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
America Saint Kitts and Nevis PM Harris is assuring the country that his government is striving to make 2022 a better year for all than 2021, declaring that "our new year must be better than our 2021, for we serve a God who is abundantly able to make it better"
America Brazil Regardless of President Jair Bolsonaro’s objections, the country officially began vaccinating children aged five to eleven
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Budget 2022 will ensure that all lobster fishers receive free materials to construct up to 1000 additional lobster pots, and invest US$1,3 million in a partnership with Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union to grant fishers affordable loans to purchase boats
Oceania Kiribati Curfew has begun after the first commercial flight in almost two years brought 40 cases to the country which until now had been virtually untouched by the virus
Asia Singapore A coalition of students has called on universities to move away from the fossil fuel industry by 2030, after the group Students for a Fossil Free Future released the Fossil-Fuelled Universities report detailing the "extensive" links between the parties
Africa Burkina Faso The government announced last week that it had foiled a plot from within the armed forces to destabilise the state, which would have been the first coup of the year on the African continent
Africa Niger Two people have died after a structure collapsed on Saturday at the decommissioning site of the former COMINAK uranium mine, which was closed in 2021 after nearly 50 years of operation, with the ore reserves depleted
Africa South Sudan A digitalized traffic system, including signs to regulate traffic flow in Juba City, has been launched by the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the Juba City Council and private company Africa Innovative Automation
Europe Spain Actors, TV channels and 30.000 social media users have joined the search for a man's lost scarf in Albacete, after the widowed man put up posters around the city looking for the orange scarf given to him by his wife
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo An initial sum of US$450 million will be released for the implementation of the 145-territory development program: roads, health centres, hospitals and economic network to improve the living conditions of the population at the grassroots level
America Belize The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) announced that due to the new safe travel requirements, tourists must now apply for a Belize Travel Health Insurance, a mandatory policy to protect travellers against possible medical expenses
Asia India Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, warns of violence against Muslims in India, as attacks perpetrated by Hindus increase with little apparent official condemnation
Asia Iran The Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade has announced that Iran's exports have exceeded US$40 billion in the last ten months; it has been estimated that exports will reach US$45 billion by the end of the year