Asia China 10 United States-based companies have been added to China's export control list, government procurement barred from 50 US companies two weeks after the Pentagon blacklisted some of China’s best-known companies for alleged ties to the Chinese military
Europe Lithuania The Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament, will not vote on the civil unions bill on 18 July, the last day of the spring session, thus postponing the vote until after the summer
Africa eSwatini After the High Court handed down a 43-year prison sentence to two members of Parliament, a spokesman for the Transport, Communications and Allied Workers Union accused the government of institutionalised judicial overkill
Europe Greece The country experienced its tenth consecutive day of heatwave on Wednesday, according to the Meteorological Weather Service of the National Observatory of Athens
Asia Kyrgyzstan The ban on increasing fees for fee-based services in higher education institutions has been lifted by the President
Europe Estonia Over the next two years, the Ministry of the Interior will test a new 'Taskusireen' system (Pocket Siren) that sends threat notifications to smartphones; it can send messages when mobile connections are down and even when the phone is in silent mode
Africa Guinea-Bissau The National Convergence for Freedom and Development opposes the presidential decree setting early legislative elections for 24 November 2024, as the dissolution of parliament took place outside the constitutional framework
Asia Indonesia The central government intends to implement the direct assistance programme for farmers in 2026, part of the transformation to increase national food security; the will mechanism will be tested next year
Oceania Fiji A green cane incentive programme was launched to revolutionise sugarcane cultivation practices nationwide in collaboration between the Ministry of the Sugar Industry and the Sugarcane Growers Fund
Oceania Vanuatu Tomorrow Friday 19 July 2024, in Port Vila, the United States of America will open its embassy
America Dominica With one month to go before the deadline for the review on the draft electoral reform law, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced his decision to grant the Electoral Commission an extension at their request
Asia Myanmar The first group of refugees from Myanmar living in Thailand and eligible for a new resettlement programme left Bangkok for the US last week; some 90.000 refugees now live in nine closed camps inside Thailand
Africa Guinea The 'Nour Al-Saudia' volunteer programme was launched in the prefecture of Dubréka by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre to combat blindness and pathogens
Africa Comoros The Comoros National Centre for Crafts hosted the launch of the project to support vocational training in the sewing professions, which aims to 'make sewing a profession of the future'