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
Europe Croatia Zagreb's local authorities are proposing to rename four streets currently named after high-ranking officials linked to the Nazi Ustasha regime, in another move away from the historical revisionism in vogue in the 1990s
Europe Netherlands Dutch national railway posted operating losses for €304 million in 2022, despite revenue rising by over a third to 3 billion; the railway was plagued with performance issues: 8% trains were late and delays led to €5,4 million in refunds
Oceania Samoa Samoa's prehistoric landscape management techniques and agricultural technologies are the subject of analysis and discussion at an upcoming National University of Samoa seminar held by American academic Craig Shapiro
Europe Slovakia The National Council will consider banning cages for chickens and laying hens after investigative videos showing animal welfare conditions at three Slovak farms were leaked online
Asia North Korea Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater for the six tests at the Punggye-ri site between 2006 and 2017
Asia Israel Israeli writers signed a petition against plans to transfer the authority of the National Library to the Ministry of Education, which would allow the Ministry to control appointments to the library's board and increase 'transparency and public oversight'
America Dominican Republic The Civil Aviation Board JAC approved a special permit from the Spanish airline World2fly, established in 2021, to operate the Madrid / Santiago de los Caballeros / Madrid route through the Cibao International Airport
Asia Vietnam Mộc Châu resort has been crowned 'Asia's Leading Regional Natural Destination' at the World Travel Awards 2022
America Honduras The country registered 356 homicides less than this time last year; as a result the government has opted to extend and expand to 123 municipalities its state of emergency given its results
Oceania Papua New Guinea The country plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem, as Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko confirmed to his Israeli counterpart
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The PAS project - Sustainable Agri-Food Policies - organised a Seminar on the Evaluation of Micro-initiatives and presented the results of the 13 micro-initiatives supported within the project
America Suriname The government has decided to allocate 15% of its carbon credits directly to 241 Indigenous villages to expedite their development, as well as empower them to better provide for their own needs with the assistance of state aid