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 Qatar The Cultural Village Foundation, through the exhibition "Katara Football Art", wants to show that "football is an art", with many activities outside the football field including art and culture
America Venezuela The national Afro-Venezuelan holiday of San Juan Bautista, which celebrates the birth of the Saint which the holiday is named after, has been officially recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage celebration
Asia Japan Japan will contribute a record 376,7 billion yen ($3,4 billion) to the International Development Association, a World Bank fund for the poorest nations, in a bid to help them recover from the fallout of the pandemic
Africa Malawi The Minister of Health and chairperson of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 revealed that 700.000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine will expire this month; compulsory vaccination will be introduced next year for civil servants, journalists, health workers
Asia Mongolia SLA Digital has announced a new partnership with Unitel Group, a Mongolian telecommunications company, to act as a managed service provider for carrier billing; it will also offer digital content providers access to other payment options
Africa Burundi The government has signalled that it will not allow the recently appointed UN special rapporteur on human rights to enter the nation; the country has been rocked by deadly political violence and a crackdown on dissent around the 2015 national elections
Europe Ukraine Some 49,8% of Ukrainians do not support the idea of holding early presidential elections, according to a poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre's sociological service
Europe Belarus During the conference to discuss the counteraction of sanctions, President provided information on which NGOs can operate in the country, excluding those that have tried to "turn the country upside down by handing it over to outside forces"
Europe Kosovo Kosovo's justice ministry said it had reached a preliminary agreement to lease 300 prison cells to Denmark to help the Scandinavian country cope with its overcrowded prison system
Africa Niger The National Fair Diffa N'glaa officially opened in the craft village of Diffa to promote trade and economic exchanges within a framework of national and sub-regional integration
Asia Myanmar The use of the yuan has been approved for foreign trade to lessen financial pressure (and the decline of foreign currencies), and decouple its currency, the kyat, from the US dollar; it will be used in regulations for small goods at the border with China
America Colombia A recent report by the UNHRC stated that during the turbulent protests that took place in April there were a total of 63 deaths, therefore, the UN requested the government to change its ways of dealing with manifestations to avoid more tragedies