Asia Vietnam Technology will help authorities locate and repatriate the remains of war martyrs, the soldiers who died in the Vietnam War; Deputy PM ordered the use of DNA testing, digital archives and mapping to identify remains and return them to families
Africa Tanzania The online sites and all social media of the nation's largest media house were suspended after The Citizen, one of its newspapers, published a cartoon alluding to the recent mysterious abductions of people critical of President Samia Suluhu Hassan
Asia Laos The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare announced a new minimum wage policy to support workers facing the economic challenges brought by the rising cost of living and the depreciation of the Laotian kip
Africa Mozambique General elections will be held without restrictions even in areas affected by insecurity, according to the National Election Commission, as 'no reports of difficulties in organising the vote' have yet been recorded
Asia Philippines Acknowledging the increase of mental health conditions among workers, the Philippines’ Employees Compensation Commission is considering expanding its compensation program to include work-related mental health disorders caused by workplace stress
Europe Sweden Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen set the country's online channelling rate at 86%, higher than operators' estimates and far above the previous year's figure of 77%
Asia Thailand The 20 students and three teachers killed in Tuesday's bus fire tragedy at their school in the Lan Sak district of Uthai Thani will have a funeral sponsored by Their Majesties the King and Queen; families have decided to hold the rites at the school
Europe France For the first time since 1991, France will welcome French-speaking heads of state and government to Villers-Cotterêts and Paris on 4 and 5 October 2024 for the 19th Francophonie Summit
Asia Singapore Male Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes will be released at five additional sites to suppress the aedes mosquito population and mitigate the risk of dengue epidemics, the National Environment Agency announced
Europe Slovakia The extra-parliamentary opposition party Democrats started collecting signatures for a referendum on shortening the current electoral term
Asia Tajikistan Over 85% of radicalized Tajik youth allegedly joined extremist groups through recruitment videos and social media while travelling to Russia in search of better job opportunities, say teachers from Tajik Ministry of Interior Academy
Africa Ethiopia Facing arbitrary detention of hundreds of people, including members of the academic community in the Amhara region, Amnesty International stated that 'the ongoing campaign is further evidence of the government's total disregard for the rule of law'
Asia Syria The European Union announced immediate emergency funding of €500.000 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR to assist refugees crossing the border from Lebanon into Syria
Asia Nepal A mountain village in Solukhumbu is set to generate electricity from a perennial river near Mount Everest by 2026, becoming the highest in the world, after the government approved an environmental impact assessment study for the energy project