Asia Indonesia After a 7,7 magnitude earthquake hit Flores, the scientific community said consecutive major earthquakes, (like Venezuela, Colombia) are normal: global earthquake rates remain steady, averaging about 16 major earthquakes, magnitude 7 or higher, each year
Asia Brunei The country will purchase vaccines and antiviral drugs against monkeypox, although no cases have been detected so far, to prepare for a potential epidemic
Africa Burundi Burundian drummers keep the atmosphere of yesteryear alive, preserving, with pirouettes and dances, a centuries-old ritual, locally known as the "ignoma" recognised by UNESCO and jealously guarded by the Burundian state
Asia Yemen The UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg denounces the Iran-backed Houthis for rejecting proposals to end the siege of Taiz and threatening to undermine the UN-brokered truce
America El Salvador The ‘Guarantee Programme’ grants small companies the possibility to ask for loans with low guarantees in order to boost their business; the progran has been started by the ational Commission for Micro and Small Businesses and the Development Bank
Oceania Samoa The Samoa National Provident Fund Board of Directors have announced an 8,2% dividend for its contributors, and for the first time ever, the full dividend will be paid out
America Nicaragua The San Cristóbal Volcano, the highest in the country, has recently erupted; the government has advised to wear masks due to the high concentration of ash in the air and store drinking water since reserves are currently contaminated
Africa Mauritania President El Ghazouani met with Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, to commit to increasing investment in wind, solar and green hydrogen energy in the country
Africa Comoros The Comoros Defence Force in collaboration with officials of the Mwali National Park organised a control operation in the Mwali forest, where anonymous people are carrying out environmentally harmful activities
Africa Algeria The President has ordered the teaching of English to begin at primary school level, for the first time in the country's history
Africa Uganda Uganda Revenue Authority has established mechanisms to start taxing Facebook and other internet giants; the move is one of the strategies expected to earn Uganda at least 25 trillion shillings in domestic revenue in the 2022/23 fiscal year
Europe Slovakia Slovaks agree that climate change is happening, but are not willing to pay higher taxes or prices nor change their life habits to protect the Earth, according to a survey conducted by Environmental Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe has pulled out of the U.N. Oceans Conference after China blocked Taiwan’s delegation from participating
Asia Cyprus Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades calls for widening of access to abortions and proposed the expansion of medical coverage under the national health scheme, which should include psychological support