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 Tajikistan The government's campaign against the activities of a charitable organisation financed by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country's Ismaili minority, has intensified in recent weeks
Asia Vietnam The People's Council of Hà Nội passed a resolution on socio-economic development, security and defence, as well as budget allocation and other key tasks for the last six months of the year to achieve 7% growth in 2023
Africa Zimbabwe Controversial Zimbabwean social media influencer Hopewell Chin'ono has stated that the increasing number of Zimbabweans with Master's degrees resorting to care work in England highlights the unfortunate situation faced by many educated young people
Europe Serbia President has accused Kosovo of conducting a "silent ethnic cleansing" of Serbs and said his country will request a meeting with the head of NATO and an urgent session of the UN Security Council to ask for their protection
Europe San Marino A 28-year-old man ended up in intensive care after he was bitten by a rare snake he kept at home, with the Red Cross flying to Switzerland to retrieve the antidote
America Barbados 300 black belly sheep have been shipped to Guyana as a part of a joint undertaking to build a regional brand of sheep and decrease the importation of lamb and mutton into the Caribbean, thus tackling food insecurity
Asia Pakistan The death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55, after 12 people, including eight children, died in weather-related incidents amid fears of flash floods
Oceania Tonga A national aviation safety culture training for the industry was conducted in Tonga by consultants from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority at the end of June
Europe Ireland Companies switching to solar energy will get more benefits thanks to a new government decision that opens the ongoing subsidy programme for photovoltaic installations to a wider range of companies
Europe Italy The country needs to invest more and step up efforts to reach the EU's 2030 carbon emissions reduction target, a government document says; PM Meloni said 'you cannot dismantle the economy and companies for the ecological transition'
Asia Georgia The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
Asia Turkey A massive plane tree, estimated to be around 200 years old, toppled onto the street in the Osmangazi district of Türkiye's northwestern Bursa due to the decay of its roots
Asia Saudi Arabia Ms. Amjad Alamri, a mechanical engineer and a senior specialist at NEOM, has been chosen by the Misk Foundation to speak at the International Telecommunication Union’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on July 6-7