Asia United Arab Emirates Emirates customers made over one million connections to Starlink Wi-Fi in seven months, using more than one petabyte of data through the satellite internet service accessible free onboard aircraft in the fleet
Europe Montenegro The pastoral communities of the Sinjajevina plateau are protesting against the government's decision to set up a NATO military firing range in the areas where they live
Oceania Tonga With 18 Pacific countries and territories, the country has joined the first-ever regional exercise (PacWave22-PICT) to test new early warning procedures for a potential tsunami resulting from the volcanic activity of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga'apai volcano
Oceania New Zealand New Zealand won its sixth women's rugby world title at a sold-out Eden Park in Auckland, beating England, followed by a thrilling haka by the players
Oceania Tuvalu Covid-19 cases in Tuvalu rose to over 400 last week, with all health facilities in the country to remain in Covid-19 emergency mode
Asia Turkmenistan Korean Culture Days in Turkmenistan ended after a series of presentations of modern music and cinematography as well as traditions and customs
Africa Tunisia The European Union will grant the country financial support of €100 million to alleviate the impact of the pandemic and support economic activity in an agreement to be signed today
Africa Zambia Zambia has been selected to be among the first countries to benefit from the Climate Investment Funds' new Nature, People and Climate investment programme to preserve the environmental integrity of the Zambezi Basin
Asia Israel During a hearing today, the High Court of Justice will decide whether a plot of land near Bethlehem will be allocated for the expansion of the Efrat settlement or whether it will be blocked due to the demands of local Palestinians
Europe Poland EU lawmakers will soon hold a public hearing to present local lawmakers with a list of women who allegedly died as a result of the tightening of abortion laws that created a de facto ban
Asia Kyrgyzstan A call centre on vaccination against the human papillomavirus, launched by the National Immunisation Centre of the Ministry of Health, will be operational starting today
Europe Slovenia Natasa Pirc Musar has been elected the first woman president of Slovenia with 54% of the vote in the runoff against the conservative Anze Logar, former foreign minister, who stopped at 46% after coming out on top in the first round
America Costa Rica The government has announced the building of the country’s first-ever public transport road, which will be fully electric and powered by the country’s sustainable energy
Africa Mauritius Mauritius-based offshore funds have assessed themselves as the third largest source of foreign portfolio investment inflows into India, according to the latest data provided by custodians, updated as of October 31st