America Canada Northern Shield Energy Corridor has been unveiled, a 3.300-km crude oil pipeline project for 5-800.000 barrels/day and running entirely through Canada; Premiers of Alberta and Ontario said it's designed for energy security by bypassing US transit routes
Asia Maldives The ban on packaging, producing, and importing single-use plastic water bottles sized between 500ml and 1 litre, set to begin on 1 December 1 has been set to 1 December 2027 by President Muizzu who amended previous presidential decree
Europe Malta A constitutional amendment to formally recognise Valletta as Malta's capital and introduce a new National Anthem Day on 27 December is being discussed in Parliament; the proposal prompted reflection on national identity and Valletta as a living city
Africa Madagascar The annual revision of the electoral register RALE, scheduled to begin on 1 December, will not take place as the transitional government suspended the operation considered the basic step in electoral process, in contrast with preparations already underway
Africa Botswana As Botswana sees a booming elephant population, a government-backed documentary argues for hunting and ivory sales; "Paradise in Peril", locally produced, places Batswana livelihoods at the centre of a global conservation battle
Europe Andorra To geolocalize and verify with modern technology the historical delimitation points between Andorra and the Spanish state, the Spanish Army has completed a comprehensive review of the layout of the Principality's southern border
America Bahamas In the largest removal operation undertaken this year, Deportation Unit carried out deportation of a total of 105 Haitian nationals to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on a chartered flight departing from Lynden Pindling International Airport, New Providence
Europe Serbia Pancevo refinery of NIS Serbian Oil Industry, mainly Russian-owned, is suspending production due to a lack of crude oil as a result of US sanctions imposed over Russia for the war with Ukraine; NIS will continue to supply domestic market
Africa eSwatini Eswatini Events Managers and Promoters Association EEMPA has warned scammers from releasing fake posters as the festive seasons approaches; to detect false advertisement EEMPA will be working with authorities to prevent misleading advertising
Europe Bulgaria Crowds took to the streets in Sofia and other cities on Monday night to protest against centre-right populists governing coalition GERB; the largest protests since the 1990s saw a major presence of young people who organized themselves via TikTok and IG
Europe Iceland Journalists’ Union is increasingly concerned about independent media in Iceland after Sýn’s decision to stop broadcasting weekend evening news, announcing layoffs confirms a worsening operating environment
Asia Cyprus Police has called to make football violence ‘a thing of the past’, implementing security inside and outside the stadium and neighbouring areas and inviting teams to tone down the rhetoric; measures are taken after recent episodes of inconsiderate behavior
America Cuba Havana authorities have measured in cubic meters the volume of garbage in the streets, with people hoping they would collect it, as data was used for a study to "plan better" that would involve support from the private sector
Africa Kenya Mara Sports Festival will bring together over 15.000 young athletes and 19 sporting disciplines at the Ulinzi Sports Complex and Nyayo Stadium from December 6 to 11; themed “Forging Champions, Building Futures”, the event involves schools and communities