America Canada Canada Strong Fund, the first ever national sovereign wealth fund will be launched with an initial endowment of $25-billion (€15,5 billion); PM says the investment will ensure all Canadians reap the rewards of government support for major new projects
America Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute has launched three short courses aimed at enhancing community-specific skills in the hospitality and tourism sector
Africa Comoros The medical team of the Cholera Treatment Centre in Hombo presented the epidemiological situation of cholera to the press, emphasizing that a good number of patients go on their own, showing awareness and helping curb infections and reduce deaths
Oceania Australia Women are calling on the government to intervene on the epidemic of violence against women in the country, which has now become an emergency spread throughout the country
Europe Italy Today the journalists from public TV channel RAI will strike, after years, against the "suffocating control" over journalistic work, the attempt to make it a government megaphone, the absence of an industrial plan, staff shortages and precarious positions
Asia India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is escalating his rhetoric against Indian Muslims, in a controversial move to mobilise his most radical Hindu electorate that eventually resorted to conspiracy theories and allegedly even fake news
Africa Tunisia Over 1.300 migrants died or disappeared in 2023 in shipwrecks close to the Tunisian coast, reports the NGO Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights; Tunisians accounted for the second highest number of irregular migrant arrivals into Italy
Asia Armenia The annual report for 2023 issued by the Central Bank of Armenia presents several key changes in the country's financial system
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Minister of the Interior and Public Order has promised to ensure 100% security for citizens in the suburbs of Bissau and reduce the crime wave in these areas
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan could invite countries to conclude a truce during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku
Africa Algeria A political football dispute over the presence of a map of the disputed territory of Western Sahara on a team's jersey will go to appeal after the Algerian Football Federation and the club USM Alger referred Morocco to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Asia Singapore Sport Singapore will launch a new booking platform in June to contrast the use of bots and multiple accounts to book its sports facilities after reports emerged that slots were being booked by accounts using bots or scripted programmes
Africa Senegal After two weeks of negotiations, the State managed to acquire the library of Leopold Sedar Senghor, containing several hundred signed works, in Verson, Normandy, where the former president and poet owned a mansion
Asia Thailand Thailand, traditionally the largest exporter of fresh durian to China, sees its position falter; Thai exports decreased by 59,5%, while Vietnamese exports increased by 48,1%