Africa Comoros Tayar, the first Comorian ride-hailing app, has been launched with support of Comorian Association of ICT and its incubator Comor'Lab; relying on geolocation, it is designed to enhance road safety and has an alert system connected to emergency services
Asia China China's Long March rocket launch opportunity will be auctioned for the first time on Thursday, in a move that experts say will reduce the cost of commercial access to space and stimulate high demand for commercial space applications
America Canada The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark borrowing rate to 5%, the highest since April 2001, despite the economy performing better than most forecasts predicted; some economists don't believe this hike was necessary
Europe Lithuania Lithuania's electricity and gas transmission system operators, Litgrid and Amber Grid, plan to purchase systems capable of detecting and neutralizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and install them at 19 energy facilities
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 Uzbekistan A 15km elevated metro or tram line will be built from Dustlik metro station to New Tashkent city, under construction, in plans unveiled by UzLiDeP presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a rally in Tashkent
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
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
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 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
Africa South Africa Caster Semenya, 2-time Olympic 800 metres champion, excluded from some races for refusal to take drugs to reduce her high level of testosterone, caused by genetic dysfunction, has been defined as 'discriminated against' by European Court of Human Rights
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
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
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