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
Europe United Kingdom The government wants to cut up to 91.000 civil service jobs to save money, with the aim of returning to 2016 staffing levels within three years, with realistic annual savings of £3,75bn
Europe Denmark Dansk Folkehjælp has reported a sharp increase in the number of families applying for summer holiday support - around 10.000 - although only a tenth of applicants will receive the subsidy
Oceania Tonga Tonga's new police commissioner McLennan, who arrived from Australia, will be sworn in after completing his seven-day quarantine in Nuku'alofa next week; the PM announced that the King had approved the appointment
Africa Ghana Green globe Ghana, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has embarked on a tree planting operation in Anfoeta Tsebi given the increasing degradation of the Wote forest
Asia Vietnam A seminar organised by Education for Nature, a local NGO, showed the achievements and challenges in tackling wildlife crime in the country, highlighting how it remains a major market and transit point for transnational wildlife trafficking
Africa Niger More than 30% of public contracts awarded in 2021 in Niger are not in compliance with procedures, according to a report by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority
Europe Monaco The Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies in its latest document on the health crisis, reported that 1 in 4 people in Monaco have been infected since the start of the pandemic; almost 1/3 are still unvaccinated
Europe Austria The Austrian government unveiled more than 20 measures to improve working conditions for care professionals, with €1 billion invested in the next steps of the reform that aims to make the sector more attractive to workers
Africa Somalia The government asked the International Monetary Fund to extend its financial support by three months until 17 August, with presidential elections set for today; delay of the elections risked blowing up the three-year program of nearly $400 million
Africa Cape Verde Santo Antão will soon receive a new photovoltaic plant as one of the islands involved in the implementation of solar energy plants, as part of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvement Project
Oceania Marshall Islands Experienced weaver Susan Jieta, 52, is contributing to the survival of the Marshallian Jaki-ed craft, a technique historically used to make mats that were worn by the Marshallese before colonisation, by teaching it to other women and holding courses
Europe Belgium The popularity of rock climbing is growing in Brussels and soon enthusiasts will be able to practice it in the Saint-Antoine church in the Forest district, which will be used as a climbing hall
Asia Syria US authorised some foreign investment in areas of northern Syria that are outside government control in areas such as agriculture, construction and finance, in what it said was a strategy designed to defeat the Islamic State through economic stabilisation