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 Algeria The country mourns the death of Othmane Belouizdad, a historical figure in the struggle for independence from France, the last survivor of the "Group of 22", independence activists who in 1954 launched the armed battle against French colonisation
America Antigua and Barbuda The Upper Renfrew residential area of St John's is home to Indies Greens, the island's only aquaponics farm and training centre, which combines aquaculture and hydroponics to produce fish and vegetables at the same time
Oceania Marshall Islands The National Telecommunications Authority is currently installing a new mobile phone tower in the Batkan area of Majuro, which is expected to end the area's reputation as a "dead zone" for cellular calls
Oceania Nauru The Government does not longer have to buy water tanks from abroad as there is now a machine owned and operated by a local business man for this purpose
Asia Israel The country is facing high fertility problems with an already dense population, expected to almost double by 2050, having an average reproduction rate of 3 children per woman; local demographers denounced politicians for doing nothing about it
Africa Morocco The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MmVI) in Rabat has switched to solar power, becoming the first museum in Africa to integrate a solar solution with an intelligent energy storage and management system
Africa Malawi An innovative UNICEF project is increasing vaccine access and confidence in rural Malawi through the use of mobile vaccination vans that deliver vaccines to hard-to-reach communities, particularly among pregnant women
America Jamaica The Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme has been officially launched and could become the largest pension scheme in the country, for which the government will pay $1 billion, targeting about 360.000 workers of the industry
America Grenada Unvaccinated workers may have to pay for PCR tests to be conducted every fortnight in 2022, no longer passing this cost on to the state or the businesses that employ them
America Panama A rain frog species was newly discovered in the country; it was named “The Greta Thunberg Frog”, in honour of the climate activist
Africa Cameroon The mayor of Bangangté has given away 100 tickets and as many coach tickets to go to the Senegal-Guinea football match as part of the African Cup of Nations to avoid another day of almost total emptiness in stadiums
Europe France Teachers went on strike again this week, in a mobilisation described by the unions as "unprecedented in decades", over the government's handling of the health crisis and the health protocols, the last of which is considered unsustainable
Africa Guinea-Bissau Eusébio Mango Fernandes won the award for football entrepreneur of the year in the country, at the eighth edition of the "Blue Fashion" Gala, held for the first time in Bissau