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
Oceania Papua New Guinea A huge leatherback turtle was rescued in Bougainville after a local schoolteacher, Anne Lydia Dandava, helped raise the alarm; stuck in the dense undergrowth, it was freed and released into the sea, saving it from poachers
Africa Namibia Amid surging cases of child rape and gender violence, the chairperson of the Coalition of Churches and Organizations on Ethical Social Justice said the coalition is focusing on rejecting calls to legalize same-sex marriages
Oceania Marshall Islands Large metal sheets hanging dangerously from the roof of the SGT Solomon Sam Memorial Court at the College of the Marshall Islands for several weeks had been removed; it is one of the most popular basketball and volleyball courts
America Honduras According to the Central American Monetary Council (CAMC), national inflation has risen so much that Honduras has become the state with the highest prices in all of Central America
Asia Bangladesh United International University in Dhaka inaugurated the first Brain Computer Interface research lab in the country, which is instrumental in increasing research capacity and helping to improve people's quality of life through 4IR technologies
Europe Malta The vast majority of candidates sitting for the popular SEC environmental studies exam opted to answer all questions in English, with only about 3% answering all questions in Maltese
America Bahamas The country has become the first Caribbean country to launch a second-generation National Decent Work Programme, a five-year plan with three national priority areas: jobs and skills, social dialogue and governance
Asia Kazakhstan The newly created Yelim-Ai National Ecotourism Association organiszed a conference to promote natural tourism and protect biodiversity together with national parks, state enterprises and the business community
Africa Madagascar The large, centuries-old baobab trees are used in the Mahafaly plateau, the country's driest region, as cisterns to cope with the growing water shortage
Africa Algeria State cereals agency has published an international tender for the purchase of 50.000 nominal tonnes of wheat for milling, sought for shipment in 2022 in three periods from the main supply regions, including Europe
Africa Ethiopia It has been officially announced that the country will host the 17th African Digital Economy Forum in 2022, with a key focus on addressing bottlenecks in the expansion of internet infrastructure and services in Africa
Asia Oman The Omani-Iranian Joint Military Friendship Committee has begun its annual meeting and will address a number of topics that would contribute to strengthening the existing cooperation in the military fields between the two countries
Africa Morocco The National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed an additional financing agreement of €18 million for the sustainability and security of drinking water supply in several regions of the country