Asia Bangladesh An auto-fine system will be launched today on Dhaka-Chittagong highway: it will automatically detect speeding, illegal parking, driving against traffic with AI-powered cameras; police urged transport owners, workers, stakeholders to support the initiative
Africa Kenya From 23 to 26 June, starting from Kasarani, Nairobi, and ending at Hell's Gate National Park, Naivasha, the 2022 Safari Rally will take place over a total competitive distance of 363,44 km
Africa Zimbabwe The price of condoms in Zimbabwe is so high that a packet has come to cost as much as a domestic worker's salary, an alarming situation that highlights an emblematic social and health issue
Africa Mozambique In Gorogonsa, at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in central Mozambique, coffee, once an alien, grows in the rainforest reversing ecosystem degradation by reforesting the area
Europe United Kingdom The country's biggest transport strike in 30 years will last until Saturday, with nearly 50.000 rail workers on strike; the government is urging the population to avoid travelling
Oceania Australia Antarctic team recently took the traditional plunge into ice at Mawson Station to celebrate the middle of winter- shortest day/longest night; inhabitants of most remote station don't see the sun in the day and the next sunrise is due in a week
Europe Slovenia The country has urged member states to send a strong political signal to the Western Balkans; EU leaders will meet for a summit between 23 and 24 June which includes the topic of enlargement
Asia Saudi Arabia Members of the Jeddah Association of Hearing Impaired Women (Emkan) triumphed in a chess tournament in Jeddah, competing against non impaired people to take the top four places
Asia China A major UN biodiversity summit, delayed because of the pandemic, will be held in Montreal, Canada, instead of China as planned, mainly for Beijing's 'zero Covid' policy, after environmentalists had warned that further delays could jeopardise the agreement
Asia Iran The country is escalating uranium enrichment by preparing to use advanced IR-6 centrifuges at its underground Fordow site, capable of switching enrichment levels more easily, according to a report by the United Nations Nuclear Observatory
Asia Japan Osaka District Court ruled that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the Constitution; it is the only country in the G7 developed nations that does not allow people of the same sex to marry
Africa Burkina Faso UNHCR expressed strong concern about the recent escalation of violence against civilians by armed groups in Burkina Faso, "which has forced thousands to flee, straining humanitarian resources, while insecurity continues to plague the central Sahel"
Africa Libya MSF has called for speeding up the evacuation of the most vulnerable migrants stranded in Libya to safe countries; there are currently an estimated 600.000 migrants in Libya subjected to confinement and enslavement