Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
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
Africa Senegal Twelve tons of waste, twice as much as the previous year, were taken from from the Dakar coast through a cleanup operation on Hann beach last Saturday
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
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
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 Morocco 3 working days spread over 3 months will be deducted from paychecks of state officials and employees, local authorities and employees of public agencies and companies, among the moves decided by Government for a collective effort after the earthquake
Asia Sri Lanka Thousands of people in Sri Lanka have benefited from a blindness prevention program launched by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis' priestly vocation was born seventy years ago, precisely on 21 September 1953 when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was almost 17 years old
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
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"
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
Africa Somalia A six-year-old Somali boy's drawing was among the winners of a competition sponsored as part of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum and was displayed in China's Tiangong space station
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's military government would require expatriate workers to remit at least 25% of their income in foreign currency through the country's banking system, according to local news reports