America Panama A tanker paid a record $5,3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal before the number of daily transits will be reduced due to the El Niño weather phenomenon; rainfall deficits and drought deplete water reserves needed to operate the canal
Europe North Macedonia The request to raise the minimum wage to 18.000 denarii was discussed at a meeting of the Economic and Social Council, without agreement; a new meeting is scheduled for tomorrow to determine how much will be raised
America Trinidad and Tobago Participate Learning, a US-based company, is recruiting 100 Trinidadian teachers to explore teaching positions in the US and is willing to pay for accommodation and relocation
Asia Taiwan Production studio Pili International Multimedia, which has been producing content featuring traditional Taiwanese glove puppets for five generations, is now exploring the idea of expanding its exposure globally through NFT
Asia Laos The country is about to start experimental production of drugs to help in the treatment of drug addiction in accordance with the strategy of the Ministry of Public Security
Asia Nepal A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with India for the construction of a motorised bridge over the Mahakali River linking Dharchula (India) with Darchula (Nepal), improving cross-border connectivity
Asia Qatar Qatar Airways announced an order for 30 787-9 Boeing Dreamliners and 10 777-300ERs at $11,7 billion at list prices and signed a Letter of Intent for up to 60 737MAX for $6,9 billion; the deal was saluted in the US as a precious support to local employment
Oceania Tonga The country enters isolation after several cases of Covid were recorded in the capital Nuku'alofa; as suspected, Covid-19 may have arrived along with the aids
Asia Kazakhstan Human rights commissioner Elvira Azimova said that the Ombudsman will investigate police violence against protesters
Africa Seychelles With reforestation and increased biodiversity at the heart of its objectives, the National Assembly has adopted part of a wetland on the outskirts of the capital that is home to the red mangrove, one of the seven mangrove species native to the Seychelles
Asia Azerbaijan Working closely with Turkish-speaking countries, the country has started broadcasting a new radio, Radio TMB, which will contribute to the development of the interstate information space by covering all districts of the country
Asia Saudi Arabia The country has regsitered one of the highest adoption curves of contactless payments in the world over the past three years, with the overall share of contactless payments reaching 95% during the period
Europe Sweden The country is trialling a system to improve its emergency response services; it features drones delivering defibrillators, with drone developer Everdrone collaborating with researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm from 2019
Europe Kosovo The latest surveys of the Balkan lynx, the subspecies of lynx found in the country's mountains, as well as North Macedonia and Albania, sketch a difficult scenario for the future of one of Europe's most endangered mammals