Asia Thailand Rubella has been eliminated in Thailand as a public health threat, achieving the WHO criteria for interruption of endemic transmission; imported cases is now the key concern, especially for infections during pregnancy
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 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
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
Asia Japan A Tokyo court ordered former executives of TEPCO to pay some 13 trillion yen ($95 billion) in total damages for failing to prevent the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
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
Europe Malta Gozo Minister announced that the regional impact assessment, studies and public consultation on the proposed Gozo Rural Airfield project have been concluded; the project explores the possibility of turning the dilapidated Gozo Heliport into an airfield
Europe Latvia The Atis Kronvalds Foundation published the latest ranking of Latvian schools, summarising pupils' performances in various sport meetings and research conferences
Africa Somalia The country has reached the milestone of 10% of citizens vaccinated against Covid with two doses, thus exiting the band of countries with the lowest vaccination rates
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
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 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
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