Asia Kyrgyzstan The Capital Construction Department of the Bishkek mayor's office is building a kindergarten in the Archa-Beshik residential district and said construction is 90% complete
Asia Laos Laos plans to release 62 million aquatic and wild animals to raise awareness of conservation work in the country; the initiative has been announced on the occasione of Wildlife and Aquatic Animals Conservation Day
Asia Lebanon Lebanon's central bank will dismantle the controversial exchange platform known as Sayrafa after the end of Governor Riad Salameh's 30-year term
Asia Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih called on the Maldivian people to build the nation on a foundation of peace and harmony, leaving a legacy of economic and social prosperity for future generations
Asia India Speaking at Connect Karo 2023 event in Delhi, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant stated that India must become the first country in the world to industrialize without carbonizing
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev urged France's Macron to apologise for French colonialism, saying that acknowledging France's historical guilt will help solve the country's deep social and political crisis
Asia Japan E-prescriptions have not caught on in Japan: due to cost and time-consuming procedures, only 2% of Japanese medical institutions and pharmacies have introduced prescription sharing with online pharmacies
Asia Kuwait About 15% of Kuwait's population are millionaires, which ranks the country third globally, according to the World of Statistics
Asia Singapore Primary school students in Singapore who attend state-run and state-subsidised schools will not have to pay any fees from 2024, thanks to improvements to the Edusave programme and the MOE Financial Assistance Scheme
Asia Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on all stakeholders to work together to further improve the quality of education with the aim of bringing it up to global standards
Asia Bahrain The first Almond Festival took place from 8 to 15 July at the Farmers' Market Site of the Budaiya Botanical Garden; the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture intends to turn the event into an annual event
Asia Brunei A new minimum wage policy will be introduced in all private sector industries, which the Sultan declared "a step towards strengthening the lives and welfare of the people", urging the business sector to support the new policy
Asia Cambodia The Joint Committee on Border Affairs has completely rejected a malicious post on Cambodia's SUNTV Facebook page that claimed 'Vietnam demarcates a border post in Cambodian territory'