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 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%
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Sixteen southern white rhinos arrived in the country after being flown in from South Africa in an action to promote the long-term conservation of the population of these animals in Africa
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
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
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
Africa Comoros One of the announcements made by Gnec-r was the creation of a 'council of wise men', consisting of 10 notables from the city of Mutsamudu, with the mission of 'propagate the ideas of President Azali Assoumani'
Oceania Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea-based Bank South Pacific has entered into a $60.000 agreement to become a bronze sponsor of the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games
Africa eSwatini The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new legislation on Eswatini and human trafficking
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 Taiwan The prices of several Taiwan Beers will be increased over the summer to reflect the increase in raw material prices on the international market, by 1-2% for large wholesalers and 3-7% for small wholesalers
Europe Vatican City The first sentence for Ultima Generazione activists came from the judges of the Vatican, towards two young people who had glued themselves to the base of the Laocoon in August 2022 sentenced to months of imprisonment and thousands of euros in damages
Africa Central African Republic According to a press release from Minusca, the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, all 60 members of the Tanzanian military unit, accused of 'sexual exploitation and abuse', will be repatriated
Europe Hungary The Transylvanian Hungarian Contemporary Culture Awards were presented at the Hungarian Theatre in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) to András Visky, writer, playwright, Gyárfás Oláh, sculptor, fashion designer and Éva Imre, actor