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 Cape Verde Noncommunicable diseases are responsible for 70% of all deaths in the country, more than one-third of which are due to cardiovascular disease and about 5% to diabetes, says latest statistical report by the Ministry of Health
Europe Malta Police has upgraded its forensic science laboratory with a "state-of-the-art" computer database to check whether fingerprints match those of a known criminal
Africa Liberia 24 Liberian journalists from different media outlets have been named by the Chengdu Radio and Television in China as 'Panda Reporters', thusthem to report and participate in the annual Panda Short Video Competition
Africa Liberia Liberia's new public health bill, passed by the House of Representatives in 2022, is currently being debated in a special session in the Senate, where it is facing opposition from opponents of abortion
Africa Uganda Over 6.000 students failed nursing and midwifery exams; the results of the June 2023 Kampala exams have just been released
Africa Ethiopia An agreement for a $730 million corridor project to improve the key route between Addis Ababa and Djibouti has been signed between the government of Ethiopia and the World Bank
Europe Belgium Brussels is trying to address the problem of fragmented transport modes in Belgium's regions with a multimodal app that combines all transports
Europe Slovakia Slovakia's projected battery production capacity will reach 10 GWh by 2030, which is lower than that of its Visegrad counterparts and beats only Croatia's 2 GWh in the Central European region
Europe Serbia Serbian archaeologists are examining the remains of what they say is a 13-meter-long river ship at the site of the Roman camp known as Viminacium, capital of the ancient province of Upper Moesia
Africa Kenya MV Logos Hope, a 132-meter-long ship and the biggest floating library with a collection of more than 5.000 books, has docked in Mombasa, opening its doors to the public for 45 days
Asia Syria In a significant display of public dissatisfaction that has grown over the past week, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Syria, demanding the immediate resignation of President Bashar al-Assad
America Jamaica More than 800 teachers have submitted their resignations ahead of the new school year starting tomorrow Monday, September 4; Minister of Education and Youth stressed that teachers' practice of resigning without notice is unprofessional
Europe Kosovo A lack of attention to prosecution leaves too many victims of domestic violence struggling to access justice and support when they leave abusive situations, a new report by Amnesty International says