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
Europe Denmark New data from Danmarks Statistik showed that 12.900 couples divorced in 2021 - an 18% decrease from the previous year and 19% lower than the average of the last ten years; there was also a 3% decrease from 2021 in marriages
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina With estimated 50.000 pathological gamblers, Sanela Pekic - associate expert for addiction prevention programs - pointed out that the country has a serious problem with gambling and betting
Africa Malawi The Africa Future Foundation has donated diagnostic laboratory test kits for Covid-19, HIV/AIDS, syphilis and malaria, worth 150 million Kwacha (more than US$8 million) to the Ministry of Health
Oceania Solomon Islands To re-establish its presence in a strategic region and counter China's growing presence in the Pacific, the United States intends to reopen its embassy in the country, closed since 1993
America Bahamas The EU has named the country on a list of those that have not fully complied with a criterion relating to base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and having to do with a country's minimum reporting standard
Asia Afghanistan UNICEF has expressed concern over the situation of malnourished children in the country, adding that Indira Gandi Hospital in Kabul receives up to 8 malnourished children every day
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis has passed a motu proprio entitled "Fidem servare" modifying the organizational chart of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by separating the responsibility of the doctrinal and disciplinary sections, each with its own secretary
Europe Greece About 43.000 tonnes of plastic packaging are neither landfilled nor recycled in the country every year according to a study by the think tank IOBE; for the low recycling rate of plastic packaging, about 127 million will have to be paid to the EU
Asia Bhutan Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, a Bhutanese film by director Pawo Choyning Dorji, has been nominated for an Academy Award - a first for the country; the film is shot at 3000 metres in a valley without electricity, reachable with an eight-day walk
America Mexico Avocado imports from Mexico - the largest avocado provider for the US - have been suspended after an American inspector received a call from organized crime call from the country
America Dominica Following his first single from 2020 "Vote them out", Dominican reggae artist Garner "Fingee" Fingal has released "Give and You Will Get", available now on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal
Oceania Fiji A foreign investor is looking for locations in the Yasawa Group, the archipelago in the Ba province, to build a six-star hotel that would employ 4500 people, announced the Economy Minister, who stressed the government's efforts to provide jobs for Fijians
Asia Pakistan Archaeologists in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan have unearthed a 2.000-year-old Buddhist temple that promises to be one of the oldest in the country