Africa South Sudan Conditions for elections remain unfavorable, UN experts warned during a press conference in Juba after concluding their visit to South Sudan; planned December elections face risks from renewed violence, shrinking civic space, persistent impunity.
Asia Laos Students from the Soutsaka Institute of Technology received an honourable mention at the 4th MRC Summit competition for University Students for first river monitoring technology
Asia Kuwait Kuwait Oil Company declared a 'state of emergency' on Monday due to an oil spill on land, as a video released by Kuwaiti media showed a gushing pipe surrounded by a large oil slick
Asia Kazakhstan The national atomic company Kazatomprom JSC successfully delivered natural uranium concentrates for the Romanian energy company Societatea Natională "Nuclearelectrica" S.A.
Asia Malaysia Bursa Malaysia Bhd has announced that it has joined the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), a leader in carbon market mechanisms
Europe Ireland President Higgins warmly welcomed the Vatican's renunciation of the 'Doctrine of Discovery'
Europe Italy The birth rate in Italy is at an all-time low: Istat reports for the first time only 7 newborns and over than 12 deaths per 1.000 inhabitants, and fewer than 400.000 newborns
America Colombia Andrea Alzate, with her company Altero, has created a novel way of recycling vehicle, solar and general batteries, re-purposing part of the recycled batteries, thus relieving pressure on the finite production of these materials on the planet
Europe Lithuania The country will seek a loan of up to €1,8 billion for investments from the European Union's Recovery Fund, the Council of Ministers decided
Africa Madagascar Following the Interior Ministry's announcement to ban meetings and public demonstrations of a political nature in public places, foreign embassies issued a statement expressing their concern about the situation
Asia Indonesia FIFA has suspended development funds intended for the Indonesian football federation over the nation's refusal to host this year's Under-20 World Cup as governor of Bali refused to host Israel's team
Africa Mauritania QatarEnergy has reached an agreement with Shell to acquire a working interest in Block C-10, located offshore Mauritania
Asia Georgia NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that they will continue to support their partners facing pressure from Russia, including Georgia, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe Hungary For the Hungarian people, war is worrying and dangerous, and the threat of a world war 'is not a literary exaggeration', said Prime Minister Orbán