Asia Thailand Rubella has been eliminated in Thailand as a public health threat, achieving the WHO criteria for interruption of endemic transmission; imported cases is now the key concern, especially for infections during pregnancy
Africa Niger World Bank grants nearly FCFA 220 billion, over $3 million, for a water and food security project that will directly improve lives of about 3 million direct beneficiaries
America Guyana The country has feuded over its shared border with Venezuela for over a century, and now that even more oil reserves have been discovered offshore, the border dispute has been revived
Europe Croatia Local design brand Mojati has presented Zagreb Green Horseshoe To Go - a unique and sustainable herb pot in the shape of Zagreb's city centre parks
America Haiti Special Representative for Haiti to the UN Security Council lamented the increase in gang warfare that has led to the displacement of some 19.000 people around Port-au-Prince in recent months
Oceania Tuvalu Robin McKenzie has been officially announced as Australia's next High Commissioner to the country; the two nations work closely together through the Pacific Step-up for stability and security in the region
Asia Jordan The Department of Statistics released its report on unemployment rates for the second quarter of 2021; compared to the Q1, the unemployment rate of males decreased by 1,5%, and it rose for females by 4,6%
Asia Bahrain A major training program has been launched to help teachers identify mental health difficulties and conditions among their students
America Dominican Republic The first post-pandemic intercontinental flight landed at Punta Cana airport; flight SU156 of the Russian state airline Aeroflot, carrying 193 passengers, officially resumed touristic air operations in the country
Europe Hungary Couples with three children can get up to HUF 110 million (around €305.000) in support, including soft loans to buy a house, in addition to existing family allowances and exiting soft loans
Asia Armenia The nuclear power plant in Metsamor, the only one in the Caucasus, will be modernized with the contribution of an international partnership soon to be defined; Slovak company Vuye is negotiating their involvement
America Jamaica Jamaica Energy Partners Group has planted 205 Jamaican cedar and mahogany seedlings on the company's newly acquired 2.5 hectares of land in the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve within its goal of planting 2.100
Asia Vietnam UNESCO Vietnam and Vietnam Cinema Association's Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents with a filmmaking course for young Vietnamese directors will help develop short film projects, find a suitable production path and guide a film career
America Cuba Donations have arrived from the Italy-Cuba Friendship Association, seeking to give back some of the help that the medical brigades of the Henry Reeve contingent gave to the city of Crema last year during the darkest days of the pandemic