Africa Cameroon Historically dependent on its crude oil exports, Cameroon forecasts a major shift with mining becoming the main of its national resources; government expects mining revenues to soon surpass those from oil, with ambitious projections reaching $1,75 billion
Africa Algeria The Algerian Ministry of Higher Education is preparing to replace French with English as the language of instruction at university, officially from the start of the 2023-2024 school year
Asia Taiwan 'Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre' in Mumbai will soon be established to expand mutually beneficial trade and investment opportunities between Taipei and New Delhi
Oceania Solomon Islands The country has over 15.000 job seekers and less than 4.000 new jobs created per year, according to data from the National Provident Fund report
Asia South Korea Jungkook of BTS is making his official solo debut next month with the digital single “Seven”; the artist announced on online platform Weverse that he would be dropping the single tomorrow July 14 at 1 p.m. Korea time
Europe Liechtenstein Mario Büchel, head of security and traffic police, retired after almost 41 years in the state police in front of the police building
Europe Kosovo The Kosovo government has agreed to reduce police presence in the country's northern municipalities, which have been plagued by tensions with Serbs in recent months, thanks to an agreement with Miroslav Lajcak of the EU during a meeting in Bratislava
Africa Guinea The trial at the High Court in Conakry that is to shed light on the 28 September 2009 massacre has reopened; the last time, on 21 June, the dock was empty due to a prison police strike, which prevented the defendants from attending
America Dominican Republic The country's electricity sector, that met the highest demand in its history last week, with a total of 3.430,42 MW served
Asia Malaysia The "DuitSmart Kids" financial literacy program, organized by Smart Reader Worldwide and Hong Leong Bank, has entered Malaysia's Book of Records for the "largest number of children graduated from a financial literacy program"
Europe Iceland European Medicines Agency has begun investigating complications of diet drugs known as Ozempic and Saxenda, after Icelandic Medicines Agency stated that these appetite-reducing products could be linked to suicidal thoughts
Asia Indonesia The government will provide drinking water to the community as a preventive measure against the drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon; National Disaster Mitigation Agency has already mapped areas potentially prone to drought and forest fires
Africa Togo The funeral of Dedé Rose Gameli Creppy, the last of the 'Nana Benz' and one of the country's most influential (and successful) businesswomen, began yesterday at the royal palace of Lolan in Togo, to end tomorrow 14 July
Oceania Vanuatu In the past two years (2021-22 and 2022-23 up until 23 June 2023), more than 1000 Vanuatu nationals have sought asylum through the onshore Permanent Protection visa program in Australia