Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Europe Hungary The teachers, represented by the Teachers' Union (PSZ) and the Democratic Teachers' Union (PDSZ), are demanding a pay rise from the government and an end to the policy of sending unvaccinated teachers on unpaid leave
Africa Burundi Human Rights Watch has called for a transparent investigation to establish the truth and ensure justice for the fire that broke out in a severely overcrowded prison in Gitega, the political capital, in December 2021
Europe Austria The country is introducing a €1,7 billion package of measures to help households cope with rising energy costs, with one-off payments of €150 for unemployed people and households paying up to the maximum level of mandatory social security contributions
America United States IAVI, a nonprofit scientific research organization, and biotech company Moderna announced that a clinical trial of experimental HIV RNA-based vaccine has started at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Africa Central African Republic Students living on the university campus in Bangui have denounced the hygienic conditions and the advanced degradation of the university pavilions built in the 1970s
Africa Cameroon Brewing company Guinness Cameroon has unveiled the winner of its Orijinal Challenge, a competition aimed at celebrating made-in-Cameroon products: the prize goes to Ernest Claude Ewoty Ndjie, who makes flour from cassava peels
Africa Zimbabwe Numerous migrants, including a good number of women, are making their fortunes as entrepreneurs, doing economic progress in the country which is struggling with more than 90% unemployment, according to the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
America Dominican Republic Drivers of public passenger transport in Santiago, whose fare has been increased from 30 to 35 pesos, said that "the salt has been worse than the goat" because fewer people now use their services
Oceania Vanuatu The Ministry of Education and Training has signed the Home School Package for which more than 26.000 school booklets will be printed and strategically pre-positioned in the two provinces, ready to be distributed in case of a new blockade
America Paraguay The Paraguayan Association of Meat Producers and Exporters (Appec) stated that the continuous heat waves and wildfires are affecting the livestock industry, and that 2022 already seems to be a ‘lost’ year for national meat production
Europe Russia Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he favours "mutually respectful" relations with the US and denied posing a threat to Ukraine
Europe Germany A storm hit coastal areas in the north, disrupting rail services and prompting flood warnings even in the port city of Hamburg, with the port inundated as water levels in the Elbe River, which flows into the North Sea, rose 5,2 metres above normal levels
Africa Tunisia Some 47.957 individual photovoltaic systems connected to the low-voltage grid have been installed since 2011, generating savings of some 117,9 million dinars (US$40 million) on fuel costs, according to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company