Europe Hungary Parliament has backed a change to the constitution that limits a prime minister's term in office to eight years, fulfilling a promise by Péter Magyar to prevent Viktor Orbán - who led the country for 16 years - to become prime minister again
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The São Tomé Medical Association has recently denounced an 'unprecedented medical crisis' that puts citizens' lives at risk and has forced professionals to perform medical actions outside the rules, 'in a desperate attempt to save lives'
Europe Spain NGO Border Forensics has published a counter-investigation report where it claims that the deaths of 37 migrants in June 2022 along the border between Morocco and Spanish enclave of Melilla were caused by the actions of police officers from both countries
Oceania Solomon Islands Women's political representation in the country remains low despite legislation requiring parties to include 10% female candidates; there are loopholes that limit the impact and only four of the 13 parties have reached the threshold
America Paraguay Surplus energy is being harnessed to support Paraguay's Bitcoin mining as part of an economic transition; the initiative aims to use revenue from selling energy to legal Bitcoin miners to bolster the country's industrial sector
Africa Sierra Leone The Fashion Design and Textile Association was launched with the aim of unifying and strengthening the country's fragmented fashion and textile industry, creating a collaborative platform for the advancement of the sector
Europe Russia Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed an agreement in which they pledge to help each other in the event of aggression against either country, a pact cementing a rapidly expanding partnership that has worried a number of neighboring countries and the West
America Antigua and Barbuda Nominations are now open for the country's first customer service awards, the WOW Factor Awards, to recognise outstanding customer service across a wide range of sectors, including education, sports, tourism, marketing, finance, IT, media and energy
Asia Turkey Digital maps of water bodies will be created in an attempt to better manage the country's water resources, after a project was initiated to map a total of 270 elements, including dams and artificial ponds currently under construction
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu, a nation where athletes train on the airport runway, will manage to send a one-man team to the Paris Olympics, with Karalo Maibuca, flag-bearer three years ago in Tokyo, competing for the country in the men's 100 metres
America Saint Lucia St. Jude Hospital, with its 50 beds, experienced a massive increase in bed occupancy of 294%, mainly due to the increase in violent crime and chronic non-communicable diseases, the Minister of Health announced
Europe Monaco A veil of dust from the Sahara desert will cover Monaco and the Côte d'Azur, bringing with it a spike in pollution caused by PM10 fine particles, according to forecasts by the Department of the Environment
America Suriname The FAO and Suriname's Ministry of Agriculture met to advance the "South-South Cooperation Project" aiming to enhance rural livelihoods through digital data collection and management, with plans for scaling the initiative to improve small-scale producers
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Anti-Migrant Smuggling Bill 2024 was successfully passed by the Federal Parliament, which aims to deter migrant smuggling and aligns national laws with the International Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air