America Canada "Lake Ontario – then, now and always” Prime Minister Carney posted, saying the name comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, pre-dating the foundation of both Canada and the USA, who proposed Lake America as a new name following Canada's retaliatory tariffs
Asia South Korea The government is working on a law that would allow women to give birth anonymously in hospitals, to reduce the number of unregistered births and promote maternal care
America United States A recent Human rights watch report indicates that Washington has never paid reparations to victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and other US prisons in Iraq, where thousands of men, women and children were reportedly incarcerated by US soldiers
Europe Finland The "World of Statistics" page of social networking platform X ranked Finland first on the list of countries that consume the most coffee in the world with 9,6 kg per person per year
Europe Iceland Thousands of salmon have escaped from Arctic Fish, one of Iceland's largest salmon farms; having already spread to many rivers and streams, they are endangering wild salmons because of the farms bacteria they can carry
Europe Hungary For the fourth consecutive time, Fatima Korok won the gold medal in freediving under the rules of the International Freediving Development Association at the World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus
Asia Syria The International Court of Justice has confirmed the imminent start of hearings on the case 'Syrian Assad regime's crimes against Syrians'
Europe France The exhibition entitled Renault 12 at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille tells the little-known story of Maghrebi families in France
Europe Malta The Cannabis Responsible Use Authority will organise the first harm reduction training for selected prospective associations by next November
Europe Andorra The Ministry of Social Affairs and Civil Service is studying the possibility of creating a benefit for non-professional carers, like a family member or a person who leaves work to care for a relative or close relative with a disability or who is dependent
Asia Armenia Following the latest Azerbaijani offensive, thousands have already left their homes from Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, a fleeing that threatens to wipe out an entire community
Asia Thailand Activist Arnon Nampa was sentenced to four years in prison for lese majesty after he publicly called for reform of the monarchy
Europe Germany 24 Muslims from all over Germany formally passed imam training at the new Islamkolleg Deutschland in Osnabrück; the facility was created because of the large number of Islamic religious leaders trained abroad
Africa Djibouti To expand schooling to all five-year-olds by 2030 new strategies are being promoted by the Ministry of National Education and Technical Training