America Bolivia 77 gold bars seized at Viru Viru Airport in compliance with a court order have been delivered to the Central Bank of Bolivia; the total weight recorded during the valuation process is 189.503,9 grams with an average purity over 90%
Asia Yemen UN still lacks $16 million in urgent donations to move oil from the decadent UST off Yemen
Africa Burkina Faso Médecins Sans Frontières reported that thousands of people are displaced after the escalation of violence in the Boucle du Mouhoun region
Europe Andorra Representatives of fire brigade, police, prison, customs and flag officers will unite in a new trade union organisation to demand labour improvements
Asia Cambodia Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia said illegal fishing in fisheries management areas has decreased thanks to an aquaculture project implemented in collaboration with the Cambodian Rural Development Team in 14 villages in the provinces
Africa Tunisia Due to growing discontent over President Kais Saied's democratic backsliding, the US is considering suspending a $500 million economic aid to the country
Oceania Tuvalu Brief rains on the islands of Nanumea, Niutao and Nui have not been enough to remedy the ongoing drought, with recorded figures still below average; a drought committee, headed by Department of Disaster Management Director Luke Selu, is active since 7 May
America Panama The Guna Yala indigenous islands are under threat due to climate change and are expected to be submerged in the next 30 years; the state has already begun to relocate hundreds of their people to mainland, as moving the whole community will take decades
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The first ground preparation works for the construction of the Olympic swimming pool have begun in Mostar
Europe Russia President Vladimir Putin reportedly signed a decree to increase the size of the Russian armed forces from 1,9 million to 2,04 million, increasing the size of the Russian armed forces by 137.000
America Chile The government has presented a bill to reduce working hours by 12% without affecting wages as a part of President Gabriel Boric’s plan for Chileans to have a more effective work-life balance
Asia Turkey The Finance Minister downplayed US threats of sanctions for companies with relations to sanctioned Russian organisations, saying that companies need not worry
Asia Nepal In 2019, the country recorded the highest age-standardised mortality rate for chronic lung disease caused by air pollution, thus having the highest rate in the world, according to results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Africa Namibia Desert Radio presenter Whilzahn Gelderbloem, aka Dubz - with over seven years' experience in broadcast media and other entertainment fields - has been nominated for the Zikomo Africa Awards