Asia Mongolia A 40-metre replica of Japan’s historic Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasions was donated to Mongolia by a Japanese collector; The replica, depicting the Yuan dynasty’s invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281, will be housed at the Kharakhorum Museum
Europe Netherlands The Amsterdam Dance Event set a new record of 450.000 participants, in over a thousand dance initiatives organised along five days in 200 locations
Asia Kyrgyzstan A drug traceability system was launched to interconnect all pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, government health organisations, distributors and other participants
America Costa Rica A state of emergency due to the heavy rains - decreed by President Chaves - allows the state budget to be allocated more quickly than foreseen in order to protect schools, remote houses, and facilities
Asia Malaysia The country reiterated its call to reform the United Nations to reflect the changes in today's world and the complex challenges facing the global community, as the world body celebrated its 77th anniversary yesterday
Africa Guinea The Economic Community of West African States and the Guinean transitional government reached an agreement for a 24-month transition
Asia Maldives The self-generation of company profiles for private enterprises, companies, partnerships and cooperative societies has been introduced by the Ministry of Economy, so that are immediately available through the Ministry's enterprise portal
Europe Lithuania Greenest solutions were judged at Transport Innovation Forum in Vilnius - from waterbuses to air pollution measuring machines - with 6 nominations for prizes in 'Green Mobility' competition established by Ministry of Transport and Communications
Africa Liberia The Liberia Electricity Corporation and CI Energies have signed a power purchase agreement to supply 27 megawatts of electricity to the country starting from 1 December
America Panama The country has just opened the world’s first ‘aerial beach’, which allows people to walk above the water level before entering by stairs; this beach was created to avoid disturbing the natural mangroves and coral
Europe Latvia A three-party governing coalition, instead of a four-party model, will be the new governing coalition, thus founding an inter-party agreement
Europe Malta Labour Party member Clyde Caruana announced that first-time buyers will receive EUR 10.000 over ten years to help repay their home loan; the measure was one of Labour's key election promises last year
America Chile Three years after the social outbreak of October 2019, and after a key government change, locals took over the cities and blocked the streets with barricades to demand the right to decent housing and freedom for political prisoners