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
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 Nevis men have been recently honoured for promoting better gender relations and for their positive impact on the island's communities
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
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 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
America Suriname The Central Bank of Suriname is urging commercial banks to agree to drastically raise the interest rate in order to regulate inflation and the exchange rate; however, banks are hesitant to do so since they don’t want to negatively affect small companies
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 Mongolia As part of the livestock registration campaign announced at the national level by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, information on livestock was recorded and entered into a unified database, monitoring the movement
Europe Spain Thanks to new legislation - opposed only by the far-right Vox party - pets and wild species will no longer be considered "objects" in the Spanish civil code, but will be treated as "sentient beings"
Africa Zambia The Women's History Museum of Zambia, the Swedish Embassy in Lusaka and Wikipedia are collaborating to increase the number of narratives of Zambian women who contributed to the traditional and contemporary history, also for more gender equality in the web
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
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
Asia Pakistan One of the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers, Samsung, has finally started production in the country, raising the hopes of authorities and the industry that this would cut the country's import bill in the months ahead