Oceania Solomon Islands With newly improved roads in Auki, provincial police appealed to drivers in Malaita to use responsibility and greater care in driving; reckless driving had reportedly increased since works began, forcing to monitor underage drivers and speeding vehicles
Asia Cyprus Cyprus does not meet the terms and conditions to apply for NATO membership and will not apply for the moment, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said; the position is also taking into account Turkey’s reaction to Finland’s and Sweden’s accession
America United States The House passed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act with 222 to 203 votes; the bill seeks to create dedicated offices throughout the government, after a gunman fatally shot 10 people in an incident that President Biden called “domestic terrorism”
America Uruguay The country has suspended the VAT tax on the majority of its tourism activities in order to boost national tourism and international traveling
Europe Hungary According to Eötvös Loránd Research Network, the number of teachers teaching subjects for which they are not specifically qualified has increased significantly in the past 4 years; the lack of new entrants is linked in particular to unfair salaries
America Suriname Due to its increasing collaboration with mining enterprises, as of this year, the country has reported a 126% increase in mining revenues
Africa Libya 56 Libyan students will be trained for Italian at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy; the Ministry of Education also emphasised its intention to teach Italian in Libya in the coming years
Africa eSwatini The country is preparing for the nationwide introduction of the HPV vaccine; the country's National Cancer Control Unit states that 59,3% of female cancer cases in the country are cervical cancer
Africa Mauritania The abandonment and dismantling of subsea structures in Chinguetti and Banda fields - recently discovered and with a controversial exploitation history - will be supervised by Norwegian maritime multinational Havfram
America Dominican Republic The country is a leader in the export of organic bananas, with 63% of the hectares dedicated to production already certified, accounting for 7,5% of agricultural GDP
Asia China Special envoy is sent to Brussels to salvage ties with EU: Mr. Wu Hongbo’s visit follows last month’s virtual summit where Beijing’s position on Ukraine and alleged coercion of Lithuania became a source of tension with the Union
America Nicaragua The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has demanded the country to let the rising number of political prisoners have contact with their children, as some haven’t seen in them in years since they were arrested
America Paraguay A non-venomous snake, previously unknown to science, was discovered in the country by the NGO Para La Tierra; the extreme rarity of this species has also led experts to automatically consider it as endangered
America Guatemala The country is holding its first ever technical meeting on agriculture with Belize, so they can actively cooperate in the production of grains and raising of livestock, since their geographical conditions are similar