America Panama A tanker paid a record $5,3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal before the number of daily transits will be reduced due to the El Niño weather phenomenon; rainfall deficits and drought deplete water reserves needed to operate the canal
Europe North Macedonia The Commission for Elections and Appointments appointed Marija Janiceska as Director of the Technical Operations Agency
Europe Romania MedLife, the largest network of private medical services in Romania, will introduce a drone transport system for biological laboratory samples in western Romania; MedLife will be the first private medical operator in Central and Eastern Europe to do so
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tomé and Príncipe won the award for the world's best chocolate at the Paris trade fair for Diogo Vaz chocolate
Asia Sri Lanka The country has started planning to recruit graduate teachers and teaching assistants to fill vacancies in Tamil language schools
Asia Turkey Approximately 5 million people suffer from serious diseases defined as rare, occurring in one in 2.000 individuals or less, said a senior executive of a Turkish pharmaceutical company; one of the causes could be frequent consanguineous marriages
America Trinidad and Tobago The government of Antigua and Barbuda is in talks with a desalination business based in Trinidad and Tobago to provide water as it works to alleviate the shortage, but it is not purchasing water from Trinidad and Tobago, as some media headlines claim
Asia Israel Lgbt partners of fallen soldiers will be recognised as war widowers with a law passed by the Knesset after the case of reservist Captain Sagi Golan, who was killed while defending kibbutz Be'eri
Europe Lithuania Lithuanian Minister of the Environment, the City Council of Borodyanka (Ukraine) and the Mayor of Bucha (Ukraine) signed a MoU to develop a 3D urban planning tool that will contribute to the reconstruction of war-affected towns and cities in the Ukraine
America Costa Rica Costa Rican researchers are testing black soldier fly larvae for converting organic waste into high-quality protein for animal feed, potentially leading to significantly reducing land and water usage compared to conventional methods
Europe Malta A new endemic plant, the Lanfranco’s Sea Lavender, has been discovered in Malta by researchers studying types of sea lavender; the plant is only found in a small area within the Maltese archipelago
Asia Oman The Centre for Preparatory Studies at Sultan Qaboos University inaugurated its IELTS Open Centre, affiliated to the British Council of Oman, thus strengthening the long-lasting partnership between the BC and the SQU
Africa Republic of the Congo The US contribution to environmental protection will be increased to $50 million, announced AmbassadorEugene Young
Africa Senegal President Macky Sall ordered emergency security, economic, financial and social measures to stop the growing number of migrants leaving the country in small boats bound for Europe