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
Asia Turkmenistan With the help of the EU-funded Advice for Small Businesses programme, Atamyrat Saryyev, owner of the Turkmen dairy company Garagum, has rebranded and developed the design of his dairy company's product range
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
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
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 North Korea Medical crews and epidemiological investigators have been sent to South Hwanghae province, which is battling an outbreak of an as yet unidentified intestinal disease
Europe Belgium The three largest trade unions organised a nationwide strike in Brussels on Monday to protest against wage legislation and demand more purchasing power for workers, kicking off a series of nationwide strikes this week
Europe Finland The University of Helsinki is home to a Confucius Institute that teaches Chinese language and culture; it will now be closed due to accusations of spreading Chinese soft power, conducting espionage and attempting to block discussions on Tibet
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
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
Europe Germany Immigration Minister is proposing radical plans to rewrite the nationality law, pushing for migrants to obtain citizenship faster and for them to be able to have more than one nationality, making Germany a "modern country for immigration"
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