Asia Bangladesh An auto-fine system will be launched today on Dhaka-Chittagong highway: it will automatically detect speeding, illegal parking, driving against traffic with AI-powered cameras; police urged transport owners, workers, stakeholders to support the initiative
Oceania Australia Adelaide city recorded the highest percentage of statues of women, with 6 out of 33 (18%), according to a survey on capital cities in 2021 by A Monument of One's Own, a non-profit organisation campaigning for equality in statues
Africa Eritrea The Human Rights Council learned that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire and shows no signs of improvement
America El Salvador Women’s rights activists have called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn the country in a case brought a decade ago by a woman who died after being forced to carry a pregnancy, and the court will finally carry the trial this month
Asia Bhutan The country has reported an outbreak of African fowl pest in pigs in a village near the border with India, Reuters reported, citing the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Asia Brunei Defence spending for the next fiscal year will focus on developing and enhancing assets, in line with the strategic objectives set out in the Defence White Paper 2021
America Guyana The government has revealed a 5-year national plan to effectively address money laundering, which includes improving national banking supervision and further financing state prosecution capabilities
Europe Andorra Council of Ministers approved, at the proposal of the acting Minister of Health, a decree increasing the liability rates for medical, dental and medical assistants of the Social Security Fund of Andorra
Africa Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has started vector control activities with indoor residual spraying in all communities on Bioko Island to reduce malaria transmission through the application of insecticides on the interior walls of houses
Asia Bangladesh The country will import 5.200 tonnes of jute seeds from India this season, by decision by of the National Seed Board
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Integrated Criminal Intelligence System SIIC platform is crucial in the fight against transnational crime, such as drug and arms trafficking, terrorism and money laundering, said the Minister of Justice and Human Rights
America Antigua and Barbuda Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is urging the public to beware of counterfeit US $100 notes currently circulating in Antigua and Barbuda