Europe Switzerland Supermarket chains Coop and Migros are recalling cheese products due to a possible risk of salmonella; contaminated Kräuterbrie soft cheese found at Landbrügg dairy triggered the measure and the dairy's decision to recall its entire product range
Europe Ukraine President Zelensky appointed former Minister of Arms Production Oleksandr Kamyshin as external advisor for strategic issues, following the resignation last week of Kamyshin, who was Minister of Strategic Industries and oversaw arms production
Asia Lebanon Lebanese news sources reported early Sunday morning that Israel carried out new air and artillery attacks against the Arab country's southern border towns with banned phosphorous bombs
Asia Bhutan 8 national chess players will represent Bhutan at the prestigious 45th Chess Olympiad, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23 September; the team is made up of students and professionals, comprising four students and four working adults
Europe Belarus Aryna Sabalenka won prestigious US Open tennis tournament: statistic shows that she had an average forehand speed of 129 km/h at the tournament, even surpassing that of the 'big three' Alcaraz (127 km/h), Sinner (126 km/h) and Djokovic (122 km/h)
Africa South Africa Thekwini Municipality is urging pet owners to vaccinate their animals against rabies after a child died for having played with a rabid dog
Africa Angola The Lobito Corridor rail project, a US-backed initiative to transport essential minerals from the Central African copper belt to Angola's Atlantic port, will benefit from a USD 200 million funding from the Southern African Development Bank
Africa Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who travelled to Beijing as part of the Sino-African Cooperation Forum, then left for Budapest to finalise a military partnership that had been under discussion for almost a year
Europe Andorra La Vella has addressed the security of children walking to school with initiatives including 'paths to school' with street signs in bright yellow, signs at child's eye level, further deploying of police at crossings, 'drop and go' areas for a 30'' stay
Africa Niger The two-year distribution of azithromycin reduced infant mortality in Niger, as recent study shows
Africa Burkina Faso A ban on street begging has been in place for a few days and a police operation is underway in several cities across the country to remove beggars from the streets
Asia Nepal About 1.100 dairy farmers in Dhankuta and Tehrathum have not been paid by the state-run Dairy Development Corporation for the past ten months, putting them in serious difficulty
Asia Israel Former Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman expresses concern that Israel is “on the way to a dictatorship,” while calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to be replaced immediately, in an in-depth television news interview
Africa Ivory Coast The first sickle cell anaemia screening and early treatment centre has recently opened its doors, an important milestone in the country, where the disease affects more than 12% of the population