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
Africa Cape Verde Mayor of Mosteiros, Fábio Vieira, considered that 'the time has come' for the Association Projecto Vitó to 'take over the management of the implementation process' of the Biosphere Reserve on the island of Fogo
Asia Brunei Ahead of next month's Higher Education Expo, Universiti Teknologi Brunei unveiled five new degree courses for the 2023 academic year, from cybersecurity to digital media
Europe France Électricité de France reported a record loss of €17,9 billion in 2022, the third largest in French corporate history and the worst in over two decades
Africa Comoros Over 800 tourists are expected to land in Moroni in the coming months; a total of 7.000 entered in 2020 generating 1,4% percent of Comoros GDP
Europe Denmark Over 12.000 people left the Church in 2022, a 42% increase on previous year, with young people leading the way, according to data from Danmarks Statistik
Africa Tunisia Tunisian National Observatory for Migration launched a platform for national migration information system, with accurate statistics, unbiased figures and unified working tools to increase coordination and improve data processing and analysis
America Dominica Adicia Burton, representing the Kalinago Territory, has been crowned Miss Dominica 2023; she took home prizes for Best Performing Talent and Best Response to Question
America Peru The Machu Picchu site has been reopened for tourism while the ongoing protests against appointed President Dina Boluarte have caused a one month extension of the state of emergency and further deployment of armed forces
Africa Morocco A pre-forum on human rights closes today in Rabat, as part of Morocco's participation in the third World Forum on Human Rights to be hosted by the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, next March
America Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro has met with Colombian President Gustavo Petro to sign an agreement designed to improve trade and lift import duties on dozens of manufactured goods, thus easing trade and travel between the two countries
America Guatemala With US Vice President Kamala Harris placet, a major Japanese manufacturer has started operations in the country to help generate jobs and prevent Guatemalans from feeling the pressure to emigrate to the US
Africa eSwatini The National Maize Corporation, in collaboration with United Nations' FAO, delivered over €2,7 million worth of inputs to 22 agricultural organisations
Oceania Micronesia Micronesian bloc of Pacific Islands Forum says it's "ready" and "already working" to attend special meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders; President of the country said the sub-region's leaders made "big decisions" at Micronesian Presidents' Summit