Oceania Nauru Nauru embraces a name change, and the beginning of renewed national pride, as the President decided to get back to traditional name Naoero for the country without holding a referendum
Africa Chad As every Saturday, 'Show Time' radio program is on air; launched in 2001, it aims at promoting urban music in N'Djamena and it is an opportunity for the producers to support rap artists to become professionals without a dynamic, sustained music industry
America Costa Rica The nation’s authorities, concerned about surging migration from Venezuela, have imposed visa requirements for Venezuelan visitors
Oceania Samoa Two Supreme Court cases that will delve into the constitutional requirements for 10 per cent female representation in parliament have been adjourned until next month before the Chief Justice
Africa Republic of the Congo The first continental centre for artificial intelligence research (CARIA), dedicated to research on humans and the use of technology for socio-economic development, has been opened at Denis Sassou N'Guesso University
Europe Greece The Ministry of Environment and Energy has ordered a temporary halt to seismic surveys in the northern Ionian Sea amid concerns that the activity is responsible for the recent beaching of three Cuvier's beaked whales on the coast of the island of Corfu
America Guatemala The indigenous community of Q’eqchi’ asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn the country since the government hasn’t granted the community their respective land rights
Africa Mauritania An air transport agreement has been signed with Rwanda national carrier RwandAir to establish flights to the country, which will become the company's thirtieth destination
Europe Malta Animal Welfare Commissioner Alison Bezzina is calling for greater awareness of prejudice against pit bulls after Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo equated the breed with violence
Africa Mauritius A site visit was made to the southern region by several ministers to identify the transport and road infrastructure problems faced by the inhabitants of this area
America El Salvador The Ministry of Tourism declared that ever since Bitcoin became a legal tender, tourism has grown by approximately 30%
Europe Netherlands Utrecht city council has become the third of the big Dutch cities to make a formal apology for its role in slavery, following on from Amsterdam and Rotterdam
America Jamaica The Minister of Transport and Mines hailed the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project as an important example of sustainable land use, with the goal of improving bauxite communities by encouraging the productive use of mined land for agriculture
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso signed an executive decree that grants certain prisoners early freedom in order to avoid overcrowding in state prisons