Asia Syria Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed
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 Paraguay The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will donate US$4,5 million for the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program
America El Salvador The Global Entrepreneurship Week has begun, with the country hosting nationwide conferences, activities, and virtual workshops with the aim of fomenting entrepreneurial spirit within its population
Africa Morocco Rabat has been designated cultural capital of the Islamic world for 2022 by the World Islamic Organisation for Education, Science and Culture, in recognition of the successful implementation of an urban and cultural development programme launched in 2015
America Guyana Experts suggest that the recent price increase in crude oil in order to meet power demand will be beneficial for the state, since it will contribute to the nation’s economic development
Africa Gambia As the country's campaign and elections draw nearer, the Senior Programme Officer of the National Council for Civic Education has warned politicians to desist from any form of vote buying
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
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
America Honduras Thousands of Hondurans supporting right-wing politics held several protests to advocate against communism and abortion, which they named “the opposition’s strange ideologies”
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
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
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
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso announced at the COP26 climate conference that the country will create a marine reserve of over 60.000 square kilometres at the Galapagos Islands