America Canada "Lake Ontario – then, now and always” Prime Minister Carney posted, saying the name comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, pre-dating the foundation of both Canada and the USA, who proposed Lake America as a new name following Canada's retaliatory tariffs
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is preparing for a candlelight vigil on 6 September to welcome Pope Francis and his delegation
Oceania Nauru Nauru President David Adeang said he was pleased to see that the Pacific Islands Forum remains united despite differences of opinion
Africa Seychelles As part of efforts to promote equitable growth and sustainability in the tourism sector, the Department of Tourism commissioned Cutting-Edge Consultancy to conduct an in-depth assessment of the tourism landscape
Europe Netherlands The new cabinet removed the national nature restoration plan and nitrogen emission policy: provinces are now no longer required to continue the current nature restoration and nitrogen precipitation reduction programme
Africa Sudan The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation labelled the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces as 'a rebel force': the first time an international body has used this definition in a resolution
America Mexico In Sinaloa a state of emergency was decided as military personnel were attacked and roads were blocked following the recent arrests of drug lords Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambad
Europe Poland According to a recent poll, most Poles want the army to shoot down potentially dangerous objects that enter the country's airspace, even if they are civilians, after an object that entered was not shot down because it could not be identified
America Costa Rica Thousands of people marched in Costa Rica to defend public education, protesting government budget cuts under President Rodrigo Chaves, who has reduced funding below the constitutionally mandated 8% of GDP
America Ecuador Ecuador is receiving support from Colombia and Peru to combat its largest forest fire in a decade, which has destroyed over 6.000 hectares and killed more than 20.000 animals
Asia Maldives The latest revisions to the Foreign Investment Act will increase the role of foreign investment in the development of the Maldivian economy according to Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Economy
Asia Pakistan Two police officers were suspended for displaying irresponsible behaviour while on duty after posting videos on social media
Africa Ghana Ghana's cocoa regulator plans to increase the state-guaranteed price to cocoa farmers for the 2024/25 season by almost 45%, which would be the second consecutive increase
Asia Mongolia Russian President Putin was welcomed in the country, which ignored calls to arrest him on the basis of an international arrest warrant, despite Ukraine's urging; the European Union expressed concern that Mongolia would not execute the arrest warrant