Asia North Korea Experience gained by North Korean forces on the battlefields of the Russia-Ukraine war imposes changes in the security calculus on the Korean Peninsula, as NK troops have been exposed to the technology and tactics of modern warfare, UN Commander reveals
Oceania Palau A new study conducted by marine scientists from the Palau International Coral Reef Center and Center Scientifique de Monaco found that (micro)plastic had polluted islands, reefs and beaches of the country
America Honduras Santa Lucìa has officially become the first Honduran city to accept Bitcoin as a means of retail payment
Africa Djibouti Italy has granted €1 million to Unicef to strengthen child protection systems, particularly on preventing and responding to violence and supporting legal and policy environment to access quality child protection and other basic social services
Africa Guinea-Bissau The European Union has launched an €8 million programme in Bissau to help combat maternal and child mortality
Africa Senegal Today ends the campaign for general elections that will take place on July 31, 2022; the Senegalese will vote their representatives in the National Assembly for the next five years
Europe Belarus The country has harvested and reached the first million tonnes of wheat, as stated by the head of the crop production department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
America Cuba Registration for the seventh Nelson Mandela International Day race opens today to pay tribute to the former South African president, a recognized supporter of the Cuban people
Europe Czech Republic Slovakia, Poland and Italy have offered to send fire-fighting planes to help the country contain a large forest fire in a national park; currently 410 firefighters from 83 units are fighting the fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park
Europe Denmark Prison staff suffer fewer threats and violence at work, with the number of reports falling by 40% in recent years according to a Kriminalforsorgen report based on data from 2021
Asia Georgia Kobuleti’s new boulevard opened on July 24 as part of the Renewed Regions program; works kicked off in 2021
America Grenada Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dickon Mitchell, is optimistic that the just-concluded campaign promise to pay bi-monthly salaries to government employees can become a reality within the next six to eight months
Asia Bhutan The country is home to 7% of the world's bird species, with the global ornithological community considering it one of the world's top bird destinations
Asia Bahrain It has emerged that the cost of renovating the 200-year-old Hindu temple of Manama Suq has increased by 30% due to the global increase in prices of materials and logistics