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 Cambodia A sarus crane nest has been discovered by WCS Cambodia's wildlife monitoring team in the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, the second such find after the first in 2020, hopefully marking a trend
America Argentina The country currently allocates 30% of its agri-food exports to BRICS countries, but entering this bloc wouldn't guarantee an increase in exports, according to a recent local study
Africa Somalia Somali journalists based in Mogadishu gathered to protest against the arrest of one of their colleagues, Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, who had reported on a corruption case allegedly involving police officers
Africa Burkina Faso Acting President Traore held talks with a Russian delegation in a meeting that included discussions on possible military cooperation; relations between the two countries have been in the spotlight since the country ousted French troops in February
Africa Chad Victims of the Ark of Zoe case, a dubious transaction involving children for adoption that held international public opinion in suspense in 2007, are demanding compensation from the Chadian government
Africa Liberia 24 Liberian journalists from different media outlets have been named by the Chengdu Radio and Television in China as 'Panda Reporters', thusthem to report and participate in the annual Panda Short Video Competition
Europe Slovakia Slovakia's projected battery production capacity will reach 10 GWh by 2030, which is lower than that of its Visegrad counterparts and beats only Croatia's 2 GWh in the Central European region
Africa Ethiopia An agreement for a $730 million corridor project to improve the key route between Addis Ababa and Djibouti has been signed between the government of Ethiopia and the World Bank
Africa Uganda Over 6.000 students failed nursing and midwifery exams; the results of the June 2023 Kampala exams have just been released
Europe Malta Police has upgraded its forensic science laboratory with a "state-of-the-art" computer database to check whether fingerprints match those of a known criminal
Africa Seychelles Seychelles Medical Services has made a donation to the Ministry of Health, providing it with state-of-the-art laboratory, equipped with advanced technology, and medical supplies worth SCR 3 million ($232.400) to improve patient care
Africa Cape Verde Noncommunicable diseases are responsible for 70% of all deaths in the country, more than one-third of which are due to cardiovascular disease and about 5% to diabetes, says latest statistical report by the Ministry of Health
Europe Belgium Brussels is trying to address the problem of fragmented transport modes in Belgium's regions with a multimodal app that combines all transports