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
Africa Burkina Faso A ban on street begging has been in place for a few days and a police operation is underway in several cities across the country to remove beggars from the streets
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
America Dominica Monelle Alexis, in an effort to facilitate the job search for hundreds of people in Dominica, created the platform dominicavacancies.com, which allows job seekers and employers to converge in one place
Asia Iraq The Iraq-Gulf electricity link will be operational by the end of 2024, the Minister of Electricity announced, while Iraq's energy links with Jordan and Turkey have already been completed
America Haiti US Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Haiti to reaffirm the US government's commitment to a multinational mission to fight gangs in the country and push for the long-awaited general elections
Asia Vietnam On the coast of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh evacuations had been ordered for 230.000 people, ports and airport closed, hundreds of cruises in the UNESCO site Ha Long Bay cancelled before Super Typhoon Yagi, one of the most powerful in a decade, made landfall
Europe Bulgaria From 2029, wood and coal heating will be completely banned in Sofia and the entire municipality will be designated as a low-emission zone
Asia Oman The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism will organise a series of events called ‘Marhaba Dhofar’ – or ‘Welcome to Dhofar’ in the coming period to attract tourists from various regional and international tourist markets
Europe Germany The Immigration Commissioner has proposed deporting illegal immigrants to Rwanda, where they could use the asylum facilities built as part of Britain's failed deportation plan to Rwanda amid growing pressure to deter illegal immigrants from entering EU
Europe France Active in politics for more than 50 years, Michel Barnier, new prime minister, is best known as the EU's chief negotiator during the Brexit years; since his teenage years a staunch and patriotic Conservative, at 27 he became the youngest MP ever elected
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 Ivory Coast The first sickle cell anaemia screening and early treatment centre has recently opened its doors, an important milestone in the country, where the disease affects more than 12% of the population
Asia Brunei Eight local artists sought to show the characteristics and values of Brunei through abstract art in works currently on display in an exhibition at the Brunei History Centre and Creative Space