Asia Bangladesh Prisoners in Bangladesh legally earn Tk2, € 1 cent, per day for their labour: so low that it undermines efforts to rehabilitate inmates through meaningful work; the inspector general of prisons raised the issue amid reforms in the prison employment system
Asia Palestine Dozens of Palestinians have been killed yesterday 24 May as Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of people seeking food in Gaza; the death toll outside aid sites has now risen to over 500 in the past two weeks
Europe Hungary The Black Madonna Pilgrimage Train has departed Budapest station for Częstochowa, Poland, with around 600 pilgrims on board, including students and children in state care; special importance was given to the initiative in light of global events
Asia Thailand Paleontologists uncovered massive sauropod fossils in Phu Wiang Valley, likely a new species even larger than Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae; The long-necked herbivore, with bird-like porous bones and ribs, may have reached nearly 20 m in length
America Saint Lucia Eddie Bellas, a Saint Lucian musician has returned to his homeland deported from the US after 25 years there; to rebuild his life and reunite with his four children he launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise US$47 000 to for his legal battles
Asia Iran Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, proposed himself as interim leader to guide the country through regime change, calling on the international community for support, after the US had bombed Iran, that in turn hit US bases in Qatar
Europe Moldova Amendments to the Law on Advertising define state advertising, setting criteria for allocating public funds transparently and fairly: media diversity, editorial independence, language, focus/audience, professional ethical standards, disclosure of funding
Europe Iceland Dozens of pilot whales were found stranded in Ólafsfjörður; with rescue teams from the Tröllaskagi region and Akureyri called out to assist, the whales have been successfully refloated and guided back to the open sea by around 7 p.m.
Oceania Vanuatu Airbus replied to earlier news in the Vanuatu Daily Post saying it didn't held any talks with Government since October 2024, despite PM Napat’s recent claim that negotiations are underway to recover VT2 billion (€14 million) paid during COVID-19 pandemic
America Trinidad and Tobago TT reaffirmed itself as the world's largest exporter of ammonia, a substantial foreign exchange entry; most ammonia goes into the production of fertilisers and the largest market are the US with 25% of the exports, Morocco 16%, Switzerland and Mexico 9%
Europe Belarus Belarus released 14 political prisoners, including jailed opposition blogger Siarhei Tsikhanouski and three Polish nationals, following meetings of Alexander Lukashenko with envoys from U.S. President Trump in Minsk
Africa Malawi Amid increasing campaign activity in view of general elections in September, aspiring MP for Rumphi Central constituency pledged to push for a new law to allocate university admission quotas to the best students of local Community Day Secondary Schools
Africa Madagascar 34.000 children, 22.000 women of reproductive age in Makueni and Tana River counties will take advantage from a new $100,000 health resilience fund launched through a partnership between Prudential Kenya and the Kenya Red Cross Society
Europe Malta St John’s Co-cathedral celebrated the arrival of a new bronze bell that will join Grandmaster Pinto bell in the belfry tower to restore harmonic balance to the unique bell ensemble; Carola Francisca was cast by the Royal Eijsbouts Bellfoundry, Netherlands