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
Africa Madagascar Rice Observatory revealed in its latest monthly bulletin a sharp drop in rice imports to Madagascar over the past six months, a fact that surprised experts who had expected a significant increase in imports
Africa Zimbabwe The first monument on the African continent dedicated to the Victory of the Soviet Union over fascism and Nazism in World War II will be unveiled in the capital Harare
Africa Guinea The Guinean justice system is a 'big sick body', admitted current Justice Minister Yaya Kairaba Kaba, claiming that it has never been independent and impartial since 1958
Europe Hungary The government will provide almost €2,56 million in grant funding to help 500 gypsy musicians work in cafes and restaurants for four months to increase the attractiveness of restaurants participating in the program
Africa Mozambique A team from MSF provided initial psychological care to the families of the victims of the shipwreck that claimed around 100 lives on 7 April in Nampula province, in the north of the country; training on health promotion was offered to 15 community leaders
Asia Kyrgyzstan A three-storey medical unit was inaugurated at the Republican Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases after a major renovation in Bishkek; the building modernization was financed through the WB's Emergency Response to COVID-19 project
Europe Finland Linnanmäki, Finland's best-loved amusement park, officially opened its gates for 2024 season introducing 'Swingi', a giant pendulum carousel at speeds approaching 100 km/h reaching a zenith of 40 metres at an angle of 120 degrees
Africa eSwatini In the heart of the Jilobi Forest, a biodiversity hotspot in the eastern Lubombo region, the three chiefdoms that inhabit the land, with long-standing disputes, have abandoned tensions and strains for the need to preserve shared land
Africa Lesotho The government set up a commission of enquiry to investigate the prisoner escape and alleged torture of inmates at the Maseru Central Correctional Institution in December 2023
Europe Latvia The draft 'Law on Crypto-asset Services', which will designate the Bank of Latvia as the competent supervisory authority for issuing operating licences to crypto-asset market participants, is being examined by the government
Asia Iraq Thousands of civil servants demonstrated in Baghdad and the southern Iraqi provinces of Basra and Diwaniyah, demanding a revision of the pay scale and an update of government salaries
America Saint Lucia At a meeting organised by the Caribbean Public Health Agency, it was learnt that over 300 youths in Saint Lucia have been victims of homicide in the last decade
Europe San Marino A new accident involving a cyclist occurred on the stretch under renovation for asphalting in preparation for the Tour de France, that will cross the Republic on 29 June