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 North Macedonia A number of constitutional amendments that would pave the way for North Macedonia to continue its stalled EU accession process are being reviewed by the government
Europe United Kingdom Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson quit as a lawmaker on Friday after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament
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 Malawi Likoma Island on Lake Malawi lies in Mozambique's territorial waters, but is part of Malawi; it boasts one of the oldest and most majestic churches in Africa, built where women accused of witchcraft were once burnt
Asia Jordan The first Aqaba International Underwater Photography competition is taking place in the Red Sea city from 12 to 16 June, welcoming participating professionals from 14 countries
Africa Morocco The country is moving towards introducing the teaching of the Amazigh language in primary schools from the next academic season, a step that aims to achieve a 50% coverage rate by 2026 and full generalisation by the year 2030
America Cuba With the laying of the first steel slabs, the ground assembly of tank 88 in the industrial area of Matanzas has begun, the first of the four planned to be erected as part of the recovery of the Supertanker Base, burnt down in 2022
America Guyana The state has been overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council with 191 out of 192 votes at the UN General Assembly, and will begin its two-year term representing Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024
Asia Cambodia Disabled workers in factories, private companies and state institutions will be allowed to leave their respective workplaces at least 15 minutes earlier like pregnant women
America Nicaragua The UN has denounced 63 "arbitrary detentions" in the country in the past month, calling on authorities to end repression against dissent; the government has been accused of using judicial power to silence critics
America Paraguay In a significant act of conservation, organisation Guyra Paraguay has transferred 548 hectares of land to the Indigenous Community of Tapy Kanguekua; this transfer honours ancestral land rights and protects biodiversity in the San Rafael National Park
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, FAO and Vietnam have signed a South-South and Triangular Cooperation Agreement aimed at developing rice sector in the country, with an estimated budget of US$5 million, and will be implemented through a Sierra Leone Unilateral Trust Fund
America Panama Panamanian authorities have launched a campaign to strengthen security in the treacherous Darien jungle, its natural border with Colombia, in order to tackle criminal groups that assault migrants crossing this passage on their way to North America