Asia Myanmar Peace talks with several smaller ethnic armed organizations have been promoted by Myanmar’s military government as evidence of ongoing national reconciliation; Critics argue the discussions exclude many of the country’s most powerful resistance groups
Asia India In Kashmir, India's northern region, elections for the state parliament took place: they are the first since 2019, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the region's 'special status' and thus a large part of its autonomy
Asia Pakistan A nationwide campaign to vaccinate more than 30 million children under 5 against polio has begun to contain the spread of the virus in the country: Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, was the only country where it was circulating until recent times
Europe Germany Primary electors of the Christian Democratic Union, the country's main conservative party, have chosen Friedrich Merz, the current leader of their national party, as their candidate for chancellor in the country's 2025 elections
Europe Norway Norway is the first country where more electric cars than petrol cars circulate, as announced by the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council on the basis of official car registration data: 754.303 registered cars are electric, 753.905 petrol
Africa Madagascar An international team of researchers has discovered an enigmatic rock architecture at Teniky, a site in the remote Isalo massif that is unparalleled on the island or on the East African coast with terraces, stone walls, stone pools and rock-cut structures
Asia Yemen Project Masam is removing deadly ordnance planted by the Houthis in Yemen and has seen the removal of 460.951 landmines and unexploded ordnance since the project began in 2018 under the supervision of Saudi Kingdom's aid agency KSrelief
America Dominica 'Flavors of the World Festival' will take place on 29 September at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium and is expected to offer participants a taste of cuisine and entertainment from around the world
Europe Russia 180.000 new soldiers will be drafted into the Russian army, bringing to 1,5 million the total number of soldiers in service; if confirmed, the decision would make the Russian army the second largest in the world after the Chinese one
Africa Mali Thanks to the use of artificial intelligence, children can read stories in their mother tongue, in the wake of a new awareness of the value of local languages, often overlooked in comparison to French
Africa Zambia Forecasts for the 2024/2025 rainy season predict normal or above-normal rainfall, with episodic heavy rainfall and flooding in rainfed areas, after the last rainy season was characterised by severe drought
Africa Mauritania Velmie, providing software technology for fintechs, partnered with A2 Holding, a Nouakchott-based connectivity group, to explore the market and launch a joint agent banking project
Africa Liberia Liberia has signed with Rwanda a strategic general cooperation agreement that marks a key step in strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between the two nations
Asia Syria Education in north-west Syria is suffering from both personnel and infrastructure problems; public schools experience persistent crises with lack of necessary supplies, shortages of fuel and school books, and low teacher salaries