America Guatemala Indigenous communities in Guatemala are facing a high 18% illiteracy rate and have launched initiatives like floating schools—classrooms on boats reaching remote areas—but struggle as many children are pulled from school to work in agriculture
Asia Uzbekistan 3,5 million of Uzbeks are self-employed on 20,5 million working age people, as latest data from the Tax Committee report, of whom 58% are men and 42% women as of 1 July 2025; total number of self-employed rose by 56% compared to the same period last year
Africa Zimbabwe Parirenyatwa, Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital is operating with a single intensive care unit serving all wards in the facility, amid a need of surgeries, including those for the 4500 children born each year with congenital hearts diseases
America Haiti Thousands of worshippers honor the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Vodou goddess Erzulie at a Port-au-Prince church in their annual pilgrimage this year, forcedly far from the sacred waterfall in Saut-d’Eau, as the site fell under gang control
Oceania Tonga The Tonga Women's Tennis has won the gold medal at the 2025 Oceania Tennis Federation Pacific Nations Cup, which took place earlier this July in Pago Pago, American Samoa
Europe Malta The opposition Nationalist Party claimed government unilaterally decided to suspend two parliamentary sessions with 17 opposition motions still pending; the PN said that the fact shows disrespect for the highest institution in Malta
Europe Moldova The Together Bloc will register for the parliamentary elections scheduled in September; although fragmented two parties from the original five, representatives of the coalition say the team remains “integrated, competent, and professionally prepared”
Asia Philippines The House of Representatives provided details on four impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte as the Supreme Court required; It asserts the process was fully constitutional, reinforcing its stance ahead of a possible Senate trial
Asia Iraq Several citizens are still missing after a fire at a hypermarket in Kut in eastern Iraq left at least 61 dead, while were rescued among the ones in the building at the time the fire started; the venue was brand new, inaugurated a few days before
Africa South Africa In his letter on the occasion of Mandela Day celebrations, editor of South Africa news outlet DM168 says the people should honour the memory of Mandela by fighting the corruption in the heart of the country's democracy
Africa Zambia The Great Leaf tobacco processing plant in Kabwe District is now 75% complete; the $40 million facility responds to Zambia’s efforts to localize value addition and boost job creation while reducing dependence on foreign tobacco manufacturing
America Saint Lucia Banana and plantain farmers have welcomed the government’s new crop insurance scheme, a long-awaited safety net; though now it only covers these two high-risk crops for limited funding, growers see it as a critical first step towards broader protection
Europe Bulgaria Centrist, anti-corruption political party We Continue the Change is facing unprecedented challenges, with its key figures targeted by institutions, potentially leaving pro-Russian nationalists as the only ‘opposition’ left in Bulgaria
Europe Austria Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier in a freefall jump in 2012, died in a paragliding crash on Italy's eastern coast; he was 56 and reportedly died because of a heart attack while flying