Asia Laos New rules for intellectual property protection wereintroduced, allowing businesses to protect industrial designs internationally through a single application under the Hague System; It simplifies registration and administrative procedures, reducing costs
America El Salvador Evelyn Caminos de Sol, aka 'Piti', 90 years old, has become a social media star, with million followers attracted by the videos in which she tells stories of her early days, reviving episodes of El Salvador's history
Africa Botswana At Wilderness Botswana stakeholder evening, the institution praised the decisions that shaped the country into one of the world’s most respected conservation tourism destinations and called for courage to protect the high value, low impact tourism model
Asia Saudi Arabia Qiddiya National Tennis Center has been presented; the 30-courts, 33.000 seats facilitys will integrate landscape like no other, positioning Saudi Arabia as hub for international tennis, elite development, local participation and year-round community play
Africa Ethiopia Incumbent Prosperity Party won 438 out of 486 parliamentary seats, National Election Board announced, opposition and individual candidates won 48; only 501 out of 547 seats were in contention, excluding 38 constituencies in Tigray and 8 in Amhara
Africa Equatorial Guinea As part of the commemoration of African Women's Day, 2NK Foundation launched "Letter to my empowered self" contest, an initiative for women between 13 and 25, to promote personal reflection, creativity and empowerment through writing; deadline 6 July
America Dominican Republic For the launch of the Santiago Monorail, a new deadline has been set, but the public have been reassured they will be able to board the trains in December 2026 under “white run test” modality
Africa Djibouti The contribution of civil society to public development policies has been the focus of conference and debate hosted at the People's Palace that brought together officials, civil society actors, international partners to strengthen participatory governance
America Peru The Feast of Saint John 2026 was celebrated with the usual trips to beaches and lagoons in the Peruvian Amazon; tourist attractions that count on the large influx of the celebration have extended their opening hours to accommodate visitors
Oceania Samoa Newspaper Samoa Observer reported that Minister of Revenue would have threatened to revoke its business licence during Parliament session on 24 June unless the business complies with the laws administered by the Ministry
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Artisanal fishing, an essential activity for food security, job creation, poverty reduction in the coastal communities, is being regulated with technical and financial support from FAO; new standards will help curb illegal practices as the use of grenades
Europe Portugal The International Monetary Fund would be allegedly urging Portugal to reduce the lowest pensions and widows/widower allowance, suggesting the former are “overly generous”, and the latter “too permissive by European standards”
America Argentina Lionel Messi became the top scorer in men’s World Cup history with his first goal in a match against Austria. His second goal, in stoppage time, led Argentina to a 2-0 victory and him to his 18th goal
America Ecuador Several international lawyers wrote a letter to Ecuador’s Constitutional Court criticizing their latest decision on international arbitration, claiming that it purposely avoids the results of the 2024 referendum on the matter