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
Africa Ethiopia A number of plants from Ethiopia could help fight cancer, according to recent research conducted by Georgia State University and Perimeter College in the US, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the Winship Cancer Center at Emory University
Oceania Palau A particular phenomenon is occurring in the forests, with hundreds of uduiud trees turning grey, losing their leaves and dying in the last three years, according to a report by the Division of Forest, Land, and Water Management
Africa Seychelles The Health Care Agency received a donation of essential rehabilitation equipment from the Friends of North East Point Hospital and Hospice and its partners
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg rescue services responded to a record number of calls in 2023, more than 275.000, an average of one every seven seconds, according to the latest annual report of the Corps grand-ducal d'incendie et de secours
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The exhibition 'Manga, Hokusai, Manga' has been extended and will remain open at the BiH National Museum until 31 July 2024, announced the Embassy of Japan in BiH
Europe Denmark There are 5.036 poor children in Copenhagen, new figures from the Copenhagen Municipality show
Europe Poland Poland's first queer museum, QueerMuzeum documenting the history of the LGBT+ community, will open later this year in Warsaw with the support of the municipal authorities
Europe Croatia The Croatian National Bank will issue a €2 commemorative coin called 'The Old Town of Varaždin' today 2 July 2024, part of the 'Croatian Towns' series
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Unicef's Regional Director for West and Central Africa congratulated the government for protecting children's rights, especially in the area of immunisation, but emphasised challenges related to the quality of education and the violence against children
Africa Cape Verde Residents called for the implementation of the investments in the supply sector planned for the municipality of Porto Novo, Santo Antão, as part of the water and sanitation project on this island
Europe Serbia The authorities have adopted invasive surveillance practices and facial recognition technologies to monitor political opponents, civic activists and journalists who critic the status quo, reads a report by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
Oceania Fiji Fiji's national airline, Fiji Airways, has been recognised as the best airline in Australia and the Pacific for the second year running and has been awarded best airline for staff for the fourth year running
America Suriname Surinamese seniors in the Netherlands received a payment of 5.000 euros as a gesture from the Dutch cabinet to address the injustice they faced regarding their state pension for years spent in Suriname before its independence in 1975