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 Bahrain Hundreds of prisoners have suspended their month-long hunger strike in Bahrain just ahead of a visit by the crown prince to the United States to see if promised changes materialize
Africa Tunisia The National Museum of Bardo, closed since July 25, 2021, will reopen to the public starting today Thursday, September 14, in Tunis, with new spaces and archaeological and artistic artifacts being displayed for the first time
Europe Vatican City "Vatican House of Sports," the operational headquarters of Athletica Vaticana, official multi-sport association, will be blessed and inaugurated on Sept 20 by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
Africa Sudan The most recent drone attack on an open-air market in Khartoum, with a still provisional death toll of dozens of people, also shows that now drones are part of the weapons used in the ongoing conflict
Asia Indonesia Government will not use "Isa Almasih" (The Messiah), Islamic name adopted from Arabic for Jesus Christ, to refer to Christian holidays and will replace it with "Yesus Kristus"; the nomenclature change was announced by the Ministry of Religious Affairs
Asia Iraq The country has begun relocating Iranian Kurdish groups from the Iraqi Kurdish region bordering Iran to camps far from the border, as part of a security agreement between Baghdad and Tehran signed in March
Europe Belgium With 280 days until the elections, the Workers' Party of Belgium, the Reformist Movement, the social-liberal party DéFI and the New Flemish Alliance launched their campaigns at three levels: federal, regional and European
Asia Israel In a symbolic gesture, the World Zionist Organization building in Tel Aviv, overlooking Leonardo da Vinci Street, displayed the Declaration of Independence yesterday as part of an initiative that involves various buildings
Asia Malaysia Malaysian Muslims surveyed in latest Pew Research Center poll listed the three biggest perceived threats to their faith as US influence, extremists from their own religious group, and what they perceive as a growing Christian community
America Jamaica Entries for the annual heritage contest for primary, secondary and high school students - who can use essays, posters or photographs to prove their knowledge of a topical issue that permeates society - will be accepted from 18 September
Africa Gabon The Transition Charter drawn up by the coup plotters who ousted President Ali Bongo on 30 August has been released; it provides immunity for the leaders of the transition as well as those involved in the events of the coup
Europe Sweden Next year, the defence budget will be increased by more than SEK 27 billion (EUR 2,2 billion), bringing Sweden's defence spending to 2% of GDP and meeting the NATO target
Europe France The French government decided at the last minute not to broadcast a campaign on alcohol consumption during the Rugby World Cup following pressure from the French lobbies