Africa Mauritius Genre Statistics 2025 still show men dominate the economy and retain most of the political power, but show increasing weaknesses in education, health and certain social behaviors
Europe Ireland Hundreds of Irish writers will share millions of euro following a €1,31 billion settlement of a copyright infringement case by artificial intelligence giant Anthropic; first case against training of large language models will let authors share millions
America Saint Lucia Recent St Lucia Times article reporting that, according to data from FAO, Saint Lucia ranks 6th in the world for pesticide use intensity, unleashed a wave of comments from the public linking the mews with a number of diseases
Africa Zimbabwe Mutapa Gold Resources, State-owned, secured a $125 million loan from local banks to finance the development of Sharmva Hill Project, that is expected to increase annual gold production by 264% contributing by 6% to national gold output
Asia Iraq Preliminary designs for its flagship Development Road Project and railway corridor have been completed, marking a major milestone as the government prepares to advance one of its largest infrastructure initiatives into the implementation phase
Asia Kazakhstan Dispute with the foreign investors behind the Kashagan oil field has escalated; Kazakhstan warned the consortium’s managing director he could face administrative and criminal liability over its failure to pay an environmental fine of nearly $5 billion
America Guyana 87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters en route from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, an Indigenous community near Venezuela; over 70 people were killed in Guyana’s worst maritime disaster: government appointed international experts to investigate
Asia Taiwan Daan–Dajia River interconnection pipeline, Taiwan's new backup route for shifting water between two major supply systems, entered service; the 16,38-km pipeline links Shigang Dam in Taichung with Liyutan Reservoir in Miaoli adding 255.000 m3 tons daily
America United States A major step toward deep-sea mining has been taken by opening a bid for the lease of over 31 million acres of federal waters for the extraction of critical minerals in American Samoa, sparking debate and worries among Pacific states
Europe Czech Republic A custom-made 3D-printed titanium implant is being tested: its porous structure can be infused with drugs to be gradually released; developers at UCT in Prague and Motol University Hospital will use one of the country's most advanced 3D metal printers
Africa Niger Activist Mariama Djibrine has no intention of abandoning the helm of the Alliance of Democrats of the Sahel ADS, pushing for a return to constitutional order in the Sahelian countries, after having been stripped of her Nigerien nationality
Asia Malaysia MediSAS national health insurance scheme will be launched at the end of July, offering affordable coverage for critical illnesses and major medical treatments; The program is designed to expand financial protection for lower- and middle-income households
Africa Mozambique Africa’s first fully electric mine will be developed at the Moatize coal complex with a €140,6 million investment by Vulcan; The project replaces diesel-powered mining equipment with electric machinery to reduce fuel dependence and lowering emissions
America Haiti Haiti has entered the Central American and Caribbean Games, with over 8.000 participants at their 100th year, with athletes in taekwondo, boxing, cycling, judo, chess and 3x3 basketball