Europe Malta The heating debate on overtourism must not become an argument against tourists or the tourism industry, Prime Minister Abela warned, or the sector would risk "a mortal blow"
Africa Chad The municipality of the 4th arrondissement of N'Djamena has started cleaning the gutters of the houses trying to limit the negative effects of the floods
America Haiti The UN's Integrated Office stressed that the safety of those who work as reporters is of great concern - given the murders of journalists and the impunity that remains for these crimes - and urged the authorities to do everything necessary to prevent this
Africa Botswana A trophy hunter has recently shot and killed one of Botswana's largest "big tusker" elephants; it is the largest elephant hunted in Botswana since 1996, according to the AfricaHunting.com community
Europe Croatia Zagreb hospitals refused to perform an abortion on a pregnant woman whose 24-week-old foetus was diagnosed with a malignant and fatal brain tumour, reviving the debate on abortion in the Catholic country
Oceania Marshall Islands The Red Cross held a three-day blood drive at the old College of the Marshall Islands library last week, with funding provided by the USAID Office of Humanitarian Affairs
America Panama The National Assembly approved a bill that regulates the commercialisation and use of cryptocurrency, by giving it a legal stability and proper jurisdiction
Asia Syria Volunteers from the psychological support unit of Syria's Violet Org charity organised games based on Super Mario video game for Eid al-Fitr celebrations for displaced children in a camp in the village of Killi in the rebel-held Idlib
Asia Bangladesh Dhaka, long grappling with air pollution problems, with air quality usually becoming unhealthy in winter and improving during monsoon, has seen a marked improvement in air quality during the Eid holidays
America Costa Rica For the first time ever, the government has authorised electronic payments to pay for public bus rides - a major step forward into modernising the public transportation system
Asia Bahrain Court ordered three persons to pay a fine after it convicted them of illegally catching dolphins in the country’s territorial waters as prohibition of dolphin catching is part of the Kingdom’s constitution to preserve the natural wealth
America Argentina The NGO ‘Bitcoin Argentina’, presented the "Schools and Bitcoin Project", a training program on Bitcoin and blockchain for teachers, educational institutions and high school students across the country
America Peru Poverty in the country has decreased by 22,1% over the last year according to an official statement lately released by the International Monetary Fund released
Europe Italy Yesterday, Poste Italiane (the National post service) celebrated its 160th anniversary, "a long history that has accompanied that of Italy", as the President of the Republic Mattarella defined it