Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The country has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in the near future, following several Caribbean countries in doing so; the Ministry of Tourism began supporting the ban in 2018, starting a campaign called "Plastics Be Gone"
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
Africa Namibia The government's debt is expected to increase to US$140 billion, the Finance Minister said while presenting the 2022/23 national budget; it represents 71% of what the country produces
Africa Liberia The National Port Authority and the Maritime Authority have been ordered by the Senate to pay US$20.000 in compensation to each of the families of those who died on the vessel Niko Ivanka which sank in July 2021
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 Gabon According to the BEAC report on "Cemac's e-money payment services in 2020", e-money transactions exceeded CFAF 2.062 billion in 2020 (around 3 billion Euro), with the volume of e-money transactions increasing by 246% over five years
Asia Oman The heritage and tourism minister said he has developed a plan to benefit from the 2022 World Cup so that villages will be established in a number of governorates in the country with the benefit of the tourism and aviation sector
Oceania Marshall Islands An art exhibition of local artists that brought together students from four Majuro high schools with NGOs Jo-Jikum and Waan Aelon in Majel has been hosted by the US embassy in Majuro
America Paraguay The country officially declared that the state of emergency has ended and has lifted pandemic restrictions such as temperature checks and social distancing; the only rule still maintained is masks
Europe Finland Government parties have agreed on the reform of the Mining Act, planning to increase the influence of municipalities on whether or not a mine is established, making mining permits subject to a local master plan, rather than regional one
Africa Seychelles A survey launched across the country seeks public opinion on the marketing of sex toys, with the consultations set to help the Department develop regulations to ensure the proposal is implemented in the most effective and safe way
Africa Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau's former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has been banned from leaving the country because of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt last year
America United States Mrs. Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated to the Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation