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
America Colombia President Iván Duque announced that Spain will be investing over US$2.530 million in various projects to help with the country’s development
America Suriname The government will begin to gradually suspend national Covid-19 relief paychecks in order to progressively get citizens back into the workforce
America Bolivia This week the government starts providing health personnel with the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
Asia India In a boom of production of defense devices, Prime Minister Modi said that exports have increased by 325% in the last five years and that both private and public sectors are working hand in hand for national security
Asia Cyprus The country signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with Greece and Egypt to connect their respective electricity grids, identifying the initiative as a “beacon of stability” in the eastern Mediterranean
Africa Guinea-Bissau The director of the Aeronautical Meteorology Service acknowledged that there are many things that need to be improved to make the weather forecasting more accessible, comprehensible and useful to the population
America Venezuela Due to money laundering charges, the USA extradited Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and one of the most powerful allies of President Nicolas Maduro, resulting in the Venezuelan government apprehending 5 US oil executives as a way of retaliation
Africa Burundi Olivier Nihimbazwe, a 27-year-old from Gitega and a representative at the recent PreCop26, has reconfirmed his commitment in fighting climate change, specifically to reverse the recurring floods, landslides and soil erosion that are affecting his country
Africa Rwanda The new Join App has been launched to support healthcare providers in managing cancer, particularly breast and cervical cancer, by supporting communication and information sharing
Europe Slovakia The bill that aimed at abolishing the mandatory Slovak music quotas for commercial radio stations has been withdrawn by Culture Minister upon request of the Ministry of Finance
America Brazil This month the Central Bank used contractionary monetary policy in order to raise interest rates by one percent to tame the nation’s rising inflation; this is the most the country’s Central Bank has increased interest rates in the past 18 years
Europe Sweden Swedish inflation hit its highest level in 13 years in September as rising electricity costs are testing the central bank for price increases that exceed its target
Europe Germany The German Society for Nature Conservation, a major environmental group, urged action over the rising number of illegally killed wolves; 11 wolves were found this year, the highest number since the animal returned to the wild 21 years ago