Asia Israel The Knesset has passed a media overhaul law giving government greater regulatory control; PM Netanyahu attended the debate, skipping the vote; the news has been released by a number of online media in the late hours of 16 July
Asia Georgia The UN World Tourism Organization has unanimously endorsed Georgia to host World Tourism Day in 2024
Africa Nigeria The country ranks sixth in the world and second in Africa for organised crime, as stated by the Global Organised Crime Index 2023, reflecting the challenges to security, corruption and other criminal activities that Nigeria continues to face
Europe Finland The "World of Statistics" page of social networking platform X ranked Finland first on the list of countries that consume the most coffee in the world with 9,6 kg per person per year
Asia Thailand Activist Arnon Nampa was sentenced to four years in prison for lese majesty after he publicly called for reform of the monarchy
Africa Djibouti To expand schooling to all five-year-olds by 2030 new strategies are being promoted by the Ministry of National Education and Technical Training
Europe France The exhibition entitled Renault 12 at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille tells the little-known story of Maghrebi families in France
Asia Kazakhstan As of 1 January next year, the National Fund will allocate 50% of its annual investment income to special savings accounts for children up to the age of 18
Europe Latvia EU Competition for Young Scientists in 2025 will be organised in Latvia; director of National Centre for Education said that in the last 7 years new opportunities have been created for Latvian students to participate in scientific research
Africa Ethiopia The celebrations of Meskel ('the Cross' in the Amharic language), one of the most important holidays in Ethiopia, were held; about two-thirds of Ethiopia's 120 million inhabitants are Christians
Africa Morocco Morocco has expressed ambitious plans to become North Africa's leading player in the emerging "green hydrogen" sector, with plans to export the clean fuel to Europe
Europe Netherlands About 2.000 people living in the vicinity of Tata Steel in IJmuiden have registered with the foundation Frissewind.nu to join the class action against the company
Africa Rwanda President Paul Kagame has announced that he will run for a fourth term in next year's presidential election
Africa Cape Verde Santo Antão has its first Computerized Axial Tomography (CT) machine; it went into operation with the opening of the branch clinic of Medicentro, located in Porto-Novo