Asia Syria Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed
Africa Ivory Coast To tackle the alarming deforestation in the country, the government has decided that one day in 2021 will be dedicated to planting 50 million trees
Asia Turkmenistan The country enters the Executive Board of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Asia Bahrain The summer ban on working outdoors in the afternoon starts today for the next two months, a move that helps safeguard workers' health and reduce workplace accidents in view of rising temperatures and humidity
America Bolivia The Chamber of Deputies passes bill to fight against corruption in the country, consisting of 23 modifications to the current penal code
Asia Kazakhstan Kazakh schools will be served by a fleet of over 500 school buses, provided by local car manufacturers
Europe Netherlands The country commemorates todat the abolition of slavery in their kingdom with a ceremony at the National Monument to the Dutch Slavery Past in Amsterdam's Oosterpark as recently requested by many in the country
Europe Slovakia A convertible flying car with deployable wings flew for 35 minutes, covering a distance of 80 km in a third of the time it would take to drive, and is the first vehicle of its kind to make an intercity trip
America Colombia The government will subsidise 25% of the salaries of newly hired workers with ages 18-25, in order to generate more jobs
Asia Iraq Iraqi cities announced the suspension of official working hours and introduced a reduced timetable to coop with the great heat - temperatures rose to 52°C in several cities, amid electricity shortages
Asia Israel Israeli forces began demolitions in Silwan, starting with a butcher's shop; residents and activists have been repelled with tear gas
Europe United Kingdom Prince William and Prince Harry will unveil today a statue of their mother Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, at Kensington Palace on what would have been her 60th birthday
Africa Liberia Graduates and relatives of the Booker Washington Institute living in the US have donated $10,000 to help repair damage the Institute, founded in Kakata in 1929, suffered from the violent storm of 16 May 2021
Africa Central African Republic Minister Pascal Bida Koyagbele laid the foundation stone for the first of the planned 5,000 water towers to be built across the country