Asia Indonesia Officials in East Jakarta faced backlash after using an AI-generated image to respond to a public complaint, raising concerns over transparency; The fact highlight risks of using AI in public communication without clear disclosure or verification
Africa Burkina Faso Relatives of the victims of an attack that claimed hundreds of lives in August accused the head of the country's junta, Captain Ibrahim Traore, of being responsible for the tragedy
Asia Israel The Houthi group claims to have launched a new hypersonic ballistic missile that flew some 2.000 km towards the centre of Israel, evading air defence systems and triggering a fire not far from Tel Aviv; Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to retaliate
Asia Bhutan The country has experienced an unprecedented surge in extreme weather events, with a record 10 incidents in the last three years alone; National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology attributes this alarming spike to climate change
Africa Botswana Botswana's future in exporting beef to the EU will depend on proving that the product has not contributed to deforestation practices and biodiversity loss, as the EU formulated the Deforestation Regulation that will come into force on 1 January 2025
Europe Portugal Korean Air has launched flights between Lisbon and Seoul Incheon, becoming the second direct connection from Eastern Asia to Portugal; first route, linking Hangzhou to Lisbon via Beijing, was opened in 2017
Africa Benin All UNIBEN students trapped in the collapse of a three-storey building in a popular student housing estate in Benin have been rescued by emergency responders, said the Edo State Government
Asia United Arab Emirates An increasing number of tenants are relocating from Dubai to the northern emirates, namely Sharja and Ras al-Kaima, driven primarily by affordability and supported by hybrid work arrangements that offer more flexibility to employees
America Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago's men's hockey team won the 2024 Pan American Challenge and qualified for the 2025 Pan American Cup in Uruguay
Europe United Kingdom Ormiston academies trust, a 35.000-pupil academy chain that runs 44 state schools, will be the first in England to ditch phones, with eight secondary schools adopting new policies this term and others to follow
America Venezuela Venezuela revoked Brazil's authorization to safeguard Argentina's embassy in Caracas, endangering six anti-government opposition members seeking asylum there and accusing the embassy of facilitating terrorist activities against President Nicolás Maduro
Asia Cambodia The Festival of the Sea 2024, the 11th, will be held this year in Kampot Province from 13 to 15 December with the theme 'Celebrating Coastal Heritage and Sustainability', it was announced by the Ministry of Tourism
Europe Austria Wien Energie, Vienna's state-owned heat and gas supplier, will avoid buying Russian gas and ensure that it is not sold to its customers from 2025 onwards
America Bahamas The second reef warning station, worth $140.000, will be placed in Eleuthera and will collect weather data and support climate change efforts