America Brazil 180,1 million tonnes of soybeans are expected to be harvested in the 2026/27 season, with exports forecast to reach a record 110 million tonnes; Domestic crushing is expected to rise to 63,5 million tonnes, also driven by stronger biodiesel demand
Asia Qatar The World Cup Security Committee has warned against fans travelling to stadiums without a ticket, as cases of fans attempting to enter stadiums without the correct ticket are on the rise
Asia Mongolia The central bank purchased a total of 19,9 tonnes of gold in the first 11 months of this year from natural and legal persons, one of the main ways in which it ensures the country's economic stability by constantly increasing its foreign exchange reserves
Oceania Nauru At the 9th Pacific Aviation Officials Meeting, arrangements were announced to host the third Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting in Nauru tentatively for early November 2023
Europe Spain The Neanderthal footprints found in Spain over a year ago could date back 275.000 years and belong to other members of the genus 'Homo'
Europe Lithuania Eight out of ten Lithuanians think the situation in the country is getting worse, according to a poll conducted by Baltijos Tyrimai for public broadcaster LRT
America Nicaragua The US has just added the country to the blacklist on international religious freedom, opening the path to potential additional sanctions against the state
Europe Hungary The government's goal, with the recently approved recovery plan, is to make Hungary one of the five most liveable countries in the European Union by 2030
Africa Sierra Leone Africell, a Sierra Leone-based mobile phone company, recently donated beach cleaning equipment worth thousands of dollars to two top clean-up organisations at its Lumley Beach Road branch
Africa South Africa South African rugby player and Rugby World Cup winner Sbu Nkosi has been reported to the police as a missing person, his club said on Saturday
Oceania Australia The country argues against the UN putting the Great Barrier Reef on ‘endangered’ status; in July 2021 the UN proposal did not pass
Asia Laos Laos and Thailand are cooperating to prevent cross-border wildlife trafficking since four tiger cubs were rescued in Thailand after being smuggled from Laos
Europe Russia Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, has said that Russia will no longer supply oil to European countries after the EU decision to impose a price cap
Oceania Marshall Islands The 75 recipients of the Republic of China/Taiwan-RMI Presidents' Scholarship were honoured at the Marshall Islands Resort