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
Europe Slovakia The country has yet to spend more than 30% of its cohesion funds - a total of €4,3 billion - but with less than seven months to go, €800 million, or 5% of the total amount, is set to be lost
Africa Tanzania Air Tanzania celebrated the delivery of Africa's first 767 Freighter, which arrived at the airline's hub in Dar es Salaam and will provide the operator with dedicated airlift capacity to serve the country's growing cargo market
Europe Serbia By winning the final of the 2023 edition of Roland Garros against Norway's Ruud, Novak Djokovic became the most winning tennis player in the history of the sport, reaching the milestone of 23 Slam titles
Africa Mali Violence against health workers more than doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, according to report by Swiss NGO Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition
Europe Iceland EU's proposal of increasing the age of the driving test from 17 to 18 to harmonise the rules was rejected by the Minister of Transport, who said that reducing the frequency of accidents among young drivers was already successfully achieved there
Africa Niger A joint mission of the EU Delegation and Italian Ambassador to Niger carried out an assessment of the various programmes on environmental sustainability: 360 bioclimatic houses were built and 54 hectares of land were developed
Africa Cape Verde Caboverdian artist Élida Almeida took the stage at Seixal World Music at the Parque Urbano José Afonso, in Miratejo, Portugal
Europe Sweden The country, whose application for NATO membership is currently blocked, is ready to host temporary NATO bases on its territory even before becoming a full member, said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
Europe Portugal Tonight, St. Anthony Day's eve, the matchmaker Saint, 16 couples will be married in Sé Cathedral in Lisbon; a tradition since 1958, now the ritual includes press and TV coverage and live broadcast and is sponsored by the City and local wedding planners
Europe Ireland Nearly 2.000 on-duty Irish firefighters embarked on a series of strikes on Tuesday to protest their working conditions, adding that if their demands are not met by 20 June, they will go on total strike and only respond to emergency calls
Asia Oman The Omani cave exploration team is making great strides in the field of cave investigation, having recently explored a cave that may be the deepest, descending to a depth of at least 300 metres
Africa Seychelles State funeral of Archbishop Emeritus French Chang-Him, who died on Friday 26 May 2023 in Seychelles hospital, was held in St Paul's Cathedral with Ministers, members of Anglican Church, Catholic Church and other religious denominations and associations
Africa Egypt Thirty seven Egyptian universities figure in the overall index of the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which categorizes world universities based on their impact towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals