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
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The president of the SVG teachers' union is urging member teachers to report to work despite their vaccination status and not to submit their lesson plans to the Ministry of Education
Europe Vatican City A football match will be held today between representatives of the World Roma Organization and the "Pope's Team - All Brothers", to raise funds for the project "A Kick at Exclusion" promoting the inclusion of Roma and the most vulnerable
Asia India The ban on construction work ends today, while the ban on schools, imposed last week due to worsening air pollution levels, continues; the air quality index has reached values 20 times higher than WHO warning values
Asia Kuwait To step up efforts to create jobs for its citizens and set restrictions on hiring foreigners as part of a policy dubbed "Kuwaitisation", the contracts of 67 non-Kuwaiti administrative employees will be terminated by the end of the current school year
Asia Uzbekistan Citizens can check the amount of their pension savings through the recently launched online service on the single portal of interactive state services my.gov.uz
Oceania Vanuatu The country is planning to use the VT4 billion (US$35,6 million) budgeted for the 2027 Pacific Games to improve health facilities and the Development Committee of Officials has approved a document to ensure the investment
Africa Liberia After historian Burrowes found the document in August, it was officially recognised as the original purchase agreement for a tract of land that was to become the Liberian capital of Monrovia, shedding light on the acquisition of the only US Africa colony
Europe Romania Romania's Anti-Corruption Directorate arrested its own investigator for taking a €6.000 bribe; the amount is more than half the average year's salary in the country
Africa Sudan After more than 3 weeks of intensified repression and the authorities cutting off telephones, internet connection has now been restored; activists used social networks to invite people to post videos or information to witness the demonstration's violence
Africa Ethiopia Israeli citizens of Ethiopian origin demonstrated to ask the Israeli government to save the remaining Jews in the country; among the demonstrators was also the Ethiopian-born Minister of Integration, one of over 140.000 Jews of Ethiopian origin
Europe Lithuania The country has become one of the co-founders of the NATO Innovation Fund, which will invest in start-ups in member countries and help develop and apply emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence or biotechnology, for security and defence
Asia United Arab Emirates On Universal Children's Day, celebrated yesterday, the young people who visited Expo 2020 in Dubai could take part into a series of events, organized with support from UNICEF, aimed at helping them imagine a brighter future
Asia Philippines Huawei Philippines continues to empower future ICT talents with Seeds for the Future program, joined by over a hundred students