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 Thailand In a bid to re-launch the country's reopening, the dates for the Thailand International Boat Show have been confirmed, and it will be held from 6-9 January 2022
Asia United Arab Emirates The Abu Dhabi Civil Code was reformed, allowing non-Muslims to marry, divorce and obtain shared custody of their children on the basis of civil law and not on Sharia principles
Africa Togo Local company Kya-Energy Group, with funds provided by the US Agency for Cooperation, will develop the project to electrify 20 health centers using off-grid solar technology to provide lighting, power refrigerators for vaccines, sterilizers, etc
America Argentina In order to fight obesity, a condition that affects 32% of the Argentinian population, the state passed a law to implement specific warning labels on products that contain an excess in sugar or calories
Europe Ireland A new portrait of Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume will be unveiled at a major art fair in Dublin; the painting is by acclaimed Irish artist Vincent Devine
Africa Equatorial Guinea The energy minister has outlined a series of plans that include resuming work on an abandoned floating LNG project, which, in order to exploit national gas resources, will be developed in a cross-border manner
Africa Guinea The container terminal at the autonomous port of Conakry has received four new gantry cranes, adding to the eight already in force
America Bahamas Average prices of clothing and shoes increased by 12,7% as a result of the 42,3% increase in the price of crude oil, consequence of a steady rise of the country's inflation, as per data of The Central Bank of The Bahamas
America Uruguay Citizens demonstrated their outrage against a new law that raises the national retirement age; through manifestations in the Montevideo capital they sought a dialogue with the government which has yet to take place
Europe France The 14th Pride Festival of LGBT Cultures and Identities is taking place for 14 days at the Cité Universitaire in Paris, with the goal of bringing more attention on the community
Oceania Kiribati The country's former president, Anote Tong, is travelling the world trying to secure a future for his people, who are in danger of sinking by the end of the century as a result of climate change
America Belize The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provided the country with US$610 million in political risk insurance, thus contributing to sovereign debt relief and funding for environmental projects
Africa Cape Verde The Anjos da Noite project is working very well, with the coordinator reporting that it has distributed more than 21.000 hot meals and carried out more than 3.000 clean-up actions for the homeless in the city of Praia in four years