Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Europe Lithuania Schools will teach skills such as how to survive in the wilderness, how to build tents, how to introduce safety, and how to give first aid to pupils in grades five to ten; the 3-day course is expected to be introduced next spring and will be compulsory
Africa Mali Members of the UN Security Council, meeting for a scheduled meeting on peace and security in Africa, condemned Mali's withdrawal from the G5 Sahel regional force, hoping that Bamako will continue dialogue with its neighbors to combat the terrorist threat
Europe Russia McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants an leaving Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union
Africa Kenya Students and staff of the Kenya School of Flying at Wilson Airport in Nairobi welcomed Rutherford, 16-year-old British-Belgian attempting to break the current world record for youngest person to fly solo around the world
America Suriname Due to its increasing collaboration with mining enterprises, as of this year, the country has reported a 126% increase in mining revenues
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 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”
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
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
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
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 Equatorial Guinea The Director General of Internal Policies inaugurated the office of the NGO Promodhege, Promotion of Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea, to support the Government in achieving this objective
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