Asia Turkey Ankara is preparing for NATO Summit scheduled for 7–8 July 2026, the second hosted by Turkey with the one in Istanbul in 2004; this year's non-NATO guest list comprises East-Asian and Pacific powers, the absence of the central Asian block stands out
Africa Tunisia The Italian Cooperation's project aimed at improving production and consumption models - in a frame of reaching healthy and sustainable economic growth in Tunisian coastal areas - has closed in Tunis
Africa Guinea The country wants the French justice system to clarify the conditions in which the 19-year-old Guinean died during a roadside check on 14 June, as stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the arrival of the young man's body at the airport in Conakry
Asia Japan A new partnership has been created between Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial and that of the attack on US base Pearl Harbor, an agreement that survivors of the bomb-ravaged city have strongly criticised, pointing out that "they are not comparable events"
Europe Croatia The Dubrovnik municipality has decided to ban luggage on wheels, with fines up to 265€, after residents complained for the disturbing noise of the trolleys on the pavement
Africa Republic of the Congo In June 2023, Congo Terminal, in collaboration with Renatura, an NGO specialising in the promotion of sustainable development, announced that it had successfully raised more than 300.000 children's awareness of environmental issues
Africa Ethiopia Children born to Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are denied birth certificates: according to BBC, the Ethiopian refugee authorities stopped the service about 18 months ago, during the war in Tigray
Europe Sweden The sale of sexual services, which unlike the purchase of such services is legal in Sweden, should to be taxed like any other service, the Swedish Tax Agency said in a statement
Africa Kenya An online registry of convicted sex offenders has been created; with data on each one and easily accessibile and sharable information it 'should improve justice for victims'
Asia Israel Israel’s government approved plans to build over 5.000 new homes in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank; though it is not clear when construction will begin, the decision raised international bewilderment and more tensions with Palestine
Europe Italy 30% of newly published books don't even sell a single copy, despite continuous growth in book production since 2016, reveals a Nomisma study; publishing houses have fallen from 5.491 in 2012 to 4.623 in 2021
America Canada Nearly 15.000 of the cheques sent earlier this year by the Manitoba government to help with rising costs were returned to the sender; the province's inability to reach thousands of people is renewing questions about using only the mail to give out cheques
Europe Denmark A record percentage of people in the country who trust the police has been reached, around 87%, according to the Ministry of Justice; in 2013 surveys, the percentage was between 79 and 85
Africa Namibia A unique artistic and archaeological heritage, one of Africa's largest collections of rock engravings and tens of thousands of paintings attributed to Stone Age hunter-gatherers, some dating back 30.000 years, is threatened by climate change and tourists