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
Oceania Solomon Islands The 12th Conference of the Parties to the Waigani Convention elected Solomon Islands as President, Kiribati as Vice President and Australia as Rapporteur
Asia Singapore NGOs, sociologists and employment agencies have stated that cases of sexual abuse among domestic workers are likely to be underreported because of their vulnerable position, calling for broader social support
Africa Republic of the Congo Teams mobilized by the RGPH-5 coordination team for Fifth General Census of Population and Housing will be deployed from this Sunday, September 10 until October 9 to assess the quality and reliability of the data collected
Africa Botswana The country has about 131.900 elephants, according to a recent survey, more than Angola, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe together
Europe Montenegro Former President Djukanovic has criticized the government's support for Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, arguing that it should favor Adriatic Sea neighbor and NATO ally Italy
Europe Slovenia Sašo Hribar, an award-winning satirist and one of Slovenia's most popular radio personalities, best known for his programme Radio GA-GA, where he and his team satirised current political events, died on Friday at the age of 63
Oceania Marshall Islands The completion of three new locally built boats for the remote outer atolls during low carbon boat building workshops was celebrated last week in a well-attended graduation ceremony
America Uruguay Local authorities have confirmed the first case of avian influenza in a sea lion and reported other suspected cases along the country's coast, urging the public to avoid approaching both live and dead sea lions
Europe Liechtenstein The government promised to submit a proposal to the regional parliament this year to strengthen nursing so as not to fall behind in the recruitment of qualified workers
Asia Bahrain The UNESCO King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize, funded by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, for the use of information and communication technologies in education for 2022 was presented to the winners, China and Ireland
Africa Sierra Leone Turkey's Karpowership - a barge-mounted, fully integrated floating power plant - has cut power supply to capital Freetown because of an outstanding debt of about $40 million, the West African country's energy minister told Reuters
Asia United Arab Emirates Since its opening, the Dubai Metro has travelled over 1 million kilometres, achieving a punctuality rate of 99,7% - the Roads and Transport Authority said
Asia Malaysia The number of unemployed people in the country fell further to 579.200 in July, with the unemployment rate remaining unchanged at 3,4% compared to June