Asia Philippines An Air Quality Index has been issued amid temporary haze from Indonesian forest fires; The Health Department advised residents to wear masks, limit outdoor activities, and remain indoor if possible
Asia Georgia The government will write off debts to 24 radio stations due to their difficult economic situation caused by the pandemic
Africa Benin The Cooperative of Mango Processors of Natitingou, in the north of the country, organised the Mango Festival to promote the fruit and introduce it to the population together with other mango products
Asia Mongolia The new Chinggis Khaan International Airport, located in the Khushig Valley 50km from Ulaanbaatar, has opened this weekend with the first flight to Tokyo
America Dominican Republic The average standard price for a container box shipped from China reaches today US$13.000 from the 2.500 of year 2020; the Dominican Federation of Merchants has raised alert on the direct consequence on consumer prices
Europe San Marino The first luxury shopping mall in the Republic's territory has been inaugurated; it is expected to generate a local economic impact of about 40 million, employ 800 people and welcome 2 million visitors a year
Africa Gambia The annual teachers' meet was recently held at the Sami Pocono Basic Cycle School, with teachers from over 14 schools attending to improve teaching effectiveness
America Haiti The world of literature mourns the departure of Dieudonné Fardin, man of letters, journalist, teacher, editor and literary critic
America Antigua and Barbuda Archaeologists may have new evidence for the formal identification of the 40m vessel - probably a French merchant ship - hidden for over 200 year in the mud of the Antigua Naval Dockyard at a depth of 2,5 meters
Asia Turkey Over 3.000 attempts of illegal excavations, counting those in known sites only, have been perpetrated by treasure hunters who saw the Covid-19 restrictions as an opportunity to dig up buried artifacts across the country ‘undisturbed’
Asia Azerbaijan The State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of Azerbaijan has officially launched the competition program "Renewed Face of Ancient Karabakh"
America United States House prices rose by 14.6% year on year, the fastest rate in the 34-year history of the S&P index; apparently one of reasons is the quest for settling out of bigger cities
Europe Sweden Coop Sweden closed over 400 of its 800 supermarkets after a cyberattack hit one of its software suppliers, resulting in misfunctioning of tills and self-service checkouts
America Panama At the central UN warehouse, humanitarian supplies are ready to be shipped to the Elsa-hit Caribbean, including 5 million water purification tablets, large collapsible water tanks up tp 10.000L, 97k insecticide mosquito nets, over 800 education boxes