Europe Albania Diaspora is remembering 35 years since the cargo ship Vlora docked in Bari, Italy, with 20.000 refugees fleeing the collapse of the communist regime; the disembarking of 8 August 1991 is the largest single-vessel mass migration landing in European history
Europe Romania Motorola Solutions Romania submitted the only bid in the tender for the supply of 20.321 portable video cameras (body-cams) to the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, worth EUR 6,92 million
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The next presidential elections will be held on 20 December 2023, according to the calendar officially announced on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission
Africa Togo Togolese researcher Mawulolo Yomo, a doctoral student in Life and Environmental Sciences, is one of the winners of the 2022 edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talent Prize, organised by the L'Oréal Foundation in collaboration with Unesco
America United States Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, in Hawaii, has erupted for the first time in 38 years and the alert level has been upgraded from an "advisory" to a "warning" - the highest classification
America Saint Lucia The country is making its entry process even smoother with the introduction of an online Embarkation/Departure (ED) form that allows for electronic processing of travellers, introduced as of yesterday
Asia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Authority for Persons with Disabilities organised a workshop in Riyadh for different government sectors to raise awareness and to teach the basics of communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing people
Asia Lebanon Edro Khider, a disabled woman, was carried by her son to the Bank Audi branch, where she staged a sit-in after the bank management refused to release her $20.000 deposit
Africa Sao Tome and Principe A coup attempt failed in the country, considered a model of parliamentary democracy in Africa; the attackers were arrested after attempting to attack the army headquarters
Asia Singapore The country passed laws to decriminalise gay sex and protect the definition of marriage against legal challenges; repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code, dating back to colonial times, was approved by a majority of 93 votes to 3
Asia Japan The Japanese premier wants the defence budget to reach 2% of GDP by 2027, up from a level that has long hovered around 1%
Europe Norway The public health institute will be forced to cut staff, as the government is cutting funding due to declining levels of Corona infection; the newspaper VG reported that all employees have been offered incentives to quit voluntarily
Asia United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates launched their rover to the Moon yesterday from the Cape Canaveral base in Florida, in the Arab world's first lunar mission, a five-month journey to the Moon
Asia Azerbaijan The country asked Russia to correctly name the liberated settlements, calling it inadmissible to incorrectly name the regions