America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Europe Austria Austrian agriculture is struggling with the effects of the severe drought of recent weeks and months: damage to agriculture caused by the drought is estimated at €150 million
Africa Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who travelled to Beijing as part of the Sino-African Cooperation Forum, then left for Budapest to finalise a military partnership that had been under discussion for almost a year
Europe Ukraine President Zelensky appointed former Minister of Arms Production Oleksandr Kamyshin as external advisor for strategic issues, following the resignation last week of Kamyshin, who was Minister of Strategic Industries and oversaw arms production
America Antigua and Barbuda The first international flights will land in Barbuda next month: the government finally received approval from the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority after a long wait
America Bahamas The public school system is still grappling with an 'acute' shortage of teachers in several subjects, including language, arts and mathematics, said Director of Education Dominique McCartney-Russell
Africa Angola The Lobito Corridor rail project, a US-backed initiative to transport essential minerals from the Central African copper belt to Angola's Atlantic port, will benefit from a USD 200 million funding from the Southern African Development Bank
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands signed a MoU for Humanitarian Mine Assistance with the United States; the HMA program provides assistance to civilian populations plagued by landmines, explosive remnants of war and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordinance
Asia Uzbekistan Increasingly influential first daughter is seen as successor to President Mirziyoev, who amended the Uzbek constitution last year to pave the way for him to potentially stay in power for another 14 years and looks keen of keeping power within his family
Europe Andorra La Vella has addressed the security of children walking to school with initiatives including 'paths to school' with street signs in bright yellow, signs at child's eye level, further deploying of police at crossings, 'drop and go' areas for a 30'' stay
Asia Bangladesh A public notice will be issued to forcibly trace missing persons by members of the police force in decision of a commission of enquiry set up for this purpose
Oceania Australia Australia's ability to respond to an outbreak of a deadly strain of avian influenza will undergo a planned test today at national level; the country is the only continent not to have recorded any cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza
Africa Republic of the Congo Congolese President Denis Sassou-N'Guesso visited the Great Wall of China for the second time in 60 years on the sidelines of his participation in the China-Africa Forum
Africa Algeria Polls closed on Saturday for elections that will decide whether to grant another term to army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president