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
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
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
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
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 Tanzania The first national Situation Room for emergency communications and operations was introduced in Tanzania thanks to funding from the Italian Cooperation
Africa Ghana Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj proposed holding one of the international meetings to discuss the Ukrainian conflict in Ghana
Asia East Timor East Timor has been added to Thailand's list of visa-free nations under reciprocal agreement linked to the country's application to join ASEAN association
Asia Turkey Digital maps of water bodies will be created in an attempt to better manage the country's water resources, after a project was initiated to map a total of 270 elements, including dams and artificial ponds currently under construction
Oceania Papua New Guinea Wood has secured a contract worth $18 million from the Newmont mining company to upgrade the Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea, with projects focusing on maintenance and improving the condition and performance of the plant
America Paraguay Surplus energy is being harnessed to support Paraguay's Bitcoin mining as part of an economic transition; the initiative aims to use revenue from selling energy to legal Bitcoin miners to bolster the country's industrial sector
Africa Gabon Among Gabonese youth, N'Tcham has ousted the Nigerian afrobeat and the South African amapiano; in slang, N'Tcham means 'brawl' and is a dance born in prisons that expresses all the violence that exists in working-class neighbourhoods
Europe Russia Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed an agreement in which they pledge to help each other in the event of aggression against either country, a pact cementing a rapidly expanding partnership that has worried a number of neighboring countries and the West
Africa Botswana SafariBookings.com, the online marketplace for safaris in Africa, studied almost 3.600 reviews and announced that Botswana has been awarded the best safari country in Africa