Asia Taiwan Rising memory chip prices have pushed Taiwanese industry players’ 6-months revenue beyond 2025 full-year totals; Analysts said prices are expected to continue rising in Q3 as supply remains tight, forecasting further growth for memory-related companies
America Peru Local authorities announced the discovery of a more than 3.000-year-old mummy at the Huaca La Florida archaeological site; the project’s research team is currently examining the findings to gather more precise information about the mummy and its tomb
Africa Guinea-Bissau 1.345.473 action-impregnated mosquito nets will be distributed for free throughout the country in the fifth edition of the initiative launched by the government
Asia India State-owned NHPC Ltd. will begin trials in July for the Subansiri Lower project, a mega hydropower project 20 years in the making that represents a key step in the country's energy transition; the first unit could come on stream in December
Africa Uganda The United States has updated its travel advice for Uganda, following the enactment in May of the "Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023"
Oceania Vanuatu The Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office has confirmed that Starlink has registered its trademark in Vanuatu and is in the process of obtaining a broadcast licence
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Aida Masic is the only daughter of the village of Milicevici and its surroundings, on the banks of the Drina River, along the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia; her family members are the only residents of the village
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu's Foreign Minister, Simon Kofe, was received last week in Adelaide, Australia, to "discuss the common aspiration for a safe, prosperous and resilient blue Pacific"
Africa eSwatini The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new legislation on Eswatini and human trafficking
America Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Suppliers' Association urged the government to investigate the causes of sugar shortage in the country, pointing out that it is surprising that a sugar shortage exists despite the fact that sugar factories function and produce normally
America Bahamas An increase in National Insurance Board rate will take place in July 2024, but the amount of this increase has not been revealed; in almost 50 years since its inception, the NIB has only undergone one increase, in 2010, when the rate rose from 8,8 to 9,8%
Europe Germany The country will not be able to immediately replace the tanks it is supplying to Ukraine, the country's defence minister said, as Russia claimed to have destroyed or captured some of them; the dispatch had begun after months of demands from Kiev
Asia Iran Parliament lawmakers voted to approve Abbas Aliabadi as the country's new Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade, for more than 15 years CEO of Iranian energy and infrastructure conglomerate MAPNA Group
Asia Laos Laotian film 'The Signal' has been listed by The Hollywood Reporter, a renowned US magazine, as one of the five must-see films at the ongoing Shanghai Film Festival