Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Africa Equatorial Guinea The Director General of Internal Policies inaugurated the office of the NGO Promodhege, Promotion of Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea, to support the Government in achieving this objective
Africa Tunisia Remittances from Tunisian workers abroad increased by 13,3% in the first four months of this year, reaching $791 million, Central Bank data showed
Africa Mauritania The abandonment and dismantling of subsea structures in Chinguetti and Banda fields - recently discovered and with a controversial exploitation history - will be supervised by Norwegian maritime multinational Havfram
America United States The House passed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act with 222 to 203 votes; the bill seeks to create dedicated offices throughout the government, after a gunman fatally shot 10 people in an incident that President Biden called “domestic terrorism”
Europe Italy No graduates of Italian universities will be able to access UK’s ‘High Potential Individual’ work permit; a disappointed Universities and Research Minister Cristina Messa said Italy will petition to include Italian institutions in the list
Asia China Special envoy is sent to Brussels to salvage ties with EU: Mr. Wu Hongbo’s visit follows last month’s virtual summit where Beijing’s position on Ukraine and alleged coercion of Lithuania became a source of tension with the Union
Asia Cyprus Cyprus does not meet the terms and conditions to apply for NATO membership and will not apply for the moment, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said; the position is also taking into account Turkey’s reaction to Finland’s and Sweden’s accession
Africa eSwatini The country is preparing for the nationwide introduction of the HPV vaccine; the country's National Cancer Control Unit states that 59,3% of female cancer cases in the country are cervical cancer
Asia Brunei 23 athletes from the country are competing in the Vietnam Sea Games 2022 taking place from 12-23 May 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam; 87 athletes from Brunei had participated in 14 sports in the previous edition
America Guatemala The country is holding its first ever technical meeting on agriculture with Belize, so they can actively cooperate in the production of grains and raising of livestock, since their geographical conditions are similar
America Nicaragua The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has demanded the country to let the rising number of political prisoners have contact with their children, as some haven’t seen in them in years since they were arrested
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Malnutrition and malaria have become the main threat to the population in the war-ravaged region of Kalehe, where hospitals and roads destroyed by conflict often make medical care unaccessible
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, supports the introduction of the "Capoeira Project" at the National School of Physical Education and Sport of Guinea-Bissau to enable practice and spread the discipline