America Venezuela Flight connections with the Dutch island of Aruba, less than 30km off Venezuela's coat, will be resumed for the first time since 2019; Maduro had suspended them after humanitarian aid was flown in, judging the move as international interference
America Guatemala Remittances from the US have boosted colorful housing and commerce in Guatemala, transforming towns like San Martín Sacatepéquez, with a 19,8% rise in 2025 possibly driven by migrant fears of Trump’s stricter deportation policies
Europe San Marino Strategic Survey on Training and Employment Needs is a key tool for outlining San Marino's development strategies by providing an updated picture of the needs of the productive sector: Ministry of Labor urges businesses to participate
Europe Sweden The Administrative Court has stopped all planned licensed wolf hunting in 2026 in all five counties where hunting was supposed to begin on January 2; hunters associations oppose the decision and Minister for Rural Affairs doubts about its application
America Venezuela A Venezuelan-linked oil tanker has been seized by US forces near the Caribbean coast, claiming it supported terrorist networks, prompting Venezuela to denounce the act as piracy and vow to defend its sovereignty internationally
America Panama A 2025–2030 trade facilitation plan with five strategic pillars has been launched to modernize foreign trade, enhance digitalization, and strengthen Panama's position as a competitive regional logistics hub
Asia Yemen Sotheby’s will present one of the rarest surviving Yemenite Torah scrolls in its upcoming Important Judaica sale; carbon-dated to the mid-15th century, it is regarded as a remarkable testament to the ancient Jewish community of Yemen
Africa Kenya After Amnesty International made public that Kenyan women working as domestic laborers in Saudi Arabia face extreme exploitation bordering slavery, the New York Times set out to investigate, recently exposing a net of corruption and human trafficking
Africa Ethiopia Copper cables, plastic tubes and metal components have been looted along an under-construction road in Addis Ababa, running from Edna Mall to Haya Hulet; thefts have occurred in full view, according to eyewitnesses
Africa Tanzania Main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo, banned from October's elections, is now calling for a transition government as a state of uncertainty spreads across Tanzania
America United States The construction of President Trump’s ballroom at the White House, for which a pavilion has been tore down, is once again under scrutiny as the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the project
Asia China China’s top leadership convened in Beijing from 10 to 11 December for the Central Economic Work Conference to determine the country’s economic direction for 2026, the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan
America Suriname A national soil monitoring system, in collaboration with FAO and the Green Climate Fund, will support climate-smart agriculture aiming to combat land degradation and secure food supply amid growing urbanization and climate change impacts
Africa Sierra Leone Africa No Filter awards celebrated African films that challenge stereotypes and reshape how global audiences understand the continent; this year the public was invited to nominate films and 300 submissions came from across the continent and its diaspora