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 Denmark €20M in aid for Denmark for better pig welfare have been approved by the EU Commission; the program aims to support farmers to implement preventive measures that reduce the risk of tail-biting
Europe Russia Most of Russia is set to experience prolonged periods of 'high' and 'extreme' fire danger this year, according to forecasts by the State Hydrometeorological Centre based on climate and weather data
Asia Iran An increasing number of Iranian women have been sentenced to death in a frame of rising executions in the country, which have grown since unprecedented anti-establishment protests broke out in 2022
Africa Nigeria Interpol arrested more than 300 people as part of an international investigation against one of the world's largest criminal networks, the Nigerian Black axe, seizing $3 million in illicit assets and freezing more than 700 bank accounts
America Dominican Republic A new record for energy demand was set i in the Dominican Republic in August 2024, reaching 3,729 megawatts, an 8,9% increase compared to the same period last year
Africa Mali Denmark has declared its intention to close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso because military coups have 'severely limited its reach into the Sahel region'
Africa Libya The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces, Khalifa Haftar, met with a US delegation, praising the development of friendly relations between the Libyan Armed Forces General Command and the United States
Africa Morocco More than four thousand people convicted, wanted or facing prosecution for cannabis-related activities have been granted a pardon by King Mohammed VI, enabling a massive accession of cannabis farmers, producers and cultivators to the regulatory process
Africa Mauritania PM Mokhtar Ould Ajay met with the Ambassador of Qatar to Mauritania to discuss cooperation actions between the two countries and the means to develop them; diplomatic relations had been re-established last March after a break of almost four years
Europe Kosovo Kosovo's flag flew for the first time at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, with athlete Grevist Bytyqi becoming the first to represent the country at the international games in the 1500-metre running event
Europe Switzerland The city of Basel will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2025: the contest was born in Lugano, in 1956 and will return to its birthplace almost 70 years later
America Trinidad and Tobago Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures were scrutinised in a lengthy debate in a small auditorium in Port of Spain, after the government asked residents if they wanted statues, signs and monuments related to the colonial period removed
Africa Somalia The militant group Al-Shabaab is now 18 years old, as it emerged in 2006 as an alternative to the degradation of the state; born out of a network of Islamic fundamentalist movements, it joined al-Qaeda in 2012 and counts between 7.000 and 12.000 soldiers