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 North Macedonia Prime Minister Kovacevski announced that Skopje had reached a compromise with Bulgaria in a long-standing dispute, allowing EU accession talks to begin
America Peru The country was about to be the next host for the upcoming OAS meeting, until the organisation requested gender-neutral bathrooms, which caused the country’s conservative congress to re-evaluate their decision before accepting
Asia North Korea Kiev has "no right" to challenge North Korea's recognition of two breakaway republics on Ukraine's eastern borders, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday
Europe Russia Fast fashion giant H&M announced he will fully exit Russia, adding the current situation makes operations difficult and plans unpredictable; closing operations will cost the Company $191 million and will have a $96 million impact on H&M's cash flow
Europe Serbia Defense Minister Stefanovic told a news conference Sunday that the plane crashed over the weekend shortly after taking off from Nis was carrying 11,5 tons of Serbian-made mortar ammunition to be delivered to Bangladesh
America Uruguay According to official government reports, labor demand has grown by approximately 65% in the past year, with technological, commercial, and financial industries now suffering a labor shortage
Africa Nigeria Nigeria's inflation rate has surpassed the World Bank's forecast of 15,5% by 20%, despite an increase in the policy rate
Europe Portugal Ranked as the best European country for living and working abroad in the Expat Insider 2022, it sees 85% of expats happy with their life in Portugal, compared to 71% globally according to almost 12.000 respondents
Asia South Korea 7 out of 10 South Koreans believe the government should only provide medical, food and other nonlethal aid to Ukraine - the survey was conducted by Gallup Korea in June 21-23 involving 1.000 people above 18
Europe Poland More and more Poles are pawning their possessions when they urgently need money, and this often happens even to those with good jobs, on top of mothers with children, pensioners and office workers
Africa Djibouti Livestock terminal at Djibouti's Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port will be also used by Ethiopia, as per a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 12 July by Ministers of the two countries
Africa Rwanda The country has adopted the RASME - Remote Assessment Supervision Monitoring and Evaluation - initiative, a tool that improves the collection of project data in remote areas, the first East African country to do so and the seventh in the entire continent
America Paraguay The country has officially reestablished the terrestrial transport system with Bolivia, which was closed since the beginning of the pandemic