Europe France Nearly 300.000 passengers across Europe have been affected as French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights at the start of summer season to protest against understaffing and “toxic management”
Europe Portugal The municipal tourist tax charged in the capital Lisbon has brought to the city over 260 million euros in almost 10 years - in 2024 it amounted to nearly 49,51 million euros
America Peru Amid efforts to manage overcrowding and rising crime in Peru's prisons, the country has considered transferring highly dangerous foreign inmates to El Salvador’s CECOT prison
Africa South Africa South Africa beat Australia in five wickets in WTC final in London, winning first major cricket ICC title after 27 years
Asia Oman A stranded blue whale, approximately 8 metres long, found near Al Duwanij Beach in Shina, has been returned to the sea in good condition after with the intervention of specialised teams from the Environment Department
Europe San Marino National tennis team concluded its Davis Cup participation in 6th place within Europe Group IV; women's national team left for Moldova to play Billie Jean King Cup
America Uruguay Amid rising casualties and complaints of neglect, Uruguay has demanded the UN urgently rotate its 550 peacekeepers in Congo, warning it will retrieve them independently if the organization fails to act
America Panama Panama has been named in US military invasion plans, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has confirmed during a House hearing, amid echoes of Trump’s past expansionist ambitions; Greenland was also mentioned
Africa Morocco Tanger Fashion Week 2025 will be closing today; at its 2nd edition, the event - organized in the most Mediterranean of Moroccan cities - celebrates fashion as a cultural link among different words and styles, with craftsmanship and quality as leitmotiv
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Eight new Marine Protected Areas covering 93 square kilometers have been announced by Sao Tome and Principe representatives at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France; the MPAs aim at protecting local marine life including manta rays, sharks, sea turtles
Asia North Korea State media reported that renovations on the Kalma train station in Wonsan have completed; they are part of the final preparations for the expected grand opening of the Wonsan Kalma beach resort later this month
Asia India The black boxes of the Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad causing over 270 casualties may be analysed by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau at its new laboratory inaugurated on 9 April instead of being sent abroad
Europe Spain Netflix, the US streaming giant, declared it will invest €1,1 billion in productions in Spain between 2025 and 2029 to mark the 10-year anniversary of Netflix’s presence in the country, that has become one of the audiovisual key creation hubs in Europe
America Guyana The first export cargo is ready to sail from the new One Guyana offshore platform, marking a major step in Guyana's rise as a top oil producer with the debut of the Golden Arrowhead crude grade set for shipment by early September