Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Oceania New Zealand A project for a real-time asthma risk prediction tool - which gathers info from the environment and smart devices - to help predict asthma attacks is one of University of Auckland projects awarded a Health Research Council Emerging Researcher First Grant
Africa Guinea-Bissau President of Fight Federation of Guinea-Bissau revealed that athletes have received invitations to compete on behalf of other countries in international competitions, but none of these intentions have materialised given their strong patriotism
Africa Djibouti The chairman of the African Development Bank Group met with President Guelleh over the weekend to discuss ways to transform Djibouti into an information, communication and technology hub in East Africa
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina WWF welcomed Parliament's decision to suspend the building of small hydropower plants, as their construction and operation proved to be a terrible blow to rivers and the natural world
Europe Kosovo Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans demanding a pension increase clashed with police, who reportedly used tear gas to disperse them and prevent them from entering Parliament
Asia Afghanistan Tens of millions of dollars disappeared from Afghan government bank accounts during the Taliban takeover in August, according to a US government watchdog report released Monday
America Nicaragua The state’s congress has just outlawed 96 NGOs, bringing to 440 the number of institutions closed by president Daniel Ortega since the 2018 protests
Asia North Korea Adding a skyscraper and simplifying the exterior design of flats in a new 10.000-home Pyongyang neighborhood, the country has changed plans for its biggest housing project of the year
Asia Thailand The restored statue of 'Phra Narai' at the Narai Hotel will be repositioned after 54 years; a French team of art conservators was recruited and specific techniques - never before seen in the country - were employed
Europe Portugal With 2,3 million people in Portugal in poverty - around one in five - President Marcelo has called for a global strategy to tackle the issue 'as quickly as possible'
Asia Myanmar Other 45 illegal immigrants from Myanmar were arrested on Friday; detected in the trees of a rubber plantation in Thailand en route to Malaysia, they testify the continuous attempt to escape the regime
Oceania Solomon Islands The World Bank has significantly stepped up its support to the country on four new projects that will provide $130 million in assistance funding, the largest boost in the World Bank's 43-year history in the country
Africa Tanzania The country on Sunday reversed a decision to lift, for an initial period of six months, a ban on the export of wild animals, in place since 2016, in a suspension that would have helped traders