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
America Trinidad and Tobago With the school year set to come to a close in days, MovieTowne is gearing up for the July/August vacation with a variety of attractions to keep children entertained
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands journalist Charley Piringi has won the Pacific Islands Regional Environment Programme Secretariat's award for best reporting on the environment
Europe Greece The NGO Aegean boat report released a report accusing the Greek coastal authorities of having carried out 57 rejections at sea since the beginning of June involving more than 1.200 people
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 Yemen The Saudi aid agency KSrelief is providing humanitarian aid to Yemen, with the Masam project and the prosthetic limb program for those injured by explosions
Europe Vatican City The Apostolic Penitentiary announces that Pope Francis has granted a Plenary Indulgence for the Catholics who will take part in the 3rd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, in a move to foster devotion among the faithful
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
Oceania Vanuatu The hospitals of Lenakel on Tanna, Norsup, Lolowai, Quatvaes and the Northern Provincial Hospital on Santo now have new incinerators to safely dispose their medical waste
America Chile Heavy floods are causing crop losses to require 3-4 years for recovery and affecting 20.000 individuals; risking 20% of food production, the government is providing support to farmers and is planning long-term soil recovery
Africa Cape Verde In an attempt to promote gender equality, parliament established a 10-day paternity leave for the first time and to extend maternity leave from 60 to 90 days
America Costa Rica The country is debating implementing four 12-hour workdays and three days off, with the government prioritising the bill, set to be debated in early July at the Legislative Assembly; proponents argue it would enhance productivity and reduce company costs
Europe Belgium Ryanair management has until midday on Friday to make a proposal on pilot salaries or they will go on strike on the weekend of 15 and 16 July, the Belgian Cockpit Association and the unions CNE and ACV Puls announced
Asia Kuwait Over 13.000 divorce cases have been received in the country, report the annual statistics for the year 2022 released by the Family Counseling Department of the Ministry of Justice