Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
America Saint Lucia Saint Lucia will benefit from a regional initiative to help governments deliver climate-resilient infrastructure projects: the Caribbean Resilient Infrastructure Implementation and Skills Exchange RIISE Facility is funded by Canada and hosted by UNOPS
Oceania Australia Police in New South Wales rejected arming guards at Jewish events; The Australian Jewish Association told the antisemitism royal commission that private security guards at Jewish events should be armed, authorities fear that would further fracture society
Europe Switzerland Draught is having multi-faced consequences in Switzerland: while in St Gallen in some cases water has to be transported to the Alps by helicopter, high temperatures and lack of rainfall seem to curb ticks and invasive beetles like Takahashia japonica
Europe Andorra Researchers seek to confirm if there is still permafrost in Clots de la Menera: in the frame of the European PERMAPYRENEES project, the second phase will study the thermal behavior of the subsoil in Grau Roig until 2029
Asia Georgia Georgia’s national AI team delivered an outstanding performance at the Central European AI Olympiad, bringing home four medals, with every member of the team returning to Georgia as a medalist
Asia Bhutan Bhutan’s education minister has called for a ban on social media use under 16, arguing that excessive online exposure is harming students mental health; It would introduce age-based restrictions to create a safer digital environment for young people.
Africa Zimbabwe Mutapa Gold Resources, State-owned, secured a $125 million loan from local banks to finance the development of Sharmva Hill Project, that is expected to increase annual gold production by 264% contributing by 6% to national gold output
Asia Kazakhstan Dispute with the foreign investors behind the Kashagan oil field has escalated; Kazakhstan warned the consortium’s managing director he could face administrative and criminal liability over its failure to pay an environmental fine of nearly $5 billion
Asia Iraq Preliminary designs for its flagship Development Road Project and railway corridor have been completed, marking a major milestone as the government prepares to advance one of its largest infrastructure initiatives into the implementation phase
Europe Ireland Hundreds of Irish writers will share millions of euro following a €1,31 billion settlement of a copyright infringement case by artificial intelligence giant Anthropic; first case against training of large language models will let authors share millions
America Saint Lucia Recent St Lucia Times article reporting that, according to data from FAO, Saint Lucia ranks 6th in the world for pesticide use intensity, unleashed a wave of comments from the public linking the mews with a number of diseases
America Guyana 87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters en route from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, an Indigenous community near Venezuela; over 70 people were killed in Guyana’s worst maritime disaster: government appointed international experts to investigate
Oceania Tonga 200 years of permanent establishment of Christianity in Tonga have been celebrated with major national commemorations, public events, the Free Wesleyan Church Conference and a day of holiday