Asia Sri Lanka An “Ehi Passiko” peace walk began in Dambulla, bringing together Buddhist monks and participants to promote peace and mindfulness; “Ehi Passiko,” meaning “come and see,” reflects a core Buddhist principle encouraging understanding through experience
Europe Latvia The average gross hourly wage of women is 16,5% lower than that of men in 2023, according to estimates by the Central Statistical Office of Latvia
Europe Liechtenstein Not far from the Liechtenstein border, only 13 kilometres as the crow flies from Grauspitz, Austria's largest pumped storage power station will be built, but for the planners, Liechtenstein's involvement is unthinkable
America Canada Ottawa listed Iran Revolutionary Guards through the Criminal Code listing regime to be able to use all tools to combat the terrorist activity of the IRGC, also if perpetrated in association with other listed entities such as Hezbollah and Hamas
Asia Malaysia Of the 41.000 school-age refugee and stateless children registered by UNHCR in Malaysia, only 34% have access to informal education and none to formal education, UNICEF reported
Africa Uganda Ugandan online newspaper 'The Observer' published a report showing how disposable nappies are a problem at the Kiteezi landfill in the Wakiso district, which houses most of the waste from the Kampala metropolitan area
Asia Iran The country condemned the inclusion of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the list of terrorist organisations as 'an unwise and unconventional step, politically motivated' after Canada joined with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the USA
Europe Greece WWF Greece, with four Greek universities from November 2023 to April 2024, revealed the missed opportunities and chronic characteristics that contributed to the destructive forest fires of 2023, adding important lessons to be learnt
Europe Finland The Finnish Immigration Service has introduced an automated post-decision monitoring system for specialists' residence permits to ensure that they continue to meet the necessary requirements during their stay in Finland
Africa Cameroon At 91 years of age, 41 of which have been spent in Cameroon's presidential chair, Paul Biya could still be a candidate for his own presidential succession next year as his political entourage does not hesitate to support his potential re-election
Asia Thailand Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a 'victory' by activists
Asia Georgia Women entrepreneurs from across Georgia gathered for an empowerment forum; women own only a third of economically active enterprises and occupy only 16,5% of management positions in private companies
Europe Denmark The Danish team for Euro 2024 refused a pay rise to guarantee the women's team the same pay, after a new four-year agreement was reached with the Danish Football Association
Africa South Africa Participants in the Beef stock rock fest, a rock music festival held in Broederstroom, a few dozen kilometres north of Johannesburg, will have a special permit to smoke cannabis freely, a first-ever in the country