Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Africa Eritrea The country has rejoined the East African regional bloc it abandoned 16 years ago, its information minister said, in the country's latest move to rebuild ties with its neighbours
Africa Angola Under the theme 'Connectivity and Technological Modernisation' ANGOTIC 2023 - Angola's 3rd International Forum on Information and Communication Technologies, has begun in Luanda at the Talatona Convention Centre
Europe Switzerland The first hydrogen filling station on the national motorway network, operated by the Swiss subsidiary of the Azerbaijani state-owned energy group Socar, was opened at the Grauholz rest area on the A1 in Bern
America Costa Rica A groundbreaking discovery in reptile reproduction has been made, as scientists were astonished by a local female crocodile that gave birth without mating after 16 years in captivity, being the first ever crocodile “virgin birth” in the world
Oceania Tonga The Royal Agricultural, Fisheries, Tourism & Trade Show 2023 in Tongatapu was held with a team of Chinese agricultural experts, Chinese companies in Tonga and some Chinese entrepreneurs
Europe Italy Silvio Berlusconi, media tycoon and four times PM, died on 12 June at the age of 86; an iconic figure, both beloved and hated, he brought major changes in Italian TV and politics
Asia Bangladesh Voting for the Khulna City Corporation took place peacefully amid tight security measures and a festive atmosphere of spontaneous voter participation
America Saint Lucia Shanan Emmanuel, who was born in Saint Lucia and grew up in the Jacmel community amidst various challenges, became a scientist working with a Massachusetts-based company and today encourages young people to focus on positive goals
Europe Spain Forensic scientists have begun exhuming 128 Spanish Civil War victims from vast burial complex near Madrid; it's the first exhumation of its kind involving people whose bodies were moved elsewhere after 1936-1939 war and reburied without families' consent
Africa Chad As part of the work of the Strategic Committee for Flood Management and Prevention, the Minister of Spatial Development, Housing and Urban Planning held a meeting to be prepared for possible events
Europe Belarus Among the threats faced by the CSTO countries is cyber warfare as its destructive influence will grow, said President Lukashenko
Asia Cyprus Two laws passed by parliament aiming at reducing the impact of increasing fuel costs to consumers were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court yesterday, because they violate the separation of powers
America United States Maryland followed Maine and Vermont to become the first three states to have eliminated all time limits on lawsuits for crimes of child sexual abuse; advocates say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes