Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Africa Nigeria The suspension of a new 10% tax on single-use plastics and excise taxes on some locally manufactured products was recently ordered to reduce business costs
Asia Tajikistan The Summer Handicrafts Fair will be held at Hotel Serena Dushanbe July 22-23, with artisans from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan displaying their products
Europe Portugal The Government will extend VAT zero basket until the end of the year, an exceptional and temporary application of VAT exemption for 44 essential food products that aims at mitigating the impact of inflation
Asia Iran The morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked protests across the country
Asia Jordan The first cable car was inaugurated in Ajloun: 2,5 kilometre long, it is fitted with 40 cabins, each one for eight people
Oceania Australia In the past 18 months TikTok has received more requests from Australia's e-safety commissioner to remove posts bullying children than any other social media platform
Africa South Africa Vladimir Putin will not be going to Johannesburg for the 15th Brics Summit, the South African presidency announced in a press release, and in his place will be Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; reportedly, the country would have been forced to arrest Putin
Europe Finland Russian consulate general's operating licence in Turku will be revoked as of 1 October, in response to Russia's asymmetrical decision to close Finland's consulate general in St Petersburg
Asia Philippines A Member of Parliament urged the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and water concessionaires to offer prepaid water metering for poor and low-income households
Europe France The number of business bankruptcies increased by 35% in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, putting 55.000 jobs at risk of disappearing
Europe Belgium Access to the permanent collections of the Belgian federal museums will be today and for the weekend in honour of the 10th anniversary of King Philip's reign
Asia Tajikistan A temporary ban on cement exports has been imposed to fully meet domestic needs for this construction material
Oceania Palau Palau's Agri-Fair 2023 grew this year with more participants, with state and nongovernmental organization booths displaying produce, crops, livestock and even fresh tuna