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
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Accusing the class of 'incompetence and negligence', the unions of health workers proclaim themselves "even more distant" from Health Minister Neves said Benvinda Vera Cruz, spokesperson for the unions of doctors, nurses, technicians, administrative staff
America Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley scored a landslide victory in the January 19 election for her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) in the country's first election since it became a republic, winning all 30 seats in the national legislature
Africa Cape Verde The Boa Vista Musicians Association has a new leadership, with musician Ezequiel Silva Monteiro, who recently became the new president, promising to work with the team to turn ideas into projects
America Cuba Musician Elaín Morales will begin his 2022 "a tour of Cuba, for diversity and non-violence" today, with presentations lasting until September in different provinces of the country to celebrate his 22-year artistic career
Europe Netherlands Dutch museums and concert halls are temporarily turned into hairdressing salons in protest against the Dutch government's Covid-19 restrictions, which allow the opening of beauty salons but not cultural venues
Asia Jordan Dana Biosphere Reserve is at 25th place out of 52 in the NY Times ranking of the most prominent and beautiful in the world; it also includes archaeological ruins from the Byzantine, Nabataean and Roman periods and the ancient copper mines in Wadi Faynan
Europe Liechtenstein Cello player Moritz Huemer will be performing with Berliner Philharmoniker in three concerts, chosen as best best substitute among fellow musicians
America Saint Kitts and Nevis Paradise Beach in Nevis has been named 'Best Villa Resort of the Year' in the 2021 Caribbean World Travel and Living Awards; the CEO of the Nevis Tourism Authority has declared his satisfaction
Asia Laos Tad Yuang waterfall has won an ASEAN award for sustainability, for improvements to facilities and services, vaccinated staff and measures to prevent the spread, and the fact that provincial authorities have encouraged locals to grow organic vegetables
Europe United Kingdom The Department for Transport spent almost £900.000 on research requested by PM Johnson for the possibility of building a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland; its estimated cost of up to £355 billion was judged "impossible to justify"
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The Gujaratis group of artists has begun development of the world's tallest statue of Mother Mary, probably 50 feet and made of fibreglass with a metal structure inside, in the town of Katebi Kolwezi, which will take three months to complete
Asia Syria The General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Syria received five archaeological pieces from the Nabu Museum in Lebanon during a celebration held at the Beirut National Museum also sponsored by Syria's ambassador to Beirut, Ali Abul-Karim
Asia Armenia Parajanov's film 'Hakob Hovnatanyan', a documentary on the artist, is the first Armenian film in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York