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 Central African Republic Central African President Touadéra and his Rwandan counterpart Kagame have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, with CAR receiving military support for training and strengthening soldiers
America Belize The government has launched the Vanilla Cultivation Training Project, which consists of training women in rural areas to cultivate vanilla and generate their own, independent income
Europe Bulgaria In 2020, the Bulgarian business death rate rose to 14,64%, with 50.139 companies closing, second only to Lithuania, which had the highest business death rate, according to Eurostat
Asia Tajikistan A decree by the mayor of Dushanbe will impose restrictions on the entry of vehicles carrying passengers from the regions, seeking to regulate the entry of cars and improve the quality of services
America Suriname The government this year has issued more than 6.000 land decrees to citizens that didn’t own any land and has begun planning to help them next year in building their houses
Asia Turkmenistan A new agreement with Georgia aims at creating a bilateral legal framework for the implementation of international air traffic between the two countries
Africa Somalia The country calls on the US to step up drone bombardments against Qaeda-linked fighters in a new offensive launched by the new administration against Al Shabab
America Ecuador Scientists in the country have discovered 6 new species of rain frogs, and immediately recommended that they all be added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list of threatened species
Asia Jordan Reham Al Zughier, founder of the non-profit organisation “C-Path” designed to create opportunities for young men and women, was awarded Best Jordanian Startup Founder of the Year at the Jordan Start-up Expo 2022
America Paraguay In order to promote shopping tourism, the country will significantly reduce consumption taxes in the borders with Argentina and Brazil, President Benítez announced
America Nicaragua As a response to the country’s authoritarian measures, President Joe Biden has banned US companies from doing business in the Nicaraguan gold industry and has also issued sanctions against the Nicaragua gold ministry and its gold sector
Asia Taiwan The Council of Ministers approved a revised plan to subsidise childcare by extending it to high-income families, with the aim of increasing Taiwan's declining birth rate
Africa Seychelles Six organisations and individuals received donations from the Seychelles Breweries Ltd Foundation to reward sustained local projects, for a total of 1 million rupees (€76.000)