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
Asia East Timor A vaccination campaign to speed up the reopening of universities has begun: the goal declared by the Minister of Higher Education is to vaccinate at least 67,000 students, faculty and staff of public and private universities in Dili
Europe Greece The 11th Athens Open Air Film Festival (AOAFF) returns to Athenian summer cinemas and drive-ins until August; Kar-Wai Wong's "In the Mood for Love" (2000) - this year's poster - will be shown in Athens cinemas for a limited time today
Oceania Micronesia As a mean to serve her country, Ellisa Hadley Edeyaoch - one of only two Micronesian students at BYUH University in Hawaii - ‘lectured’ about homeland Pohnpei and its great hospitality
Asia Iraq The Accountability and Justice Commission has stopped 226 others from standing in October parliamentary elections, under a law that bans those with ties to the former Baath party from participating in politics
Africa Burundi Border with Tanzania has been reopened and curfew removed as measures to contrast Covid-19 gradually ease
Asia Japan Japanese export in May recorded the strongest increase in 41 years, +49.6% on last year, mainly driven by robust demand for cars and auto parts
Oceania Fiji Responding to the needs of their members, volunteers from the Jehovah's Witnesses Church have repaired houses partially damaged by the cyclone Yasa on Vanua Levu and are building new houses for families at no cost
America Nicaragua The deteriorating political climate and human rights situation in the country has raised the concern of the Organization of American States (OAS), that condemns the imprisonment of opposition candidates and calls for guarantees for free and fair election
Africa Madagascar The island nation’s first utility scale solar park will double in size and will have energy storage added, with work due to start this month
Oceania Samoa Savai'i's first cricket team from Sili village has promised to return to the Teuila cricket competition this September after placing third in its division
Asia Vietnam The Vietnamese painting Phong Canh Voi Thuyen Buom - Junk Landscape - was the second-most expensive from Hau, as is has been auctioned off for $1 million
Africa Cape Verde 50.000 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been provided by China; the Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva said the country will fulfill its vaccination plan to vaccinate 70 percent of the population by the end of this year
Africa Ivory Coast The country inaugurated a counter-terrorism academy with France, designed to enhance the Sahel region's capacity to control the jihadist threat