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
Africa Rwanda Rwanda was ranked among the top 10 African countries in the Global Soft Power Index 2023, published by Brand Finance, a leading independent brand evaluation and strategy company
Europe Ukraine President Zelensky ordered reinforcements for Bakhmut, asking the General Staff for appropriate forces to help defend it, as "no part of Ukraine can be abandoned"
Europe Vatican City The pontiff's push for reform has seen more women assigned roles in the Vatican administration; from economists to secretaries, historians and archivists, 649 women worked for the Roman Curia in 2019 - 24% of employees - compared to 385 in 2010
Asia Palestine UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East launched appeal for $16,2 million to meet the humanitarian and early recovery needs of Palestinian refugees affected by earthquake in Syria and Lebanon
Europe Iceland The University of Iceland will inaugurate a new programme this autumn: a minor in Polish studies; Iceland is home to some 20.000 people of Polish origin, who make up the country's largest immigrant group
Asia Tajikistan The country will start supplying onions to Kazakhstan in exchange for grain in a new agreement signed to expand cooperation in agriculture
Oceania New Zealand The 35th census took place yesterday, with special measures taken to avoid problems occurred in 2018 census and with special assistance to Maori people so that they can complete the survey and concur to gather data
Africa Malawi The country received 20.000 tonnes of fertiliser from Russia, expressing gratitude to the Russian Federation for the gesture, saying it was an act of goodwill resulting from good bilateral relations
Oceania Marshall Islands A large turnout from the Ministry of Health and Human Services and the community came together to celebrate the opening of Iakwe's first mental health ward, the first of its kind in the RMI
Asia Indonesia Customs controls at small ports will be strengthened to crack down on the illegal import of used shoes, said Ministry of Industry responding to a Reuters report that found that shoes donated to a recycling programme in Singapore were shipped to Indonesia
Africa Mozambique Multotec Services Mozambique recently celebrated 10 years of operations in the country, where it has opened a branch office to serve coal mining customers in the Tete province
America Belize During the country’s celebration of Women’s Month, the government announced that it will officially eliminate the General Sales Tax on all women’s sanitary products, now being classified as part of the basic supplies of a household
America Paraguay 7.000 farmers marched to Asuncion City to denounce President Mario Abdo Benítez's alleged failure to comply with the agreements reached in March 2022, where the state promised to support family farming and resolve the producers' debts