Asia Myanmar Peace talks with several smaller ethnic armed organizations have been promoted by Myanmar’s military government as evidence of ongoing national reconciliation; Critics argue the discussions exclude many of the country’s most powerful resistance groups
Europe Germany In 2023 the German Catholic Church lost more than 591.000 members due to dropouts and deaths and the Protestant Church lost approximately 560.000
Europe Albania New rules have been introduced to prevent doctors working in the public sector from treating the same patients in private clinics in order to strengthen the transparency and fairness of the healthcare system
Asia Saudi Arabia The General Authority for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises launched its e-Commerce Week, in which more than 40 public and private entities will participate to raise awareness of the importance of e-commerce and the impact on businesses
Africa Burundi Supplies at the Bururi regional blood transfusion centre have been lacking for more than two weeks and health officials in southern provinces expressed concern for patients
Europe Austria The Austrian company that is offering part-time PhDs from an online business school in Malta for up to €32.000 has been declared 'not legal' by the Austrian authorities
America Dominica Thea LaFond made history for the Caribbean island nation of Dominica by winning gold in the triple jump to claim the country's first-ever Olympic medal
Asia Bahrain Huawei BNET, Bahrain's national fibre-optic infrastructure provider, has signed a MoU with Huawei Bahrain to improve the broadband experience for users in the country
Africa Guinea-Bissau Football club Sport Bissau and Benfica is the new national champion of Guinea-Bissau for the 2023-2024 football season
America Trinidad and Tobago An update on the recent outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome has been provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Protection and Fisheries, explaining the measures underway to contain infections
Asia Thailand A 10-year strategic plan to increase the number of health professionals will be presented to the cabinet, which in early July approved the Ministry of Public Health's proposal to address the shortage of these professionals in the public health sector
Africa Zimbabwe Experts from Russian company HeliDrive, that supplied Zimbabwe with 18 helicopters, 6 of which will be used as air ambulances, are training pilots, doctors, nurses and health personnel to operate in national air ambulance service by the end of the year
Africa Gabon Transitional President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema expressed his country's desire to reduce dependence on food imports and hoped to benefit from Uganda's experience in wealth creation
Asia Bangladesh A group of 48 young entrepreneurs expressed solidarity with the student movement and its demands and produced a statement calling for the people's demands not to go unheeded