Oceania Fiji A vacancy notice for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been posted by the Judicial Services Commission, inviting applications from suitably qualified local and overseas candidates to head Fiji's independent prosecuting authority
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Nevis Culturama Festival Committee is encouraging Kaisonians to register for the kaiso and soca competitions to be held as part of Culturama 49, which will run from 27 July to 08 August 2023
Africa Equatorial Guinea The country was elected to hold the Executive Secretariat of the Gulf of Guinea Commission at the Third Extraordinary Summit of Member Countries
America Brazil The WHO has applauded the country’s leadership in advancing on its engagement towards ending tuberculosis by joining 9 different government divisions to establish the new Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and other Diseases (CIEDS)
America Dominica The introduction of a new law to provide greater protection to victims of domestic violence and to grant protection orders to promote their safety was passed in Parliament
Europe Czech Republic According to statistics from Dotykačka, while cafés and bistros have seen a significant increase in sales, the typical Czech pub is shrinking
America Cuba The Cuban men's handball team has won its ticket to the semi-finals of the World Championship of Emerging Countries, which in its fourth edition will be hosted by Varna, Bulgaria
America Grenada Local lawyer Arley Gill, a leading supporter of the Grenada and Caribbean movement calling for reparations for the enslavement of Africans in the region, said Britain's King Charles must do more than just express regret for slavery
Africa Guinea-Bissau In recent years, Guinea-Bissau has been used for the transit of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, said the Director General of the Intergovernmental Action Group against money laundering in West Africa
Europe Liechtenstein Due to the weaknesses of the current system, emergency doctor assignments should be reorganised and operations outsourced to a relief organisation in a neighbouring country
Asia Kuwait The country ranked 55th in the Logistics Performance Index 2023, published by the World Bank every two years to measure countries' ability to transport goods across borders quickly and reliably
Europe Croatia Edward Norton, the famous American actor and director, will take part in the third edition of the Ponta Lopud Film Festival on the island of Lopud, near Dubrovnik, from 20 to 26 June 2023, where he will hold lectures and workshops
Oceania Micronesia The World Health Organisation has declared that a contaminated cough syrup produced by an Indian company has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia in the Oceania region