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 Solomon Islands Inter-institutional cooperation in Solomon Islands is accelerating in the fight against corruption: public sector practitioners discussed critical issues focused on making its prosecution successful
America Uruguay Thanks to a growing economy and improving public finances, President Luis Lacalle Pou is currently working on a bill to increase tax reductions on 75% of tax payers and have around 63.000 low-income workers not pay taxes at all
Africa Togo The drafting of the National Land Use Strategy, with the aim of mapping the country's disadvantaged areas and allow the government to invest in their development, adapting to their realities and needs
Asia Sri Lanka An exhibition on the work of Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa will be hosted at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, India, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Indo-Lankan diplomatic relations
Africa Zambia The Zambian government has agreed to offer Kenyan farmers land for large scale cultivation in Zambia
America Colombia A group of 79 police officers and oilfield workers were taken hostage by residents blocking an oil exploration, and have now been freed in exchange of government negotiations to suspend the operation
Asia Cyprus The new government has put on hold a budget request of around €3 million earmarked for the purchase of state vehicles, including 35 limos for officials
Europe Romania The Romanian Football Association has amended, according to the new international rules, the regulation of players' agents, who will need a FIFA licence to be able to carry out their activities from 1 October 2023
Asia East Timor MAPCOMS and RTTL have signed an agreement to produce and broadcast the programme 'Exclusive Debate on Government Action'
Asia Qatar The Second Qatar Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium, with over 500 participants, has been organised and sponsored by the Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with the Qatar Metabolic Institute and the Hamad Medical Corporation
America Chile Armed forces have been deployed for the next 90 days to the Bolivian and Peruvian borders to oversee the flow of people crossing, as the government is seeking more control over migrants coming through the country’s borders
Asia China Over the weekend, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, two annual meetings of the People's Republic's largest assemblies were held to ratify Xi Jinping's third term in office, appoint the new premier and define economic goals
Africa Benin Two training courses in the field of emergency medicine will soon start; until now, Beninese doctors who wanted to specialise in emergency medicine had to go abroad due to the lack of local specialisations