Africa Mauritius Genre Statistics 2025 still show men dominate the economy and retain most of the political power, but show increasing weaknesses in education, health and certain social behaviors
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's first baseball data analytics competition was held in Taoyuan and brought together baseball fans from across the country
Asia East Timor At the ASEAN-India summit, the prime minister announced that an Indian embassy in Dili will be established
Europe Estonia A recent tender organized by the Estonian state resulted in a potential production of 1.070 gigawatt hours of renewable energy, although bids are currently provisional and subject to verification
America Dominica Goodwill Secondary School and the five other elementary schools, being built with China's help, will emerge as the most advanced educational institutions in Dominica and the Caribbean region said Chinese Ambassador to Dominica
Asia Afghanistan Human Rights Watch has urged the International Criminal Court to investigate the sexual abuse and harassment of women and girls in Afghanistan as a "crime against humanity"
America Mexico The Supreme Court has legalized abortion nationwide, deeming the criminalization of abortion in the Federal Penal Code unconstitutional
Asia Saudi Arabia The 4th AlUla Date Festival opened Friday with the slogan "Taste Our Pride," with events taking place every Friday and Saturday until Nov. 11, in line with goals of Vision 2030, aimed at strengthening Kingdom's position as the world's largest producer
Asia Maldives For today's elections, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih distributed title deeds for plots of land that have yet to be reclaimed, promised a 40% salary increase for the public sector, and waived all fees for parking violations of the past five years
Oceania Kiribati Pointing out that the sea is a major source of his country's livelihood, Kiribati Vice-President Teuea Toatu expressed his concern and disappointment over Japan's dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean
Asia Jordan Aqaba registered the second-highest temperature globally on 1st September, reaching 48,2°C, according to OGIMET.com, an international weather forecast data website; the highest temperature recorded has been 48,9°C in Umm Al Rashrash in Palestine
Africa Togo Lomé will host the Youth Delivery Lab tomorrow September 9, a roundtable that will focus on youth civic participation in addressing youth issues and decision-making
Asia Myanmar An already dire human rights situation is deteriorating and all political prisoners should be released, UN chief said, while major local media outlet revealed that one of its journalists has been jailed for 20 years for covering the aftermath of a typhoon
Europe North Macedonia Thousands of people protested in front of government headquarters in the capital Skopje over allegations that patients at a state-run cancer hospital lost life-saving treatments because staff stole the expensive drugs to sell them on the black market