Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
Europe Norway Oslo Shooting Centre has to appear today in court because it does not want to pay the fine it received for improper storage of weapons after several weapons disappeared from the centre
Asia United Arab Emirates A year after premarital sex was decriminalized, unmarried mothers can no longer go to jail for having a baby, but they do if they do not have documents for their children, which they can't get, being de facto trapped in a bureaucratic limbo
Asia Laos The government aims to attract 709 enterprises to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) over the next five years to create jobs for local people and generate more revenue for the state budget
Africa Zambia A recent board meeting of the Times of Zambia has decided to liquidate the newspaper company, the oldest newspaper entity in the country; all 200 workers will lose their jobs by June
Europe Andorra The Minister of Culture and Sport and the Director of the Service for Linguistic Policies presented the new awareness campaign on the use of the official language aimed at the entire population, highlighting the richness of Catalan
Asia Oman The ongoing exhibition 'Sustainability and Job Opportunities', themed on the country's geological heritage, has been extended until 15 January 2022, given the large turnout of visitors
Africa Ghana Analysis of the fruit processing sector shows it is under-utilised, with only about 62% of total capacity actually operating at peak production; high production losses, unfavourable national regulations, cheap imported juices on the market cause this
America Colombia The state will receive a US$48.5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support its decarbonization and sustainability agenda
Africa Lesotho AsaaseGPS Limited, a Ghanaian software development company, will give the capital city of Maseru a new and effective digital addressing system that can provide accurate data to improve service delivery and assist in the formulation of appropriate policies
Africa Uganda Linneti Kirungi, the founder and executive director of Hope Care Rescue Mission (Hocram), a non-governmental organisation that supports acid survivors, called for stricter laws against the sale of acid and against perpetrators
America Antigua and Barbuda The government has sent EC$2.000.000 to the court-appointed receiver of LIAT - the Carabbean airline - for distribution to former LIAT workers residing in the country
Asia Japan Fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa and his producer Yozo Hirano have returned to Earth after spending 12 days on the International Space Station
America Brazil A number of supermarkets across Europe have decided to no longer sell Brazilian beef products that are linked to the state’s illegal deforestation