Asia Palestine Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, one of the most prominent names in Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79 at his home in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem; his work depicted Palestinian traditions and people's struggles under Israeli occupation
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
Europe Liechtenstein Prof. Dr. Pavel Laskov from the University of Liechtenstein has been awarded the prestigious prize ‘Test of Time’ at the International Conference on Machine Learning in Baltimore, USA
Europe United Kingdom The Welsh Government started this month to offer a basic income of £1,600/month for one year to a group of 500 citizens aged 18 years, an experiment to test whether an unconditional income can help younger people to become independent economically
Oceania Solomon Islands There is no military base, nor any other military facility or institutions, in the country’s security agreement with China signed last April - PM Sogavare assured once again, stressing that that’s a very important point that he will continue to reiterate
Asia Pakistan Melting glaciers are threatening with flooding the north of the country, home to more than 7.000 glaciers, more than anywhere else on Earth outside the poles
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
Europe Andorra 156 young people between the ages of 16 and 26 are employed in different services of the municipality of Andorra la Vella as summer workers, tourist and street informants, sports monitors or alongside the environmental service
Asia Jordan 696 administrative detainees will be released - ensured it wouldn’t pose a threat to their lives, security and public order - to give them the opportunity of reintegrating into society and enabling them to lead normal lives
Africa Kenya Due to incoming elections, the country has been labelled as world's second most uncertain for investors; market watchers, however, say that it has been numbed to political risks having gone through many
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
Asia Thailand Computer security researchers say Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have seen their mobile phones or other devices infected and attacked with government-sponsored spyware
Asia Cyprus Shortage of lifeguards in Kato Pyrgos will be addressed with a lifeguard workshop to cover staffing needs, as the reason for insufficient lifeguards on duty has been identified in a general lack of qualified professional
America Trinidad and Tobago Some 2.700 pupils out of 9.000 have registered for remedial lessons to boost scoring under 50% in the Secondary Entrance Assessment Exam as they head to secondary school