke, for talks on strengthening bilateral cooperation relations
Asia Nepal India has granted permission to sell an additional 180 megawatts of electricity generated by four of Nepal's hydropower projects to the Indian market
Europe Netherlands The number of children and unaccompanied minors in asylum seeker shelters in the Netherlands is still rising, UNICEF reported with concern based on data from the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers
Asia Vietnam The 4th Ethnic Culture Festival will open tomorrow 8 September in Bình Định with artisans, artists, performers, musicians and athletes from 11 central provinces
Oceania Nauru The Nauru Bureau of Statistics, with the Pacific Community, has completed with success a three-day workshop for statistics reading and interpretation
America Chile A series of human rights bills, including one recognizing the disappeared detainees and another lifting the secrecy surrounding the Valech Report, documenting human rights abuses during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, have been introduced
Africa Rwanda Last week, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay traveled to Rwanda to celebrate the country's significant progress in protecting gorillas and the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve
Asia Pakistan Dismissing rumors that Pakistani-Americans were denied visas to visit their homeland, the Embassy of Pakistan in the United States said that the fact "is disinformation"
Europe Poland The 32th Karpacz Economic Forum, the largest conference in Central and Eastern Europe, awarded US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski with the prestigious “Person of the Year" prize
Europe Russia Wagner group will be defined as a "terrorist organization," according to proposed legislation in the UK; Wagner group is accused by international organizations of war crimes and use of torture systems
America Dominican Republic A sea turtle Saturday night laid eggs at Perla Marina beach in Cabarete; technical personnel from Ministry of Environment received instructions to cordon off and protect the egg-laying area
America Cuba The Foreign Ministry said it had uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine; the country is a close ally of Russia, but in its statement stressed that it "is not part of the conflict in Ukraine"
Asia Uzbekistan On Sept. 7 and 8 - today and tomorrow - Samarkand will host the International Conference on Food Security, organized by the Government of Uzbekistan with technical support from the FAO