Africa Sao Tome and Principe Conceição Lima died yesterday; she was a symbol of identity, ambassador of culture, the most translated author from Sao Tomé with German, Arabic, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Dutch, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish versions and prizes won in Brazil and USA
America Dominica PM Roosevelt Skerrit said the meeting held recently at Intercontinental Dominica Cabrits Resort with a EU delegation "went very well"; EU reportedly expressed concern about the low cost/high volume model of Dominica's citizenship-by-investment programme
Europe Denmark In Denmark it is necessary to register as an organ donor, but the government intends to change the system so that you have to deregister as an organ donor, with the aim of getting more people to donate their organs
America Barbados Hunters' bounty on green monkeys has been increased in an attempt to cull the population of these wild animals, officially declared pests responsible for rampant crop destruction, announced Agriculture Minister Indar Weir
Europe Albania Edi Rama's government is trying to radically change the law on protected areas, paving the way for constructions for 'strategic purposes' and skipping the public consultation process
Asia South Korea One-third of tourists who visited Korea in 2023 were 30 years old or younger, according to the Korea Tourism Data Lab, the online information platform of the Korea Tourism Organization, and 42,3% came from Japan, a 15,7% increase from 10 years earlier
Africa Ghana Ghana's opposition presidential candidate, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress, said he didn't agree with the proposal of anticipating the 2024 general elections to November, from the planned December date
Europe Germany Germany reached the NATO alliance target of spending 2% of its gross domestic product on defence for the first time since the early 1990s, at the end of the Cold War
America Belize Belize City's taxi operators can now participate in the Belize City Council's E-Mobility plan, leasing-to-own electric cars, with the first two e-taxis delivered and two more on the way
Asia Cyprus The interior ministry is in the process of examining and evaluating the entire lifeguard system to ensure it is managed more efficiently; the announcement came just a day before the lifeguard’s plan to go on strike
America Bolivia This week Bolivia celebrated the Jisk’a Anata Carnival Parade in La Paz, marked by vibrant rhythms and inclusive participation, blending indigenous and contemporary dances, emphasizing unity, tradition, and water conservation
Africa Uganda Peter Oloya, a former child soldier who survived the horror of being kidnapped by the LRA, is now an internationally renowned artist and his art is expressed through working with clay
Oceania Fiji The term 'Micro' will be included, from 1 August, in the name of the Ministry that will be known as the 'Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications', given the growing importance of this category
America Brazil Brazilian police have seized former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and accused him of manipulating a draft decree to overturn election results, allegedly pressuring military chiefs for a coup and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice