Asia China "An open-source artificial intelligence zone" aimed at BRICS nations has been proposed by President Xi Jinping's at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, yet another sign of the increasingly fierce race for technological supremacy with the US
America Canada Justin Trudeau remains Canada’s prime minister as he wins his third federal elections after a campaign characterized by social tensions and populism never seen before - his liberal party will not be a majority in Parliament though
Europe Russia The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia was responsible for the "assassination" of former Russian security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko in London in 2006
America Nicaragua The country attended the first trial for its lawsuit against Colombia in front of the International Court of Justice, claiming that the neighboring country violated sovereign rights in their maritime area
Europe Moldova The community work days - a common practice in the USSR as a mean to clean the streets and parks of the capital - have been scheduled and will last until the end of November: citizens are asked to take part
America Chile The country announced that it will reopen its borders to international tourists right before its summer, in order to revive the national tourism sector that has been blocked since the pandemic struck
America Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez did not acknowledge Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela at The Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit
Europe Albania The country ranks first in Europe for the inability to perform health examinations: the Eurostat data system reported that 13,5% of Albanians do not have the possibility to access health examinations because they are very expensive
Europe Norway State-controlled Equinor (EQNR.OL) and its partners will be allowed to increase gas exports from two offshore fields by 2% for the next 12 months amid concerns over a shortage of European supplies that have sent prices soaring
America Panama In order to reboot tourism, the government announced that it will start vaccinating visitors who wish to, officially making Panama the first Latin American country to take this initiative
Oceania Fiji Secondary school students eligible to receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine have volunteered to get the vaccine in Naviti, Yasawa, where rising cases have forced an inter-island blockade for several weeks
Asia Kyrgyzstan Residential buildings in the city of Batken have been handed over to 36 families affected by the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border over the rights to access water resources this April
Asia Thailand Since taxis have been idle due to the pandemic, they are being used by the Ratchaphurek Taxi Cooperative to grow food for the unemployed drivers; miniature vegetable gardens are set up in black bins on bamboo frames on the roofs of the cars
America Barbados PM sets new target of 50.000 vaccinated in 5 weeks; more and more people in the country are wondering when the curfew can be lifted and what greater freedoms the vaccinated can enjoy