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
Asia Pakistan In a bid to counter noise pollution on the occasion of Independence Day - celebrated on August 14 - court has ordered the police to take action against the use or selling of honking toy horns under Section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code
Asia Armenia Revolut Lite enters Armenia, enabling customers to make fast, free and secure money transfers in more than 25 currency
Asia Brunei National swimmer Hayley Wong Ann Yue broke two new national records at the 7th Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago
America Venezuela The country has urged Amazonian member countries to declare a joint action plan to safeguard the Amazon rainforest, proposing measures such as reforestation, seed bank creation and satellite deployment on top of sustainable development
America Suriname Wildlife experts have uncovered two powerful jaguar trafficking networks in the country, controlled by Chinese overseers, with connections to serious crimes like human trafficking and illegal mining, highlighting the need for more conservation efforts
Oceania Marshall Islands Four local organisations received 2000 books, valued at $170.000, from The Asia Foundation as part of the Foundation's contribution to the Pacific Regional Initiative, supported by USAID, to promote literacy as a prevention against trafficking in persons
Europe Andorra More than half of the country's wage earners have a salary between the minimum and average wages, that is between 1.286€ and 2.413€ respectively, according to the latest statistical data
Europe Romania Six out of 10 Romanians cannot afford a 7-day vacation a year, the highest percentage in the European Union, although Bucharest is an exception and the city is significantly reduced in pedestrian and car traffic in August
America Uruguay The country has enforced a new pension reform law, raising the retirement age by five years to address fiscal and sustainability issues due to population aging, sparking controversy and facing opposition from unions and retirees' organisations
Africa Gabon Improvement works are underway on a 40km stretch of the 163km road between Medouneu, and Kououleu, and are expected to be completed in six months
America Grenada Grenada Electricity Services Ltd., along with other partners, is preparing to host Grenlec Debates 2023 in September, a national project bringing together schools, educators, the public and private sectors, the general public and the media
America Dominica The second edition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an initiative to promote online security within the community, has been successfully completed - National Bank of Dominica Ltd has announced
Asia Laos Residents of Vientiane Capital are still waiting for compensation for the 308 plots of land they had to give up for its construction, two years after the completion of the Laos-China railway