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
Africa Equatorial Guinea After a month of debate to choose between four proposals submitted to Equatorial Guinea for the implementation of the online visa, VFS-GLOBAL, a leading Swiss outsourcing and technology company, was selected
Asia Turkey In the past 13 days, 12 women have been killed in Turkey, as women's rights defenders cry out against the lack of prevention policies
America Dominica The Government of Dominica has launched the Future Homes Programme, through which it will build homes for sale to people employed in the public and private sectors to give young citizens access to affordable and resilient housing
America El Salvador The UN is going to conduct a special mission in the country in order to evaluate the current emergency situation that is causing thousands of inmate deaths
America Grenada The Grenada Tourism Authority has partnered with the Spicemas Corporation to promote Grenada's Carnival 'Spicemas' throughout the Caribbean
Asia Japan The decision to hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving in Japan’s history who was assassinated on 8 July, has been met with mixed reactions, with critics questioning the use of state money to fund the ceremony
Asia Georgia The working group on judicial reforms, chaired by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, met for the first time this week to discuss the European Commission's 12-point recommendations
Europe Albania Mass protests rocked the capital this week, with thousands of people taking to the streets to demand the resignation of Socialist Party Prime Minister Edi Rama and his government
America Panama The government has reduced fuel prices and frozen rates in other essential products after a series of heavy protests against inflation and corruption took place
Africa Botswana A group of 70 representatives from various government agencies and institutions in Botswana have been trained to strengthen their skills and capacities to effectively coordinate emergencies impacting on public health
Europe Denmark Sales of electric vehicles have increased by 65% in the past year and Confused.com predicts that in Denmark more than half of the new vehicles will be electric by 2035
Asia Jordan At the 2022 UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development HH Princess Dina pointed to the negative social and economic effects of the pandemic, especially on women: rise in poverty, decrease in education rates, spike in unpaid healthcare work
Oceania Solomon Islands Western Provincial capital of Gizo is once again being faced with one of its decade-long problems of water shortage, now presenting even more challenge for residents each day as short rains aren’t enough to fill the home tanks nor the wells