Europe Hungary Parliament has backed a change to the constitution that limits a prime minister's term in office to eight years, fulfilling a promise by Péter Magyar to prevent Viktor Orbán - who led the country for 16 years - to become prime minister again
America Grenada Training of farmers and technicians to advance sea moss production was held in Grenada, with course organised in collaboration between FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Forests, Marine Resources and Cooperatives
Africa Sierra Leone The Fashion Design and Textile Association was launched with the aim of unifying and strengthening the country's fragmented fashion and textile industry, creating a collaborative platform for the advancement of the sector
America Peru Government issued Decree No. 009-2024 categorizing transgender individuals as mentally ill, aiming to expand access to mental health care across public, private, and mixed services, sparking significant controversy within Peru
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The São Tomé Medical Association has recently denounced an 'unprecedented medical crisis' that puts citizens' lives at risk and has forced professionals to perform medical actions outside the rules, 'in a desperate attempt to save lives'
Europe Lithuania The Lithuanian government has decided to go to European Union Court over the European Commission's decision to keep frozen €8,7 million of the €26 million Recovery and Resilience Facility grant for Lithuania
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 Tuvalu Tuvalu, a nation where athletes train on the airport runway, will manage to send a one-man team to the Paris Olympics, with Karalo Maibuca, flag-bearer three years ago in Tokyo, competing for the country in the men's 100 metres
America Antigua and Barbuda Nominations are now open for the country's first customer service awards, the WOW Factor Awards, to recognise outstanding customer service across a wide range of sectors, including education, sports, tourism, marketing, finance, IT, media and energy
Asia Israel Navi Pillay, of the UN Commission of Inquiry, said her team had presented the ICC with 7.000 pieces of evidence relating to crimes committed by Israel and Hamas: "we have never seen anything like this," she said
Africa Equatorial Guinea The new format of the National Games has been presented and explained by the Equatorial Guinea Olympic Committee; the Games will begin with preliminary stages at the end of August
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
Africa Rwanda The country, through the Rwanda TVET Board, partnered with the Luxembourg government, represented by LuxDev, to launch a €5 million project to improve digital skills in technical and vocational education and training
Asia Syria Syrian chess player Mazen Fandi won a silver medal at the 26th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024 in Kazakhstan