Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
Africa Ivory Coast In Abidjan's Plateau district, an emblematic building of the Brutalist architectural style, the Pyramid, is currently undergoing renovation and mural decoration
America Guyana A 5-year permit for its official fifth offshore oil project has been approved by the government’s environmental agency
Africa Rwanda SC Johnson, a US company, has partnered with the Society for Family Health and the Ministry of Health to provide official certification and livable wages to unofficial community health workers
Africa Egypt The metropolis of Cairo, one of the most densely populated in the world, has now collapsed, so much so that President al-Sisi has ordered the construction of a new capital city, as yet unnamed, in a project worth over 50 billion dollars
Africa Mauritius The new Case Noyale fishing post, aimed at better monitoring of fishing activities and enforcement of fishing legislation to combat illegal fishing, was inaugurated
America United States 15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage; one moth after Covid safety net was dropped on March 31st, states are starting to disenroll people from Medicaid program if they no longer meet pre-pandemic eligibility requirements, mostly based on income
Asia United Arab Emirates Elite Agro Holding is the country's first and largest producer of blueberries and the first Emirati company to export to markets such as Japan, which strictly require high quality certification
Africa South Africa Ninety-year-old Ouma Katrina is the last remaining speaker of the N|uu language, the ancient language of the San people, or Bushmen, believed to be 25.000 years old, struggling to keep it alive
America Belize The nation is currently hosting the 8th Central American Cricket Championship, and as the last tournament's champions, they're currently defending their title
America Bolivia The national minimum wage will be increased by 5% and the basic wage by 3% following an agreement between President Luis Arce and the leaders of the Bolivian Workers' Central COB, the largest union in the country
Africa Djibouti The Minister of Energy, responsible for natural resources, received a delegation of Austrian entrepreneurs
America Ecuador The country has launched a debt buyback plan that will free up money to protect its Galapagos Islands; buying back bonds for a total of US$800 million, the state will refinance them more cheaply to then funnel the savings into the Galapagos
Africa Kenya A 2nd pastor has been arrest over charges of mass killing as investigation into cults that encouraged followers to starve themselves to death in the hopes of meeting Jesus in Malindi and Kilifi area; over 100 people holed up in the church were liberated