Asia Taiwan 18 measures have been announced under plan “Taiwan Population Strategy 2.0: Family Support”; in all stages of childbirth, child-rearing and education, the fruits of Taiwan’s economic growth will be made into tangible support for citizens and families
Africa Kenya An uproar has sparked in Kenya as the Trump administration announced a quarantine site will be set up in the country to host Americans exposed to Ebola during the ongoing emergency
Africa Zambia Phase-One of renovation works at Solwezi General Hospital, a key referral point of care in the North-Western part of Zambia, are advancing and three inpatient wards are now complete and have been handed over out of six earmarked for renovation
Africa Somalia Foreign ministers from 16 Arab and Muslim countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, have condemned the opening of what they termed a “so‑called Somaliland embassy” in Jerusalem, saying it is “illegal and unacceptable.”
Asia Vietnam VNeID is being expanded into an all-in-one digital “super app” integrating identity verification, public services, payments and administrative procedures; Authorities aim to centralize services into a single state-backed platform
Asia Kyrgyzstan Planting of over 2 million trees and 121 new parks by 2030 are envisioned in new draft National Program for Greening Cities and Settlements for 2026–2030 that the corresponding Ministry has submitted for public discussion
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Kelê – Etiqueta Africana fashion brand, shone at CPLP Fashion Week in Lisbon representing São Tomé and Príncipe with the theme "Roots in Motion"; the presentation was a journey to African roots, ancestry and the cultural identity of the country
Europe Spain Mellaria, present-day Fuente Obejuna, Córdoba, was a Roman mining center connected to major trade routes; recent reviews of archaeological campaigns of 2022-23 around Cerro de Masatrigo offer a clearer picture of its economy, water supply, urban planning
Asia Brunei Following complaints on water disruption in the Brunei-Muara District yesterday, public works has taken action to assist affected areas, activated a number to request water tanks and is carrying out investigation to find out the cause of the inconvenience
Oceania Kiribati NEC's East Micronesia Cable System EMCS now connects Kiribati with FSM and Nauru; the submarine fiber-optic cable has been handed out to state-owned telecommunications company Bwebweriki Net Limited BNL for local operations
Africa Liberia 16 individuals arriving from Ebola-affected African countries are currently under surveillance; the news triggered public anxiety and the reviving painful memories of the devastating 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic, Liberia's deadliest public health catastrophe
Africa Burundi Tensions with Rwanda escalated as controversial comments by Burundi's ambassador to Belgium prompted a sharp reaction from Kigali and defense from Burundi officials; the whole issue has generated and is being mainly handled on social media
America Nicaragua Nicaragua is ranked worst of the Latin American states in terms of freedom of press for the second consecutive year: according to Reporters sans frontièrs, it sit in 168th place out of 180
Europe Greece On 28 May 1952, Greek women won the right to stand for election to Parliament after many decades of fierce struggle; Yet, it took over two decades for the principle of gender equality to be explicitly codified