America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
Asia Maldives The new academic year 2023-2024 will start on 6 August, according to the calendar published by the Ministry of Education; the second school term will begin on 7 January and end on 13 June 2024
Africa Ivory Coast The Ivorian government spokesman announced the construction of a biomass thermal power plant in Ayébo with an installed capacity of 2×23 Megawatts
Africa Tunisia The General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, Irishwoman Esther Lynch, was declared persona non grata in Tunisia by President Kais Saied, who on Saturday gave her 24 hours to leave the country
Africa Zambia Zambia is currently the only country in Africa where women can take two days of menstrual leave
Europe Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani reassured that the country's security forces are ready to face "any threat" from Serbia and also regionally, as the nation celebrated the 15th anniversary of independence in the weekend
America Costa Rica The country has eliminated a previously obligatory 10% tax on imported beers, which had been deemed discriminatory towards foreign beers, creating an unequal market that rendered them more costly in comparison to locally-produced beers
Europe Spain An unusual collection of bison, wild bull, deer and rhinoceros craniums have been found in a cave near Madrid; researchers say they may have served ceremonial purposes and reveal Neanderthal rituals
Africa Gambia Controversy erupted after one of the contestants at the country's recent beauty contest showed up wearing the typical costume of the kankurang, an initiation rite considered a Unesco World Heritage Site, but linked to male circumcision ceremonies
Africa Ghana A $6,3 million project to minimise the use of mercury in mining has been launched in Accra by the government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Organisation
Europe Bulgaria Having given up on its initial goal of joining the eurozone on 1 January 2024 because parliament failed to pass the necessary laws before being dissolved, Bulgaria is hoping for a maximum delay of six months
Europe Albania There have been a total of three anti-government protests so far in the past week, with opposition and supporters calling for the prime minister's resignation and attempting to disrupt the parliamentary session
America Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad High Court blocked the deportation of five Cameroonians seeking asylum -they would fear to be killed by military forces in their homeland- pending the result of their lawsuit against the Chief Immigration Officer and the Attorney General's Office
Europe Poland The European Commission will take Poland to the European Court of Justice over challenges to the primacy of EU law made by the country's Constitutional Tribunal in two rulings in 2021