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
Asia Syria Damascus' parliament recently approved the budget law for 2022, with a total amount of $5,3 billion; the figure is lower than 2020 and 2019, a symptom of the deep crisis the country is going through
Africa Senegal The typical Senegalese dish ceebu jën, made with rice and fish, has been inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list
Africa Chad The country has planned to deploy an additional 1.000 UN blue helmets to Mali to reinforce its troops fighting armed groups there
America Chile Gabriel Boric is the new president elected, at 35 the youngest in the country’s history; he got over 55% of the votes in elections that recorded a turnout of nearly 56%, the highest since voting stopped being mandatory in 2012
Europe San Marino The San Marino Statistics Office reports that from October 2020 to October 2021, there was an overall 6,4% increase in frontier work
Oceania Australia The first true millipede was discovered in Western Australia, 60m underground; it has the most legs of any living animal -1306-, as the largest number of legs found so far is 750
Oceania Papua New Guinea The PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum has partnered with the world's largest voluntary club association, Rotary, on a humanitarian project to ship a total of 3,3 million medical grade respiratory masks to health workers in the country
Africa Somalia The UN Security Council has voted to extend a program allowing international naval forces to fight piracy off the Somali coast, but only for a limited period of three months
Africa Mali The practices and cultural expressions linked to the M'Bolon, a traditional percussion musical instrument, have been included in the Urgent Safeguard List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity, during the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee
Asia Singapore The country's domestic non-oil exports (NODX) rose by 24,2% year-on-year in November, marking the biggest jump in nearly a decade and the 12th consecutive month of growth
Africa Gambia The main opposition party, the United Democratic Party, has filed a petition challenging the result of the December 4 presidential election, affirming there is evidence of electoral fraud
Oceania Solomon Islands Ms Christina Lasaqa is the first female Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Telekom Company Ltd; the formal announcement has been made by the chairman of the board of directors
Africa Zimbabwe Zimbabwean-born rugby great David Pocock is seeking political office in the Australian Senate, which has always been sensitive to issues such as LGBTQ rights and climate change