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
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
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
Africa South Sudan World Bank approved a grant from the International Development Association to the Government to support the strengthening of institutional capacity and human resources in the public service to better deliver basic needs and services to citizens
America Nicaragua 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua have been released due to US intervention, including students and religious leaders detained under President Daniel Ortega's crackdown
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
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
Europe Italy A record-breaking Paralympics saw 71 podiums for Italy, two more than those collected three years ago in Tokyo, a result beaten only in Rome in 1960; Italian expedition returns from Paris with a record number of 24 golds
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
Asia Nepal About 1.100 dairy farmers in Dhankuta and Tehrathum have not been paid by the state-run Dairy Development Corporation for the past ten months, putting them in serious difficulty
Asia Israel Former Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman expresses concern that Israel is “on the way to a dictatorship,” while calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to be replaced immediately, in an in-depth television news interview
America Grenada Grenada's Ministry of Climate Resilience, in collaboration with the National Adaptation Plan team, is set to visit communities on the island to discuss climate change through meetings and exhibitions
Africa Kenya First investigation into the college fire that killed 17 students revealed that the school dormitory where the students slept was 'overcrowded, in violation of safety standards', the National Commission for Gender Equality said