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
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 Mongolia Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves; the lake contains nearly 70% of Mongolia's freshwater, 0,4% of the world's total
Asia Vietnam The Ministry of Education and Training has decided not to increase the price of educational services for the 2022-23 school year in response to overall rising prices
Asia Philippines A newly elected lawmaker urged the Department of Transportation to grant conditional amnesty for colorum utility vehicles so that they can be included in government fuel subsidies and the Libreng Sakay program
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
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
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
Africa Zambia The Finance Minister stated that the country's main creditors are ready to discuss a debt restructuring; August-September was taken as an indicative date for an International Monetary Fund programme
Africa Sierra Leone A delegation from the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation has been warmly welcomed in the country; the bilateral meetings aim at advancing the development of the country's first compact program, a grant designed to facilitate economic growth
Oceania Solomon Islands 41 participants from Rendova and Munda in Western Province completed a three-day food safety and hygiene training last week at Titiru Eco lodge supported by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services' Food Safety Unit
Europe Spain What is currently hitting the country has been recorded as the worst heat wave in 20 years, with all but two of the country's 17 autonomous communities on alert for extremely high temperatures