Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Europe Malta The Used Vehicles Importers Association (UVIA) has suspended two dealerships that were allegedly tampering with the mileage gauges of cars imported from Japan; around 300 cars may have been affected in racket
Europe Norway Tennis player Casper Ruud, world number 8 in the ATP ranking, has become the first Norwegian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final
America Ecuador To fight illegal fishing in the Galapagos, the country has established Canadian satellites and sensing technologies to push back against the industrial-scale theft of marine resources
America Honduras President Xiomara Castro rejected the exclusion of Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas and said that Honduras won’t attend if that’s still the case, since it would no longer truly be the ‘Summit of the Americas’
Asia Turkmenistan Kerki International Airport in Turkmenistan is now offering foreign airlines free high-quality maintenance and refuelling services as a strategy to attract foreign airlines
Asia Cyprus Cyprus is to become East Med data hub after Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed on a joint venture to lay undersea and land fibre optic data cable that will link Europe with Asia; the project has been named the East to Med data Corridor (EMC)
Africa Somalia At least seven million people will be affected by drought before the end of the year unless there is a massive effort by local institutions and international organisations, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Asia Bahrain Zain has completed an innovative street lighting solution that transforms existing streetlights into Zain 5G sites to enhance 5G deployment in Bahrain Bay
Asia United Arab Emirates The first café serving only dogs was opened in Dubai by Korean nutritionist and certified pet bakery chef Hyunsuk Ku, with food, coffee and sweets for dogs only
Asia Turkey About 250.000 Turkish citizens have quit smoking with the help of 'Alo 171', a telephone line that connects smokers with health officials who help them quit; the figure represents one third of the total number of calls, 700.000
Europe Slovakia As many as a quarter of Slovaks would change jobs if they lost the possibility of working from home, according to a survey entitled 'Hybrid Work Model as a New Standard' conducted by the agency Focus for Microsoft on a sample of 1.071 employees
Asia Kuwait The country announced 5 requirements for pilgrims to apply for the Hajj, like being under 65 years old and fully vaccinated and having health insurance to cover treatment costs in case of contracting Coronavirus
America Peru Two new lizard species have been discovered in the historical sanctuary of Machu Picchu, proving the protection policies of the sanctuary successful