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
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 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
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
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
Africa Mauritania Desertification is uprooting families and destroying livelihoods with profound impact on health and mind; 90% of the country is in Sahara Desert, making it particularly vulnerable to the effects of drought and reduced rainfall
Europe Finland Finnair announced an upcoming new strategy and significant structural renewal to mitigate the losses due to rising fuel prices, rapid inflation and operational rescheduling in consequence of a prolonged closure of Russian airspace
Asia Brunei On the occasion of his 76th birthday, the monarch said the government must devise new economic strategies for a post-pandemic world, stressing that the country must accelerate economic diversification for this purpose
Asia Armenia In the first 5 months of this year, goods worth about $76 million were imported into Armenia from Turkey
Africa Liberia Grand Bassa University President Samuel Monwell has been asked to resign over poor administrative practices that saw the closure of the university's nursing department by the Liberian Board of Nursing and Midwifery
Africa Guinea Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, former PM deposed in the 2021 military coup, detained since last April, has been charged with the 'embezzlement' of more than $40 million, originally intended for the management of the Covid epidemic, and unjustified disbursement
Asia China Global chip shortage is changing the way carmakers access manufacturers, threatening to curb China's momentum as a global leader in electric vehicles
Africa Algeria With a new oil and gas deal, the country has become Italy's main gas supplier, replacing Russia
Africa Burundi A $5m loan to CRDB Bank Burundi will support small business lending especially to women-owned enterprises, as IFC and CRDB announced new investments to boost access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to strengthen pandemic recovery