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
Asia Lebanon Lebanon's parliament has failed for the third time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, fuelling fears of a political vacuum after his term expires at the end of the month
Europe Denmark Social Democrat Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called early elections for 1 November, seven months before the end of the legislature
America Venezuela The UN Human Rights Council has just renewed for another 2 years the mandate of its fact-finding mission in the country, which consists in looking into alleged human rights violations
Europe Finland In line with developments elsewhere in Europe, alongside conventional reactors, the Finnish state-owned company Fortum (51%) will 'explore the prerequisites' for small modular reactors (SMRs)
Africa Cameroon The Cameroon Aviation Authority has authorised the operation of a new company in the air transport sector, the Zejet airline, giving it the possibility to operate both international and domestic flights
Europe Ireland A memorial plaque was dedicated at 12 Merrion Square in Dublin, on the site of her childhood home, for Violet Gibson, an anti-fascist revolutionary and women's rights activist who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in 1926
Europe Slovenia Polls predict that an independent candidate, backed by the Pirates and the Greens, is likely to win the runoff against candidates backed by the right and the ruling party to become Slovenia's first female president
Europe United Kingdom Liz Truss has said she will step down as prime minister, thrown into crisis by her economic programme that has shocked markets and divided the Conservative party; she is the PM with the shortest tenure in the country's history
Europe Ukraine The people of Ukraine, represented by their president, elected leaders and civil society, won the Sakharov Prize 2022, an annual award given by the European Parliament to organisations and individuals who defend freedom of thought and human rights
America Argentina The country continues to suffer from its ongoing drought and has thus had a cut in corn harvests; being one of the world’s top corn exporters, the government has entered an emergency state to look for solutions in order to not slow down the corn market
America Dominican Republic An epidemiological alert has been issued against seasonal influenza in the light of an increase in cases of patients with influenza type A and B requiring medical attention at clinics and outbreaks found in schools
Africa Ethiopia The latest air strikes in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region risk worsening the impact of hostilities on civilians, described as 'devastating' by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Asia Laos Figures for 2021-2022 show that 91,5% of the population has access to clean water and 82% use hygienic latrines; the ambition is to be free of open defecation by 2025