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 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"
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Nisha Trina Tagor, born in 1932 in Georgetown, has written a book, 'One Child Alone', which highlights a true story of racial prejudice during her early life on Saint Vincent Island
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
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
Europe Monaco The Monaco Oceanographic Museum is offering a special programme for July, August and September, reopening after 11 weeks of closure and applying a 20% discount to all visitors
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
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 Czech Republic The world-famous Czech writer Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, passed away on 11 July in Paris at the age of 94; in April, he had transferred his personal archive of 4000 books and 25 boxes of notes to Moravian Library in Brno
America Jamaica An anti-vaping campaign to tackle the rampant problem of e-cigarette use among high school students in St Ann has been launched by the National Council on Drug Abuse
Asia Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has denied that Malaysia is a secular state, saying the concept of secularism, where there is a total separation of state and religion, is "not acceptable", not only to him as a Muslim, but to all Malaysians
Europe Hungary Hungarian beer, one of the oldest sectors of the domestic food industry, is gaining popularity in Asia: in 2014, China accounted for 0,71% of Hungarian beer exports, while in 2021 it reached 10,6%
Europe Poland The government wants to hold a referendum on the country's participation in the EU's migrant relocation programme, with the likelihood that the vote would be held at the same time as next autumn's parliamentary elections
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg remains the country with the lowest defense spending relative to gross domestic product in the North Atlantic Military Alliance at around 0,72%, despite government's efforts to increase it and reach the agreed 2% in 2014