Asia China "An open-source artificial intelligence zone" aimed at BRICS nations has been proposed by President Xi Jinping's at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, yet another sign of the increasingly fierce race for technological supremacy with the US
Oceania Palau All direct flights to the country have been suspended by China Airlines until June 8, due to stricter Covid-19 protocols
Oceania Tuvalu National plans to create the world's first national digital ledger have been announced in this week's episode of CoinGeek Conversations
Oceania Solomon Islands 101 unexploded second world war bombs have been discovered by a man who was digging a hole for a new sewage system in a backyard of a home in Honiara
America Colombia Julian Lennon, the son of legend John, has produces an amazing series of photography showing the remote Kogi tribe, which has lived isolated from the outside world for more than 1,000 years in the mountains of northern Colombia
Africa Somalia Thanks to the FAO's Cash + program, food security has increased through: cash payments and nutrition education on top of equipping people with farming, livestock and fishing tools
America Canada Tensions with local residents grew as city officials, flanked by dozens of police officers, moved in to clear homeless encampment in Toronto
Asia Syria One of two candidates running against Bashar Assad is casting himself as the first opposition representative to vie for the country’s top post
Asia Laos The country and China are cooperating to build the Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone into a low-carbon demonstration model for South-East Asian countries
Europe Slovenia The route of the Slovenia's representative to the 2021 Eurovision song contest, the ballad "Amen" singed by Ana Soklič, has stopped before the final stage
Asia Myanmar A recently published document has explained the outlook for the use of inorganic fertilisers in the country, of which a lower use is expected in 2021
Africa Mauritania Hapag-Lloyd has temporarily suspend booking of new cargo from North Europe and Mediterranean to some African countries including Mauritania and Benin
Europe Russia The XXV All-Russian congress of library development program has started in Petrozavodsk
Asia Palestine Support mobilizations have taken place all over the world, many involving athletes, football players, models and actors on top of civil society