Oceania Palau A historic $15 million financing agreement has been signed with Saudi Arabia, marking a shift in how Palua's National Development Bank will now operate, as the loan will be directly invested into building affordable housing
Africa Eritrea Ethiopian Airlines has discontinued flights to Eritrea, which had announced it would discontinue all Ethiopian Airlines flights by the end of the month; flights between the two nations had resumed in 2018, following a peace agreement
Oceania Tuvalu Emphasising the existential threat that climate change poses to Pacific nations such as Tuvalu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulson Panapa, called for urgent investment and action to launch the Pacific Resilience Facility
America Costa Rica Thousands of people marched in Costa Rica to defend public education, protesting government budget cuts under President Rodrigo Chaves, who has reduced funding below the constitutionally mandated 8% of GDP
Asia Mongolia Russian President Putin was welcomed in the country, which ignored calls to arrest him on the basis of an international arrest warrant, despite Ukraine's urging; the European Union expressed concern that Mongolia would not execute the arrest warrant
Africa Ghana Ghana's cocoa regulator plans to increase the state-guaranteed price to cocoa farmers for the 2024/25 season by almost 45%, which would be the second consecutive increase
Europe Romania The Ministry of Agriculture is working on an emergency decree to limit the mark-up on Romanian food products to 20%, following the model of the existing ceiling for 17 commodities
Asia Georgia If Georgian Dream party were to win the elections with a constitutional majority, constitution would be amended to reflect Orthodoxy as pillar of Georgian state’s identity, stated Bidzina Ivanishvili, head of the ruling Georgian Dream party
Asia Cyprus Netflix’s series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their views; Cyprus President Christodoulides said those reacting negatively to it “have obviously not watched it”
Africa Gambia The Justice Minister defended the new draft of the Constitution, a reform considered essential by international partners in order to guarantee political stability for the country and which should be voted on in 2025
Europe Albania A draft audit on the functioning of the Bank of Albania found that the central bank printed money to finance the purchase of an iconic Tirana hotel and other expenses
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The resumption of schooling in the armed crisis zones in the north-east of the country has not been guaranteed, given the difficulties of running classrooms with hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and a protest strike calling for a boycott
America Jamaica The Banana Board has urged farmers to prioritise the proper use of fertilisers to aid crop recovery after periods of heavy rains, as these can wash away essential nutrients, leading to the depletion of the soil
Europe Serbia The country is unlikely to join the European Union by 2028, warned President Vučić, who expressed scepticism about the EU's willingness to admit new members before 2030