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
America Grenada 10 athletes have represented the country at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games which conclude today in Cali, Colombia
Africa Seychelles Absa Bank Seychelles has launched the first touch-free ATM service, where customers will be able to use their smartphones to withdraw money; this is a safer option both at a time of pandemic and to prevent fraud and card cloning
America Costa Rica By winning the 2021 college elections of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Albana Chavarría became the first ever transgender President of a public university in Central America
Africa Togo The Togolese Fiscal Policy Unit - a technical team that assists the Minister of Economy and Finance in mobilising internal resources - is working on its 2022-2026 strategic plan
Europe Slovenia A collection of cultural and natural heritage, folk tales, stories and traditions has been presented at the Cankarjev Dom cultural centre in Ljubljana and will be part of the Google Arts & Culture portal
Oceania Vanuatu The country has welcomed a recent decision by Australia, which will allow unlimited importation of kava for commercial purposes from the country, a major producer of the plant
Asia Sri Lanka Despite glaring omissions at the player draft and last-minute franchise ownership changes, the Lanka Premier League begins today, with 20 matches scheduled in Colombo and Hambantota
Africa Chad Chadian Brahim Seïd has been appointed executive secretary of the Pan-African Great Green Wall Agency, an interstate agency created in 2010 to manage the Great Green Wall project
Europe Slovakia The country has overtaken the United States in sugar consumption, particularly through sugary drinks, and now belongs to the group of countries facing the worst food risks among OECD members
America Bahamas With projections for the tourism sector trending up for the first and second quarter of 2022, Tourism Director General suggested that the country could record one million stopover visitor arrivals for next year
America Dominica The coordinator of the home isolation program has urged people who are placed in home isolation to carefully follow the necessary protocols; last week 177 families were concerned
America Jamaica The Jamaica Fire Brigade has announced plans to increase its staff number adding 151 new positions over the next two fiscal years to the staffing level of 2100 persons
Asia Turkey A sudden rise in pet food prices and high value-added tax has forced pet owners to unite on social platforms to demand that authorities abolish value-added tax on pet food