Europe Hungary Hungary has become the only country in Europe without a printed political daily as Magyar Nemzet switched to a weekly publication yesterday 1 August; smaller European media markets are likely to follow
America Mexico The government kicked off the new year by incrementing the minimum salary by 20% and doubling the number of mandatory vacation days
Europe France An audience rebound of +59.2% on 2021 has been registered by the French National Cinema Centre; according to the figures released, audience numbers were three-quarters of their pre-Covid attendance numbers with 152 million admissions in 2022
Asia Kuwait Flamingos in migration are dotting Kuwait Bay beaches amid the moderate weather; Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences is involved as part of “Kuwait Month of Sciences,” educating the public about biodiversity and birds conservation
Oceania New Zealand A collection of century-old artifacts being auctioned internationally is raising questions about whether they are ethical to buy and sell; they include moa leg bones, a golden huia beak brooch, a kiwi skeleton, a taxidermied bird, two types of Māori clubs
Europe Norway Oslo was the only major city in the country to drop traditional fireworks displays at midnight on New Year's Eve this year after the City Council voted against funding an official display for several reasons including “to use the money on things that last
Europe Montenegro Government confirms borrowing 50 million euros from Hungarian-owned CKB bank – days after another Hungarian bank approved major loan to the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska
Africa Zimbabwe All lithium exports have been banned after the government said it was losing 1,7 billion euros from exporting it as a raw mineral and not processing it into batteries in-country
Africa Egypt A sarcophagus dating back to the Late Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, smuggled into the United States in 2008, has eventually returned home and handed over with a ceremony in Cairo; the country is also holding talks with the UK for the Rosetta Stone
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Local sources from Kibumba on Monday, reported that the expected withdrawal of the M23 rebels from Kibumba - 20 km from North Kivu capital Goma, is still "not effective"
America Canada Restaurants and the food industry debut new takeout ware and packaging amid phase-in of federal single-use plastics ban that aims at removing many single-use plastics from the market gradually until 2025
Africa Eritrea Eritrean troops are slowly leaving the Tigray region; although their presence is still confirmed in many places in the north of the region, columns of soldiers have been spotted crossing the border
Africa Tunisia Staff from state-owned public transport firm Transtu have demonstrated outside the prime minister's office yesterday; the strike, called by UGTT union, reportedly froze "the majority" of transport services across the capital of almost three million people
Africa South Africa The death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck in the town of Boksburg has risen to 34, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital; the truck was carrying gas when it got stuck under a low-lying bridge