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 Guinea-Bissau People from the Cacheu region, represented by the head of the Movimento Região de Cacheu Seguro Djedo Pati Mendes, asked the Minister of State and Interior, Botche Candé, for security to combat cattle theft and armed robberies, frequently recorded lately
Asia East Timor Skier Yohan Goutt Gonçalves will be competing in his third Olympics, representing the country in alpine skiing at Beijing 2022; besides his sporting ambitions, the athlete has become a figurehead for other 'small ski nations' around the world
America Dominica The “Nature Isle” ranks 3rd in the region in terms of safety, according to CS Global Partners, a London-based government advisory firm, and 33rd in the world considering data from the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2021 and World Governance Indicators (WGI)
Asia South Korea The city of Busan, UN-Habitat and the blue tech company Oceanix have signed an agreement to build the world's first prototype of a sustainable, flood-resistant floating city, a possible solution for coastal cities threatened by rising sea levels
Africa Nigeria Early and forced marriages are still widely spread, with very high rates compared to the continent, as federal and state governments do not enforce existing laws to prevent them, as Human Rights Watch recalled in a recent press release
Africa Senegal Senegal football national team goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has been crowned the best goalkeeper of the year at the Fifa The Best awards, ahead of Italy's Donnarumma and Germany's Neuer
Oceania Samoa The completion of the Christian Church building in the Worship Centre may be delayed by current difficulties of the shipping and imported goods markets, but it is still expected to be ready by the first quarter of this year
Asia Indonesia Since Jakarta is sinking, the capital will be moved to "Nusantara", a city that will rise 2.000 km from the current one, on the island of Java; work will begin with the approval of the budget law and the city will be ready by 2024
America Costa Rica A sexual assault case against a Danish tourist has caused a wave of feminist protests demanding the government to re-educate their population rather than censor women’s clothing, the latter openly presented so far as contrasting measure
Africa Angola 63.000 families in the municipalities of Cuemba, Camacupa and Nhârea have, since February last year, registered to benefit from the Program for the Strengthening of Social Protection "Kwenda"
Europe Serbia While EU officials have welcomed the results of Serbia's referendum on constitutional changes, opposition parties have expressed suspicions about fraud - although the fact that several cities voted "No" to the government has given them optimism
America Argentina For the first time in history, the country can directly invest on the US stock market’s Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Europe Finland Neste will donate a total of €1 million to Finnish universities to support research and education in the chemical industry and to further strengthen collaboration between industry and the scientific community