Africa Uganda Uber has ended its operations in Uganda after having been a commodity in the local urban transport for over a decade; the exit takes immediate effect and follows extensive review of Uber's business priorities across Africa
Asia Afghanistan UN human rights experts expressed their concern about the exclusion of women, particularly women from ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities such as the Hazaras, Tajiks, Hindus, who are found to be even more vulnerable
Africa Sao Tome and Principe In the Southern Zone of Príncipe has been laid the foundation stone for the construction of the water supply system, which will benefit more than 2.000 inhabitants
Africa Eritrea The Ministry of Agriculture is promoting palm plantations, having distributed more than 20.000 seedlings to date, but also offering training and awareness-raising campaigns; the project hopes to reach a satisfactory level of production within five years
Oceania Micronesia The Department of Military Science at the University of Guam has released its first volume of The Leadership Journal of Micronesia, which features the stories of 11 men and women who have served as notable examples of leadership in Micronesia
Asia China Plans to sell tickets to the public for the Olympics are cancelled as the number of Covid-19 cases has reached its highest point since March 2020; although international spectators had long since been ruled out, the option was left open for nationals
Asia Palestine The Islamic Development Bank will finance four projects in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem: infrastructure projects, including in refugee camps, the redesign of a maternity hospital and the restoration of buildings in the old city of Hebron
America Uruguay The nation changed its regulations so residents and citizens that are Covid-19 positive can still enter the country in order to freely get back to their homes
Europe San Marino The call for tenders for the search of accommodation to be allocated to social housing has been deserted; the Secretariat of State will now proceed to evaluate other opportunities
Africa Libya Crude oil production has returned to normal, with 1,2 million barrels a day according to the Oil Minister, after the production slump earlier this month with the closure of a key pipeline for necessary repairs
Africa Botswana The country has launched voter registration ahead of the 2024 polls, as the Independent Electoral Commission will conduct a supplementary voter registration exercise for the next three months
Oceania Kiribati Curfew has begun after the first commercial flight in almost two years brought 40 cases to the country which until now had been virtually untouched by the virus
Europe Serbia Tennis player Djokovic was welcomed home with cheers by its fans notwithstanding the fact he had to leave Australia and risks missing all the Slams if he decides not to vaccinate
Asia Singapore A coalition of students has called on universities to move away from the fossil fuel industry by 2030, after the group Students for a Fossil Free Future released the Fossil-Fuelled Universities report detailing the "extensive" links between the parties