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 Republic of the Congo In a telephone conversation with President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Chinese President Xi Jinping said they are willing to deepen political mutual trust and share more governance experience with each other to push for greater development of bilateral ties
Europe Monaco The Yacht Club de Monaco is organising today “la fête de la mer” to commemorate Saint-Pierre, the Patron Saint of fishermen
Europe Denmark Cruise tourism has reopened, turnarounds are already possible in Copenhagen, all the country's 12 ports are be ready for transit calls but the authorities require all cruise guests onboard have been vaccinated with an EMA-approved vaccine
America Peru The Andean New Year was welcomed with the Inca Festival of the Sun, a traditional celebration for which, in the archaeological complex of Sacsayhuamán, 400 artists represented the Inca ruler, priests and the people who made up the empirepe
Europe France France's masters in finance programs have once again ranked first in the world, dominating the list for the past five years
Asia Sri Lanka A UN team of oil and chemical spill experts, provided by the EU, is working with the Government to assess the impact on the environment caused by the recent MV X-press Pearl disaster
Africa Algeria Today political consultations of the President Abdelmadjid Tebboune with the leaders of the political parties and the representatives of the independents winners in the legislative elections of 12 June 2021 will start
Asia Uzbekistan Enter Engineering building company, in cooperation with Russian Uralmashzavod, will build a copper-processing plant in
Oceania Papua New Guinea Women enter the three-member Police Promotion Board for the first time in history
Africa Niger Government has finalised plans to reintroduce the animal taxation system; the taxation, if reintroduced, should help in having complete data on animals and herdsmen in the different communities, checking activities of alleged theft or banditry
Asia Laos Vientiane residents have expressed their dissatisfaction with the high electricity bills for April, May and June, despite a 3% discount on electricity tariffs to residential consumers in these months
Asia Singapore From today, health authorities will be able to administer up to 80,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses per day, a 70% increase on the current 47,000 daily doses
Africa Somalia Munirah Warsame, 20, female, is the first Somali taekwondo athlete to participate in the Olympics