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 Haiti Factory workers have been protesting in the last days outside the SONAPI industrial park complex in Port-au-Prince demanding a higher wage, $14 a day; it is the second major strike by workers in the space of three weeks
Asia Nepal Drop in remittances for the 3rd consecutive month, lack of tourists, crops destroyed by rains in October and rising inflation have brought a troublesome economic situation, while a severe shortage of chemical fertilizers is pushing up the price of food
Africa Namibia Industry experts at Westair Aviation have warned that the country will have to rely on foreign pilots after Namibia's Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) stopped funding for new trainees for the next three years
Africa Kenya The Kenya National Farmers Federation has launched its strategic plan for 2022-2026 with which they will support farmers' issues and requests; an important theme among others is sustainable agri-food system
Africa Angola Sino-Ord, the largest mosaic and tile factory, is looking for suppliers of recycled paper for its industry; currently sourced from far-away China and India, the company prefers to install raw material production lines in the country, thus reducing imports
Europe Luxembourg The country has joined a small group of countries to participate in the pilot phase of WHO's SARS-CoV-2 project BioHub, being the first to contribute COVID-19 virus samples to the new hub under the initiative
Oceania Marshall Islands Laura village resident Nicky Komanta went house to house monitoring salinity levels in private groundwater wells for 7 months, ending in November, with data on 240 wells to study future impacts of sea level rise
Africa Mauritania A new regular commercial shipping line between Algeria and Mauritania specifically dedicated to the transport of non-oil goods will soon be operational
Europe Romania Romanian startup XVision plans to take its AI-based X-ray analysis software to Western Europe and beyond after attracting €1m in a new seed funding round
Europe Netherlands Dutch startup Ocean Grazer has developed the Ocean Battery, which stores power underneath the wind farm, to overcome the problem of wasting energy when turbines produce electricity with the wind but demand is low
Asia Sri Lanka The Finance Ministry confirmed there is a small shortage of four essential goods - milk powder, LP gas, wheat flour and cement - and assured that at the moment sufficient stocks of all other items are on hand
Africa Seychelles Programmes on 'Byenveni Kreoflix', the country's first Creole entertainment streaming service, are also available through a monthly subscription; programmes are mainly in Creole with elements of English and French
America Saint Lucia The Saint Lucia National Youth Council (SLNYC), a democratic, independent and non-governmental organisation comprised of youth and student organisations, has reopened nominations for Executive Council positions for the 2021 - 2023 term of office