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 Grenada A bill to ban the sale of Crown land on the world-famous Grand Anse beach will soon be passed in Parliament, according to an announcement by PM Mitchell
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
Africa Togo The 2nd edition of the Interprofessional Dialogue on Taxation will be hosted in Lomé on July 6 and 7, 2023, even that will delve into the tax conventions signed by African countries with Togolese taxation experts and academic scholars
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 Tuvalu The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hubhas responded to request of Commonwealth countries to help increase the capacity to access climate finance appointing advisers to Tuvalu and Fiji
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
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
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
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
Asia Singapore With more people opting to communicate online instead of through letters, the government will consider allowing Singapore Post to “introduce postage rate adjustments” in the future to remain viable
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 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