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
Asia Vietnam The State Bank and the Swiss Embassy in the country have signed a bilateral agreement for the new Swiss Bank Executive Training programme that will help develop the skills of Vietnamese bank executives in the period 2022-2027
Africa Ivory Coast Ivoirian chemical engineer Noël N'guessan has won the 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for an invention that enables small-scale farmers in West Africa to efficiently manage and generate income from organic waste
Africa Zimbabwe Further sanctions have been imposed by UK against perpetrators of human rights violations in the country, as a result of findings by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in its Human Rights and Democracy Report 2020
Europe Montenegro Businesses and farmers will be able to apply for grants for renewable energy projects and obtain loans for photovoltaic installations
Europe Belarus The XXX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" starts today until 19 July
Europe Albania In the newly released Rule of Law Index 2020 the country falls four places to 78th position in a ranking of 120
Africa Senegal The regional awareness campaign on renewable energies has officially been launched in Kaolack, with the main goal of illustrating and promoting their use in the country
Oceania Papua New Guinea Ms. Samantha Prima, entrepreneur, together with a group of women from Bougainville, are breaking down gender barriers by dedicating themselves to cocoa farming and business
America El Salvador Hundreds of children have benefited from Qatar's latest medical donation, which included some 5.000 children's masks, recreational materials and other essential health products to reduce Covid-19 spread at the hospital
Africa Mozambique One of the world's fastest growing displacements of people, in northern Mozambique, risks becoming a hunger emergency for 730,000 people unless there is urgent funding and response, as the UN World Food Program points out
Africa Tanzania The workshops following the 7th African Islamic Finance Summit ends today, an event for the improvement of socio-economic conditions in rural and urban areas of the country
Oceania Samoa The country's election crisis continues, with the interim government asking the police to move against the leaders of the election-winning FAST party and its legal advisers
Oceania Tuvalu The country will be among the beneficiaries of a large donation of 3 million doses of vaccines by Japan to the Pacific islands