Asia Thailand Environmental crimes police shut down 16 illegal dumps in Bangkok and arrested seven people for operating them
Africa Niger President Bazoum gave a long speech on Thursday evening at the Luiss University in Rome, on the occasion of the meeting entitled "Italy, Niger, Europe, Africa. Two continents, one destiny" for the cooperation among the two countries
Europe Sweden Self-driving trucks have started to hit the roads in the country, with other companies besides Swedish truck manufacturer Scania looking to launch new self-driving trucks
Africa Gambia Belgian Friends of The Gambia, an international organisation, donated to 47 sponsored students attending the Nyodema Kindergarten and Bakoteh Annex Lower Basic School 33 50kg bags of rice, educational, health and agricultural items
Africa Cameroon Cameroon became the first African team to ever beat Brazil at a World Cup; despite the victory, the team finished third in its group and was eliminated
Asia Sri Lanka State-owned liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas plans to distribute 100.000 cylinders of LP gas per day to the market without any shortage during the festive season
Oceania Samoa Twelve constituencies have signed their grant agreement to access the first $1 million district development fund, which will be officially released in phases
America Saint Kitts and Nevis A special session of the Federal Parliament was held to recognise the country's 25 most remarkable teenagers for their stories of courage, inspiration and valiant leadership, service to others or academic and sporting excellence
Africa Sudan Date lovers attended 4th International Date Festival, that opened its doors in Khartoum on 30 November; with an annual production of around 330.000 tonnes, the country ranks eighth among the world's most important date-producing countries
Europe Poland PM Morawiecki has promised his Finnish counterpart that he will help convince PM Orban, who, together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is the only remaining to ratify Finland's application for NATO membership
Europe Finland The Finnish Nature Conservation Association and Greenpeace claim that the government has not met its carbon neutrality target and will take the matter to the Supreme Administrative Court
Africa Burkina Faso It was supposed to end today, in Bobo-Dioulasso, the 20th edition of the National Culture Week, postponed to a date to be determined by the government due to the insecurity in the country
Africa Zambia Vice President Nalumango called for strong collaboration between government and cooperating partners to eliminate hunger and all forms of malnutrition in the country, saying government alone cannot effectively and comprehensively address the problems
Europe Germany The Bundestag has officially ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, in provisional application from 2017, calling on the other 11 missing countries to do the same