Europe Montenegro Montenegro will be first country to join the European Union under the new safeguards designed to ensure all new members uphold agreed democratic standards, preventing backsliding on the bloc’s values
Europe Italy The funeral chamber of Giorgio Armani, who died at 91, is open for public viewing this weekend at Armani/Teatro in Milan; the fashion designer is credited for inventing the job of stilsita, for a new, sober aesthetic, for taking red carpets to new heights
America Trinidad and Tobago All Caribbean Airlines flights between Trinidad and Caracas, Venezuela are suspended for September 2025; the carrier cited rising tensions and said passengers impacted may rebook without change fees or request refunds
America Dominican Republic Tourism Minister announced that the clear strategies designed with the help of SITUR data system helped bring tourism back to strength; targeting South America for a year-round tourism, figures show that now visitors from Argentina are 3rd in arrivals
Asia India For today's Anant Chaturdashi 10.000 civic staffers are involved and 245 control rooms have been activated in Mumbai to ensure smooth festivities; in the past week, over 155.000 Ganesh idols have been immersed in waters across the city
Asia Laos The government is enforcing stricter penalties on tobacco companies that fail to comply with new graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging, aiming to curb smoking and protect public health
Europe Romania New austerity measures deemed as 'necessary' for a fiscal reform and designed to lower Romania 7,5 billion euro public deficit target civil servants, magistrates, corporates, businesses, bureaucracy and corruption
Asia South Korea First-ever bill to recognize tattooing as a legal profession outside of medical practice has been pre-approved; if passing all stages, it could make tattooists professionals ending a 33-year-old barrier that has led underground the criminalized craft
Europe Poland A massive 20-kilogram ovarian tumor was successfully removed from a 68-year-old woman in the Provincial Integrated Hospital in Elbląg; suffering from multiple conditions, she presented worsening abdominal pain, ascites and shortness of breath for weeks
Asia Qatar The Qatari Cohesion Octagon Parachuting Team, affiliated with the Qatar Air Sports Committee of the Joint Special Forces, won first place and the gold medal at the 24th World Championship in the Netherlands with 181 points
Asia Tajikistan Public organizations are invited to take part in a selection for the implementation of a project aimed at addressing gender-based violence through economical empowering of women and girls in the Vahdat district, with particular focus on refugees
America Dominica Start of national voter confirmation campaign has been postponed to October 2025 with amendment passed in Parliament, sparking criticism over effective election reform and over possible manipulation of the process to favour overseas-based voters
Europe Slovakia Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Celtic the Late Iron Age sacrificial pit during renovation works at Trenčín Castle, containing the skeletal remains of at least five people, including a child; third such pit found in Slovakia
America Barbados Barbados, with the Marine Institute of Ireland, is starting a mapping of its seafloor few small islands have attempted on such a large-scale: it will include part of its EEZ, 432 times larger than its land area; work to cover fully will take years