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
Asia Taiwan It will be "very difficult" to get an invitation to a major WHO meeting this month, despite continued efforts, Foreign Minister Wu said; the country has been excluded from most global organisations because of China's objections
Oceania New Zealand The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will today present a free livestreamed performance for all secondary schools in New Zealand, as well as offering it to classes filling Auckland City Hall
Asia India A 28-year-old Muslim woman's petition to a court, seeking to stop her husband from taking another wife without her written consent, has put the practice of polygamy among Indian Muslims in the spotlight
Asia Palestine Al Jazeera's Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin; the Ministry of Health said she was hit by Israeli fire, despite wearing a vest bearing the inscription PRESS
Asia Pakistan The historic Hassanabad bridge in the Hunza Valley was destroyed on Saturday: a heatwave caused severe flooding, bringing a glacial lake to release large amounts of water into a stream that hit the bridge
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu's push for the ICJ to protect vulnerable nations from climate change has received the support of 1.500 civil society organisations from over 130 countries as it heads towards a crucial vote at the UN General Assembly later this year
Africa Togo President Gnassingbé accepted mediation between Mali's ruling military junta and Ecowas, the African Union (AU) and the UN
Europe Czech Republic Large Czech farms oppose the EU's plan to extend organic farming to 25% of land, warning of potential food price increases in an already difficult situation due to the war in Ukraine
Europe Lithuania The country recorded an increase in agricultural and food exports despite the war in Ukraine, mainly due to the increase in the cost of exported agricultural and food products; exports to Russia and Belarus increased by 10% and 14% respectively
Europe Russia Exports to China surged to a record in April, +57% on April 2021, $8,9 billion worth of goods, probably due to rising global energy prices; imports fell to the lowest level since the early months of the pandemic
Africa South Sudan One person has died and 30 others have been infected with cholera in South Sudan in a resurgence of the disease not seen since 2017, the Ministry of Health announced
Europe Finland The Left Alliance party, which is very divided on NATO membership, has decided to remain in government even if the country's political leadership decides to submit an application for membership
Asia Sri Lanka As clashes spread late Monday evening, authorities imposed an indefinite curfew across the nation of 22 million and called in the army to help contain the violence