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
Africa Guinea The 'Super Ami des Chiens' campaign was launched last week by Breakthrough ACTION, in collaboration with platform 'Une Seule Santé', to support the national rabies eradication initiative and provide free vaccination services across the country
Asia Lebanon Sixteen teenage cancer patients currently receiving or having completed treatment have been celebrating passing baccalaureate exams, with achievements marked by Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
Africa Niger The Chinese government's special representative for African Affairs was received by an important delegation of the coup military junta with cooperation from China-Niger continuing undisturbed
Europe Monaco Monaco Yacht Show 2023 will take place next week, from 27-30 September; considered the world's largest gathering of superyachts, this it will focus on carbon neutrality and sustainability
Europe Estonia 57% of Estonian citizens think PM Kaja Kallas should resign over the scandal related to her husband's Russia business, according to a fresh poll commissioned by Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
America Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda Hotel and Tourism Association has announced the return of the Hospitality Job Fair on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, on the occasion of World Tourism Day
Europe Austria Intention to begin restricting free movement into the country at borders with Italy has been announced by Austrian Chancellor in what may be considered a new blow to the EU's visa-free Schengen zone
Asia Laos Wolbachia bacteria project under the Ministry of Health succesfully concluded its five-month experiment earlier this month and will now carry on to its next phase of result evaluation until 2025, showing promise for future mosquito population control
Africa Seychelles The sixth Seychelles Tourism Festival is scheduled from 23 to 30 September 2023, designed to celebrate and promote the importance of tourism in the country under the theme 'Bridging our Past and Future'
Asia Azerbaijan After several negotiation attempts to reach a peace agreement, two recent landmine incidents led to an armed offensive in Nagorno Karabakh by which Azerbaijan seems to have regained control of the separatist region
Asia Sri Lanka Thousands of people in Sri Lanka have benefited from a blindness prevention program launched by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief
Africa Libya Libya "cannot cope alone" with the crisis caused by the devastating floods, said UN envoy to the country; the extent of damage and losses caused by the floods "is beyond our collective imagination"
Europe Belgium Brussels authorities want to encourage more non-Belgians to exercise their right to vote in municipal elections; while 36,9% of the capital’s inhabitants are non-Belgian, only 15% (both EU and non-EU nationals) voted in the last municipal elections