America Cuba Cuba's National Botanical Garden, affiliated with the University of Havana and considered the world's largest, will close "until further notice" due to lack of minimum amount of 10.000 diesel liter/month necessary for operation, said an official statement
Asia Sri Lanka A programme to conserve 30% of the country's land and ocean by 2030 has been launched by the government, with the aim of attracting $1,5 billion in green investments between 2025 and 2030
Europe Norway A team of researchers from the University of Oslo, NTNU Trondheim and the University of South Florida studied the skeletons of the Norwegian and Danish Vikings, concluding that the Norwegian ones had more weapons and can be considered more violent
Oceania Samoa A proposal was made to set up a Drug Control Council, with the task of monitoring drugs entering national borders, with particular attention to ingredients used in the production of illicit drugs
Asia Myanmar Floods, hunger and violence are having a devastating impact on cities and IDP camps across the country, reports Progressive Voice, an NGO
Europe Moldova 71 hospital wards have been repaired in recent years with funds from the state budget, while a further 13 wards, as well as food blocks and laundries, have been repaired with the development fund of the National Health Insurance Company
Asia Kuwait To address ongoing disputes and immigration violations, the government imposed travel bans on more than 43.000 people - both Kuwaitis and expatriates - in the first six months of 2024
Europe Malta Żminijietna, left-wing think-tank organisation, declared the need for more accessible and safe pavements in local communities
Asia Kuwait An official UAE National Guard delegation from the National Search and Rescue Center has visited the Sabah Al-Ahmad Coast Guard base to learn about Kuwait's search and rescue operations in the frame of joint security cooperation and exchange of expertise
America Haiti The streets, public markets and schoolyards of Cap-Haïtien were alive with the excitement and anticipation of high school seniors on their way to the official examination centres
Asia Iraq The country plans to build five new thermal power plants to add 10.000 megawatts to its electricity grid; the new power plants will be closed-cycle thus able to run on different fuels
Asia Kazakhstan Kazakh scientist Rauan Kaiyrzhanov has called for the creation of a national brain biobank to promote research into neurodegenerative diseases
Europe Iceland South Iceland is the region of the country with the largest population increase since December 2023, at 3,1% according to new data from Registers Iceland
Asia Oman The project for the construction of a flood protection dam in Wadi Anar and for the lateral protection of the port of Salalah, in the Dhofar governorate, achieved a completion rate of 81%