Europe United Kingdom England's entire coast has opened for hikers; with 2.689 miles of continuous trails, it's the longest organized coastal footpath in the world
Europe Liechtenstein Director Matthias Harre and his Leading Team have presented a fully open air, lustig version of The Merry Wives of Windsor, with camping-like setting, on the stage of the Werdenberger Castle Festival
Europe Ukraine Amnesty International's head of human rights in Ukraine, Oksana Pokalchuk, has resigned after a report earlier this week accused the Ukrainian army of endangering civilians in the war with Russia
Asia Kuwait Government allowance for nationals working in the private sector will continue, as this aligns with policies to both localize employment in the private sector and to bring more locals to switch away from government jobs
America Venezuela London's High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro's request to gain control of Venezuela's gold reserves stored in the Bank of England, as Britain recognises Juan Guaido - leader of the opposition - as the country’s legitimate president
Africa Chad The military junta has published the list of participants in the national reconciliation dialogue scheduled for 20 August, which the opposition considers a "biased upstream" debate
Europe Norway A huge demand for rental properties and homes on the market in sharp decline are the trends shown by recent data from the financial newspaper Finansavisen in a comparison to last year
Europe Latvia Incukalns underground natural gas storage facility has sufficient natural gas stocks for the next heating season, Economics Minister Ilze Indriksone said in a press conference on 5 August
Africa Egypt Engineer Sara Sabry has become the first Egyptian national to head into space; Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has launched six crew members as part of Mission N-22 on 4 August
Europe Ireland Property tax on holiday homes should be increased to meet the cost of an ageing society and a site-value tax on non-residential property should be introduced; the recommendations of the tax experts report are not in play for Budget 2023
Asia Lebanon Two religious ceremonies at at Geitawi hospital and at St. George’s Cathedral and protests in demand for justice for the victims of the disaster took place in Beirut on 4 August, 2nd anniversary of the port explosion which killed 200 people injuring 6.000
Africa Cape Verde Cape Verde is one of the Portuguese-speaking target countries for recruiting workers to fill the shortfall of between 40.000 to 50.000 workers to meet the demand of 2022 summer season in Portugal, through protocols set up to help businessmen recruit
Africa Somalia Ali Musa Abdi, a veteran Somali journalist who worked for several international media outlets including the BBC, news agency AFP and ANSA, passed away; he had retired and was fighting diabetes
Oceania Vanuatu Shefa Port Vila Land Transport presented an electric vehicle initiative that, if approved, would help the sector from the very base and would be one of the first such projects ever in the country