Europe Malta The heating debate on overtourism must not become an argument against tourists or the tourism industry, Prime Minister Abela warned, or the sector would risk "a mortal blow"
America Barbados Emergency ambulance services modernized fleet and increased vehicles to 8, from 6, improving EAS efficiency in responding to the most urgent of a total of 15.000 calls a year to emergency number 511
Asia Bhutan In just a month the price of a tray of eggs in Thimphu has increased by 37,5% from Nu320 to Nu440 due to the delay in importing stocks for the reproduction of laying hens and broilers
Asia Laos State-owned enterprises are to be reformed under a new plan whereby failed managers running state-owned enterprises could lose their jobs if they have a poor performance and if the enterprise they run faces continuous losses
Africa Gambia Poverty is rising sharply in the country, especially among rural and disadvantaged families in urban settlements, 33% of whom have access to only one meal a day
Asia Iraq An initiative by UNICEF Iraq will provide 3.000 schools with Internet service; the fund stressed that the next step is to extend Internet connectivity to all schools
Asia South Korea A research team from the Daejeon Institute for Basic Sciences has developed a graphene film without lines, folds or layers, paving the way for technological advances in fields and industries such as semiconductors, displays and solar cell products
Africa Angola In the second quarter of 2021, US$407,2 million was spent on import of 682.355 million tonnes of oil refined products
Oceania Kiribati All 286 workers who were in New Zealand on 1 August, a third of whom (97) are women, are remaining in the country under the Recognized Seasonal Employer scheme, with no path home for any of them
Africa Sierra Leone A very significant step towards the recognition, promotion and implementation of decent work for women and men in the country was taken with the ratification of 8 ILO conventions and a protocol in a virtual ceremony with ILO Director-General Guy Ryder
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo To ease tensions between Chinese gold miners and the local people, who complain of great land impoverishment, the impossibility of cultivating it and non-compliance with regulations, several mining companies in South Kivu have been temporarily closed
America Haiti The country is trying to avoid the mistakes made after the 2010 earthquake by relying on a centralized group and are now having many Haitian-American organizations and individuals who are directly participating in a variety of initiatives
America Bolivia Massive wildfires overtake the country’s natural reserves and protected forests, burning over 800.000 hectares in a few days
America Guatemala Heavy rains caused extreme flooding across communities, resulting in over 14.000 people affected; households and authorities are trying to keep up with the ongoing damage