America Canada A record breaking penalty of over €108 million has been given to cryptocurrency exchange Cryptomus for failing to flag transactions allegedly linked to crimes including trafficking of child-abuse material, said Canada’s anti-money-laundering watchdog
America Colombia A surge in techno-scientific advances in coca cultivation has boosted yields and resistance: despite record seizures by the state, drug traffickers have enhanced cocaine profitability
Asia Thailand Citizenship will be granted to 140.000 stateless people born in Thailand mainly from ethnic minorities long excluded from full rights; the move excludes migrant workers and aims to resolve decades of legal limbo for hill-tribe communities
Africa Senegal A project for a film screening followed by a debate on LGBTQI themes, supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dakar and the Regional Office of the UNHCHR, was categorically rejected by the Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs
America Costa Rica Juan Santamaría Airport has become the first in Central America to implement a protocol against child sexual exploitation, as Costa Rica has coordinated with NGOs and authorities to protect vulnerable minors in transit zones
America Haiti Street vendors sell near piles of trash at the outdoor market in Lòtbò Pon, Cap-Haïtien, while authorities aim at closing it down due to unsanitary conditions; merchants continue to sell there, citing a lack of alternatives and the need to survive
America Argentina Road management system has been restructured by dissolving key agencies and shifting control to a new privatization-focused body, a move that unions warn has increased risks to road safety
Asia Kazakhstan Exchange rates boards will no longer be allowed on the streets or outdoors starting 9 September 2025; new rule applies to all currency exchange points, except those in airports, railway stations, business centers, casinos, border checkpoints
Africa Ivory Coast The Djidji Ayokwe, a prized 'talking drum', will be returned to Ivory Coast, after it was taken from the Ebrie tribe by French troops in 1916; once used to send warnings and messages, it was among 148 cultural items requested for repatriation in 2018
Oceania Tuvalu Government decided that the US visa ban for Tuvaluans and the need to satisfy US requirements within 60 days was an "administrative and systemic error" and wants written confirmation from the US there will not be any restrictions placed on its citizens
Asia East Timor Following a rabies outbreak last month that killed at least 6 people in different municipalities, national health authorities have issued a circular detailing measure to be strictly followed; rules include vaccination of animals and legal responsibility
Asia Kyrgyzstan Amendments to the law on restricting the circulation of plastic bags and products now make room for the reintroduction of single-use plastic dining implements, PET bottles, plastic food packaging: previously fully banned, now banned only if non-recyclable
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The country celebrated the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba’s birth with an official ceremony at the mausoleum where his remains are housed in Kinshasa; he was a revolutionary and a national hero whose assassination in 1961 shocked the world
Asia India A preliminary investigation into last month’s plane crash found that the fuel was switched off to both engines after takeoff, but offered no explanation why; experts say it can either be intentional or an electronic failure, basically excluding mistake