Oceania Fiji A vacancy notice for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been posted by the Judicial Services Commission, inviting applications from suitably qualified local and overseas candidates to head Fiji's independent prosecuting authority
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis announced that he is preparing an apostolic letter on St. Thérèse of Lisieux to be published on October 15
Europe Belarus The first edition of the Belarus-Uzbekistan Women's Business Forum will bring together about 1.000 participants; the plenary session, the key event, will be held Sept. 6 and will focus on the potential of business women to advance business cooperation
Asia North Korea Kim Jong-un will meet Vladimir Putin in Russia and discuss sending North Korean weapons to Moscow; he would be travelling by armoured train to Vladivostok, according to US officials cited by the New York Times
Europe Italy The number of specialized artisans continues to decline, falling by nearly 325.000 (-17,4%) since 2012, impacting on the production of industries and brands that are a symbol of Italy and a significant percentage of its GDP
Africa Somalia Somali journalists based in Mogadishu gathered to protest against the arrest of one of their colleagues, Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, who had reported on a corruption case allegedly involving police officers
Africa Chad Victims of the Ark of Zoe case, a dubious transaction involving children for adoption that held international public opinion in suspense in 2007, are demanding compensation from the Chadian government
America Brazil Over 32 million children in poverty and 40 million vulnerable to climate risks, make the need for child-focused Sustainable Development Goals crucial, emphasized UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in her visit to Brazil
Asia Cambodia A sarus crane nest has been discovered by WCS Cambodia's wildlife monitoring team in the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, the second such find after the first in 2020, hopefully marking a trend
Asia Tajikistan President Rahmon instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to notify the General Secretariat of the Standards and Metrology Institute of Islamic Countries (SMIIC) of the Republic's membership in the organization
Asia Turkmenistan A ceremony was held to inaugurate a new complex of buildings of the Civil Service Academy, for the training and professional development of senior managers and civil servants
Europe Norway Electricity was said to be free in Norway's two largest cities on Monday, as power is produced almost exclusively from hydroelectric sources and a summer storm filled the dams
Africa Burkina Faso Acting President Traore held talks with a Russian delegation in a meeting that included discussions on possible military cooperation; relations between the two countries have been in the spotlight since the country ousted French troops in February
Africa Senegal Senegalese chef Fati Niang has turned Niébé, a typical bean in Senegalese cuisine, more traditional in rural areas than in cities, into the protagonist of a high-end street food