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
Asia Laos The country has said it will increase production of its drug Molacovir used to treat Covid-19, in response to growing demand which is expected to triple in 2022
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
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
Europe Greece The Ministry of Labour will seek to lower the youth unemployment rate, which reached 39% in November, the highest in the eurozone, by introducing a subsidised net salary of €570 for the first six months of full-time work for young people aged 18-29
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
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
Europe Austria The Austrian Catholic Church reported a decline in membership, with the number of Catholics dropping by about 1,6%, from 4,91 million in 2020 to 4,83 million
Europe Bulgaria A 11% drop of the population in ten years has been confirmed by the latest census, confirming that it is one of the countries in the world with the highest rate of population decline
Europe Switzerland A number of associations protested against initiatives by some cities and smaller towns to generalise 30 km/h in built-up areas
America Colombia Victor Escobar became the first person in the country to die by euthanasia without having a terminal illness
Asia Mongolia Internet users have increased by 38,4% in a decade, with 71,8% of the population aged 15 and over using the internet, according to the 2020 Population and Housing Census conducted by the National Statistics Office of Mongolia
Europe Croatia The town of Novska, known to be open to the gaming industry, opened a dormitory for a local secondary school that has introduced a course in game development
Asia Oman A team of Polish archaeologists has discovered a 4.000-year-old stone board game from the Bronze and Iron Age settlement near the village of Ayn Bani Saidah