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
Africa Seychelles 500.000 people travel each year between the two main islands of Seychelles; the construction of the new ferry terminal to reduce congestion has begun
Europe Romania The Constitutional Court has ruled that plagiarists can keep their doctorate title, which can only be withdrawn by the Ministry of Education in very specific circumstances
Europe Vatican City For the tenth consecutive year, the Institute for Works of Religion has published its Annual Report containing the 2021 balance sheet, closed with a 18,1 million net profit
Africa Ethiopia The private social enterprise Teki Paper Bags, run by young deaf Ethiopian women, will use a USAID $550.000 grant to turn the fight against pollution and plastic bags into an employment opportunity for young people with disabilities
Oceania Tonga A donation of 30 farm tractors from the Chinese city of Dongguan in Guangdong Province has been handed over to the state - it is meant as a practical aid for the country's recovery
Asia Singapore The country faces a dengue 'emergency', an epidemic of this seasonal disease that arrived unusually early this year, having exceeded 11.000 cases, well above the 5.258 recorded in 2021, before 1 June, when the peak of dengue season traditionally begins
Asia Lebanon The return of live performances at the Baalbeck International Festival in July raises the country's hopes for an influx of 1 million people, which would boost the country's revival given the power of word of mouth among tourists
Africa Nigeria Former captain of national football team Odegbami has launched a new radio station, Eagles 7 Sports Radio 103,7 FM, which will promote "Afrocentrism, reflecting the dreams and expectations of all Africans and people of African descent around the world"
Africa Ghana A huge billboard erected in Accra for the Pride Month has been taken down, under pressure from several MPs who asked the chief of police to remove it, thus igniting the debate on the bill proposing to impose harsh penalties on the Lgbtqi+ community
Asia Taiwan Minister of Labour seemed hesitant about a minimum wage increase next year, after President Tsai Ing-wen called for it; traditionally, a committee is convened to decide on the wage rate in the third quarter with government officials and business leaders
Asia Uzbekistan WB approved a US$ 142 million concessional credit that will support a project to increase the area under sustainable landscape management, restore degraded forest land and promote collaboration with neighbors to replant the transboundary landscape
Africa South Sudan NileBoda Inc, a South Sudanese motorbike taxi company that bases its services on an App, won first place over a thousand competitors in the competition 2022 Digital Innovation for Business Resilience in East Africa
Asia Kazakhstan The country has discussed with TotalEnergies the construction of a 1GW wind farm near Lake Balkhash; the wind farm - with an electricity storage system - is expected to attract around US$ 1,6 billion to the national economy