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
Europe Estonia The Union of Estonian Automobile Companies, in a proposal sent to the Ministry of Education and Research, suggested lowering the Estonian language proficiency requirements for bus drivers and stepping up checks for taxi drivers
Oceania Fiji Fiji needs to attract at least 20% of its yearly gross domestic product in investments to trigger the country's economic growth, stressed the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce
Africa Gambia The Shelter for Improvement project for children, initiated by First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, was handed over to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare
Africa Cameroon Junior Ngombe, a 23-year-old hairdresser and social media activist, was arrested in Douala and has been detained for several days for 'inciting rebellion' and 'spreading false news', for videos posted on TikTok
Europe Denmark A demonstration against gun violence was held in Nørrebro, organised by the People's Initiative Let's Take Back the Streets, in response to the shooting that left one person dead and one injured in the Copenhagen district last Thursday
Africa Kenya Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi (born 1 August 2004) won gold in the men's 800m final at the Paris 2024 Games and became the youngest athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in the speciality
America Dominican Republic The first stage of the Sierra Prieta Tactical Training Centre in Yamasá was inaugurated; state-of-the-art military facility is designed for advanced training of special forces units in complex, high-risk missions
Europe Switzerland Around 920.000 party-goers attended the 31st Zurich Street Parade on Saturday 10 August, confirming the city status of global techno music capital
Asia Cambodia The spokesperson for the Ministry of Rural Development stated that he had collected data on 455 indigenous communities; to date, only 43% of them have been officially recognised and the registration of community collective land has reached about 52%
Europe Hungary The Hungarian Dog Breeds Association announced that the Sinka has been recognised as the tenth Hungarian dog breed by the World Cynologic-Hunting-Sports Alliance
Europe Czech Republic The digitised building permit system will become fully operational in August; about 64% of the 6.000 applications submitted so far are in progress, with about 500 decisions made
Africa Central African Republic The staff of the National Assembly have just extended their strike by 8 days from today 12 August 2024; the striking deputies are demanding 3 months' back pay and the strike is likely to disrupt the normal functioning of the National Assembly
Europe Kosovo Kosovo government spokesman Përparim Kryeziu strongly criticised potential new EU sanctions, calling the current measures 'unjust' and warning that further sanctions would only worsen the situation