America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Asia India Viral video exposes 'hundreds of rapes' in Manipur, which many think are 'systematic' in the State hit by conflict, and a late response by police and authorities
Asia Vietnam The Núi Chúa World Biosphere Reserve is attracting more and more tourists with its diverse ecosystems, with some 1.500 plant species in three natural areas of forest, sea and semi-desert
Europe Germany In 2022 visa offices of missions abroad processed a total of 1.490,473 visa applications, the bulk of which were national visas amounting to 393.083, a significant increase over 2021
Africa Cape Verde Cabo Verde's endemic species of honey buzzard is "significantly increasing" on Ilhéu Raso and has reached more than 8.000 breeding pairs in the last five years, a census carried out by the environmental organisation Biosfera says
Africa Ghana Research covering a 13-year period (2006 to 2019) found that more female-led households are escaping poverty than their male counterparts in all regions of the country
Asia Pakistan The Selection Committee of the Pakistani Academy has invited filmmakers to submit their films for the Academy Award in the International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards by 5 p.m. on September 1, 2023
Asia Georgia The Agency for Assistance to Displaced Persons, Eco-Migrants and Sources of Livelihood has started accepting applications under the State Programme of Assistance to Reintegration of Repatriated Migrants in the country
Asia Afghanistan The International Organization for Migration Afghanistan has reopened its local office in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan to provide assistance to returning Afghan refugees and displaced people in the region
Europe Slovenia 689.000 passengers passed through Ljubljana Airport in the first seven months of the year, 35% more than in the same period last year, but still far below the figures recorded for the same period in 2019
Europe Sweden Scandinavian Airlines SAS will remain under bankruptcy protection until next year following a New York bankruptcy court order earlier this month; the airline will have until January 8th, 2024, to develop a viable restructuring plan
Africa Zambia Frank Tayali, Minister of Transport and Logistics, has described the rehabilitated runway at Kasama Airport as fantastic, declaring it fit for purpose and ready to be commissioned by the President
Asia South Korea After 23 years of project setbacks, the Busan Lotte Tower construction was started with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site attended by architect Kengo Kuma and Mayor Hyungjun Park among the many VIPs