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
Africa Burkina Faso Government formally protested against 'false statements' by Radio France Internationale and Jeune Afrique, condemning 'cavalier and light treatment' given to the recruitment of 50.000 volunteer defence fighters for the fight against terrorism
Africa Ivory Coast A very small goal, no goalkeeper and a pitch the size of a handball court: in Ivory Coast there are people who dream of seeing the popular maracana, a kind of six-a-side football born on campuses some 50 years ago, become an Olympic sport
America Panama This past month, the country produced 97% of its energy from renewable sources, breaking its own personal record of clean energy production
Europe Austria Restoration work has begun in the library of the Benedictine Abbey of Melk; overlooking the Danube River, the UNESCO heritage site contains a hundred thousand historical volumes some older than a millennium
Europe Kosovo The total imports from Serbia grew by 27% in Jan-Oct 2022 on 2021, for a total €58,7 million value, showing the country is still much relying on Serbia in spite of bilateral initiatives to boost imports from Albania, €48,7 million in the same period
America Barbados Officials at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) declared the airport ready for more passenger traffic expected this winter season; to duly prepare premises and staff, the airport has been meeting all stakeholders involved
Asia Armenia Star singer Christina Aguilera posted on her social media pages that her solo concert in Yerevan, scheduled for 22 October and postponed due to the country mood made heavy by the looming war, will be rescheduled soon; all tickets purchased will be valid
America Cuba The UN General Assembly condemned US government's continued refusal to lift the embargo on Cuba for the 30th year, with 185 member countries supporting the resolution and US and Israel voting against
Europe Sweden The new Swedish government will distance itself from the Kurdish YPG militia as it seeks Turkey's approval to join NATO, Sweden's foreign minister told Swedish Radio on Saturday
Europe United Kingdom More and more Britons are against Brexit, with 57% of citizens now saying it would be better not to leave the EU, a percentage of naysayers not seen since the referendum in 2016
Africa South Sudan Wfp, FAO and Unicef stated that 7,76 million people in South Sudan (62,7% of the population) could face severe food insecurity from April to July 2023 due to a combination of climate shocks and conflict
Africa South Africa Communities are urged to respect schools, specially during the critical time of examinations for the Grade 12; authorities defined ‘very regressive’ the disrupting of exams because the community has a grievance, saying they wouldn’t tolerate the practice
America Canada 55.000 education workers went on strike on Friday in Ontario, after failing to reach an agreement with the province for better pay and more frontline staff; all 583 Toronto schools, 247.000 students enrolled, will remain closed if strike continues