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 Ukraine Ukrainian authorities reported that 1.200 schools have been destroyed since the start of the war on 24 February
Africa Egypt The managing director and head of sustainable finance at the Institute of International Finance said she welcomes Egypt's efforts to host the UN Climate Change Conference in November, given the great global importance of the event
Europe Andorra The month of June has been the hottest since 1950; data recorded at elaborated at Andorra Recerca + Innovació show an average temperature of 20 degrees celsius
Africa Somalia In the Sool region of Somaliland, the plant that makes the water from the Caynabo well drinkable is now operational, thanks to Genius Watter, which has applied its solar drinking water project in the area
Oceania Tuvalu The State of the Environment Report 2022 and the National Environmental Management Strategy 2022-2026 have been launched
Europe Czech Republic The limitations of the European defence industry are due to strict regulations, a lack of raw materials and the inability to apply research results in practice, said Jiří Hynek, representative of the Czech arms industry
Africa Gabon Together with Togo, the country recently joined the Commonwealth, which thus reaching 56 members
Europe Albania PM loudly expressed his disappointment with the accession process, the EU's "impotence" and Bulgaria's veto over Skopje and de facto Tirana, calling the way the EU works "obsolete"
Asia Yemen Yemeni special forces have launched an offensive against al-Qaeda in the southern governorate of Abyan, following reports that the terrorist group is attempting a comeback
Asia Armenia Armenia has agreed to normalisation talks with Turkey to open their common border for third-country nationals and to begin direct cargo flights, notwithstanding decades of strained relations between the two neighbours
Europe Greece The Guardian and other European media report that the Greek police are forcing asylum seekers to participate in the illegal refoulement of migrants from Turkey in exchange for a temporary residence permit, with the threat of deportation if they refuse
Africa Kenya The economy grew by 6,8% in the first three months of the year, the highest in 22 years, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics; the expansion of GDP is due to rebounds in most economic activities after COVID measures have been rolled out
Asia South Korea Daily COVID-19 infections are going up again, ending the downward trend that continued since the omicron-driven wave was curbed in march; health authorities reported that the country added 6.253 new COVID-19 infections during the 24 hours of Sunday