America Costa Rica Water access became a hot topic after Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers said tariffs haven't been updated since 2018, foreseeing an abrupt increase; meanwhile, villages close to the capital recur to buying bottles to avoid contaminated, unhealthy water
America Haiti After two years of virtual activity, Haiti's annual 'Livres en Folie' book fair once again welcomed people in person for its 28th edition, with 1.200 books presented
America Dominican Republic The approval in the Chamber of Deputies of the new Matías Ramón Mella province generated rejection from several sectors nationwide, which considered it an electoral intention
America Barbados Past president of Soroptimist International of Barbados, Ramona Smart, has called for more to be done to stop elder abuse, saying the incidence of reported and unreported episodes continues to be disturbingly high
Africa Algeria Stick fighting, a traditional sport in Algeria, which has its roots in Oran, in the north-western region, will make its entrance at the Mediterranean Games scheduled from 25 June to 5 July
Europe Ukraine In a meeting where Draghi, Scholz and Macron met Zelensky in Kiev, Draghi declared 'Italy wants Ukraine in the EU'
Asia Yemen Yemen's Houthi rebels continue to recruit children into their military ranks to fight in the country's civil war, despite an April 2022 agreement with the United Nations to stop the practice
Oceania Vanuatu Switzerland will not allow visa-free entry to Vanuatu nationals whose passports were issued on or after 25 May 2015, as the EU fears that Vanuatu's investor citizenship programmes, known as 'golden passports', pose a threat to EU countries
Asia Palestine The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has urged countries to increase financial contributions as it suffers from a $100 million funding gap
Asia Myanmar The country exported over 94.691 tonnes of rice and 58.815 of broken rice this May according to the Myanmar Rice Federation
Africa Mauritania IMF staff recently concluded a mission to review and analyse governance and integrity issues in the country, at the request of the Mauritanian government
Europe Sweden In order to reduce the carbon footprint of steel wind turbine production, a 100-metre prototype ecological wooden wind turbine is being built in Sweden using LVL from mature trees that have already absorbed the maximum amount of CO2
Europe Russia Deputy Prime Minister Novak affirmed Europe will pay an extra $400 billion in energy prices and could suffer a shortage of oil products, without giving a timeline