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 Syria Volunteers from the psychological support unit of Syria's Violet Org charity organised games based on Super Mario video game for Eid al-Fitr celebrations for displaced children in a camp in the village of Killi in the rebel-held Idlib
Oceania Marshall Islands The Red Cross held a three-day blood drive at the old College of the Marshall Islands library last week, with funding provided by the USAID Office of Humanitarian Affairs
Africa Botswana A trophy hunter has recently shot and killed one of Botswana's largest "big tusker" elephants; it is the largest elephant hunted in Botswana since 1996, according to the AfricaHunting.com community
America Bolivia To honor Labour Day, President Luis Arce has approved a salary increase for the labour sector as well as an increment of the amount of labour permits
Europe Ireland Seven nurses working in the Irish health system are assaulted every day, figures released at INMO's annual conference reveal; 4.763 incidents occurred in 2021, 909 in the first three months of 2022 alone
America Peru Poverty in the country has decreased by 22,1% over the last year according to an official statement lately released by the International Monetary Fund released
Africa Madagascar Now ranking 98th, the country has dropped 41 places in the world’s press freedom ranking according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) as it celebrated World Press Freedom Day on 3 May
America Haiti The UN's Integrated Office stressed that the safety of those who work as reporters is of great concern - given the murders of journalists and the impunity that remains for these crimes - and urged the authorities to do everything necessary to prevent this
Europe Austria A highly publicised trial of 24 people accused of stealing millions of euros of beers while working at a brewery in Graz started; the prosecutors claim the criminal organisation operated since January 2009 and was uncovered in 2017
America Panama The National Assembly approved a bill that regulates the commercialisation and use of cryptocurrency, by giving it a legal stability and proper jurisdiction
Europe Italy Yesterday, Poste Italiane (the National post service) celebrated its 160th anniversary, "a long history that has accompanied that of Italy", as the President of the Republic Mattarella defined it
Europe Croatia Zagreb hospitals refused to perform an abortion on a pregnant woman whose 24-week-old foetus was diagnosed with a malignant and fatal brain tumour, reviving the debate on abortion in the Catholic country
America Costa Rica For the first time ever, the government has authorised electronic payments to pay for public bus rides - a major step forward into modernising the public transportation system