Asia Bangladesh Recent studies demonstrated that microplastics are present in water, sediments, fish, salt, soft drinks, milk, edible oil and more products in Bangladesh, underscoring the growing concern that these pollutants are transferred to humans through food
America El Salvador El Salvador's economic growth in 2023 was the highest in the last 30 years, according to the latest data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR)
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The St. Vincent Parliament passed, with bipartisan support, a law increasing the severity of sentences for convicted sex offenders in the state
Asia China In the next decade, some 300 million people, who are currently between 50 and 60 years old, will leave China's labor force, the largest age group in the country, raising questions about how the country will cope with this phenomenon
Europe Sweden A recent study by Institute of Environmental Medicine shows a disturbing trend in common mental illnesses among social workers, who had up to a 30% increase in cases of depression and anxiety compared to the general working population
Africa Guinea The PM made a committed about electricity, whose supply has been rationed after hydrocarbon deposit explosion, saying that by the end of the rainy season the system of state subsidies to EDG, company in charge of managing and marketing it, will change
Africa Mali The country holds the African heat record this April: earlier this month in Kayes, western Mali, 48,5 degrees were reached
Asia Laos Due to severe labor shortage crisis, as young people seek higher wages through overseas employment opportunities, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare appealed to Laotian citizens both at home and abroad to consider employment opportunities in Laos
Africa Republic of the Congo The Turkish ambassador to Congo spoke in Brazzaville with the chairman of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad about the abolition of visas between the two countries
Africa Somalia Ethiopia's ambassador has been expelled and two Ethiopian consulates have been closed: first reason would be the much-discussed agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland but observers say there are also the diplomatic moves between Ethiopia and Puntland
Oceania New Zealand A shortage of 15.000 nurses by 2035 has been predicted by the Nursing Council of New Zealand; the country has been facing a critical nursing shortage for years now, a situation exacerbated by an aging population and the retirement of experienced nurses
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.451 pairs of shoes were placed on the streets of Sarajevo to commemorate the beginning of the 4-year wartime siege of the city on April 5, 1992; installation is part of a project called "Path of Remembrance," organized by the Sarajevo Memorial Center
Africa Nigeria The Censorship Unit of Nigeria's Muslim-majority northern state of Kano has let it be known that filmmakers and film productions in the state that depict scenes of violence or in which the protagonists are in disguise risk imprisonment
America Costa Rica Costa Rica has presented a plan to attract semiconductor investments, aiming to become a top destination by leveraging its strategic relationship with the US to begin building centers for the development of such materials