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
Asia Saudi Arabia Adopting unrealistic policies to reduce emissions by excluding main sources of energy will lead to unprecedented inflation and an increase in energy price, concluded Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit 2022
Asia India For the first time in 70 years, India's forests will be home to cheetahs as eight of them are set to arrive in August from Namibia; their return comes decades after India's indigenous population was declared officially extinct in 1952
Africa Chad President of the Chadian Transitional Military Council signed a decree establishing, organising and managing the Observatory for the Promotion of Gender Equality and Equity, an ad hoc monitoring and evaluation body attached to the Prime Minister's Office
Europe Portugal Forest fires consumed 57.940 hectares this year, more than double the entire 2021 figure, according to provisional data from the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry
Africa Rwanda The country will host the headquarters of the African Medicine Agency; the decision has been taken at the end of the African Union Executive Council meeting
Asia Taiwan The government-funded hotel subsidy program has been used on a total of nearly 100.000 hotel rooms in just the first weekend Sunday 17th - Tuesday 20th; so far a total of 9.485 accommodation facilities have participated in the program
Africa Nigeria The first fibre optic cable manufacturing plant in West Africa was inaugurated in Ogun State; named Coleman Wire and Cable Fibre Optic Company, the plant was built by wire and cable manufacturer Coleman Technical Industries Ltd
Africa Uganda Edward Mukiibi, a young Ugandan agronomist, has become president of the international Slow Food association, which was founded in the 1980s with the aim of defending and spreading the individual agricultural and food and wine traditions
Europe Montenegro The President’s office called for an internal investigation after a man falsely claiming to be Prince Stefan Cernetic of Montenegro and Macedonia attended the country’s Statehood Day celebration in Cetinje, publishing photos on his FB page
Africa Libya The Libyan Department of Military Engineering announced the recovery of five tonnes of war remnants collected from Tripoli International Airport, following a warrant issued by the General Staff
Europe Vatican City A call for all migrant workers to have rights as workers, regardless of their immigration status, comes in the last bulletin of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Europe North Macedonia Draft amendments to media law would end the ban on state financing of private radio and television stations and on state advertising in the private media with bipartisan and strictly regulated info campaigns
Europe Sweden Bringing back the old system of labour market testing for work permits would be "an absolute catastrophe" for Swedish companies, depriving them of "critical foreign skills", the Centre Party's labour market spokesperson has said