Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Europe Netherlands Amnesty International and the KNVB - the Netherlands Football Association - condemned the Qatari hotels that refuse gay couples during the World Cup
America Colombia The state has become the first in Latin America to legalise medically assisted suicide for those suffering extreme sufferance or incurable diseases
Europe Spain The country is finalising the details of a bill that would guarantee the right to request an abortion in the country's free public health system and remove the requirement to obtain parental consent for those aged 16 and over
America Cuba The government is stepping up its commitment to sustainable tourism, implementing measures to protect beaches and biodiversity through the plan launched in 2017 with the participation of different sectors of the Cuban economy and society
Africa Mauritius At MITD's Ecole Hôtelière Sir Gaëtan Duval in Rose-Hill, a 'Battle of the Barmen' competition was organised yesterday on the occasion of International Cocktail Day to highlight the work of barmen in the tourism and hospitality sectors
Europe Montenegro Human rights activists urged Prime Minister Abazovic to compensate the families of six civilians killed in air strikes on the village of Murino in April 1999, during NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia
Asia Philippines The fight against online child sexual abuse remains a sticking point; none of the election candidates had made this an election issue, despite a 2021 report labelling the country 'the world's centre of child sexual abuse production'
Oceania Fiji Several families in Nabavatu, Dreketi, a village declared unsafe by the Department of Mineral Resources due to the appearance of cracks last year, are still refusing to leave the village and the government says it will respect their choice
Europe Switzerland The Swiss government has released the value of 6,3 billion Swiss francs (€6,05 billion) worth of Russian assets frozen under sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine; the figure is down from around 7.5 billion francs worth of funds frozen on 7 April
Africa Morocco The country will host the 2022 Caf Champions League final on 30 May, an official from the Confederation of African Football confirmed on Tuesday, after Senegal withdrew its bid to host the match
Europe Moldova From 24 February to 13 May, the Office for Migration and Asylum received 7.381 asylum applications; since the beginning of the war, 421.929 Ukrainian citizens have entered the country, of whom 84.735 have remained
Asia Thailand The government plans to distribute one million free cannabis plants to households nationwide to celebrate a new rule that from 9 June will allow people to grow cannabis at home
Europe Iceland The Arctic tern has returned to the country, According to the records of the Southeast Iceland Bird Observatory - which monitors the annual arrival of migratory birds - with about 1.000 terns observed in the Ósland conservation area in Höfn í Hornafjörður