Asia Kazakhstan 16th Astana Mining & Metallurgy AMM Congress and Exhibition is closing today; the event brought together global industry leaders, investors, and policymakers to discuss the future of Kazakhstan’s mining and metallurgical sector.
America Peru The sending of remittances from Peru surged by 126% in the first quarter of 2024, attributed to Peruvian youths investing in education abroad and the international expansion of companies, marking a strong integration of the country into the global economy
America Haiti Haiti's newly installed Transitional Council chose a little-known former sports minister as prime minister as part of its task of trying to establish a new stable government amidst suffocating violence
Africa Gabon The opposition is divided over a measure proposed at the national dialogue to suspend nearly 200 political parties until further notice and prevent members of President Ali Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party from participating in elections for three years
Europe Slovenia On 9 June, when Slovenians go to the polls for the European Union elections, they will also cast their votes in a triple referendum on assisted dying, cannabis consumption, and the introduction of preference voting in parliamentary elections
Asia Lebanon Students from the American University of Beirut and the American University of Lebanon called on their administrations to 'boycott companies and institutions that support Israel'; total death toll from Israeli attacks since Oct 8 is 438 people
Asia Japan In 2531 all Japanese will be called Sato, unless the old law and tradition requiring married people to have the same surname is changed, according to Hiroshi Yoshida, a professor of economics at Tohoku University
Asia Indonesia The construction of the double track railway at Joglo Junction in Solo, Central Java, which will be Indonesia's longest elevated railway, is proceeding and is now expected to be completed by September 2024 relieving traffic at the intersection
America Panama The famed Panama Papers trial is finally beginning after 8 years, with 27 defendants facing money laundering charges related to the scandal that exposed global elites' offshore assets
America Nicaragua Nicaragua is facing frozen relations with Brazil as President Lula da Silva suspends ties upon government's resistance to releasing imprisoned Catholic priests; Lula expressed dissatisfaction with Ortega's failure to respond to his calls for their release
Europe Kosovo Government plans to introduce same-sex unions this May, Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced; the measure is part of tKosovo's efforts to join the Council of Europe
Africa Mauritania Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie signed an agreement during the spring meetings of the IMF and WB Group to jointly explore the development of a CBDC of the national currency Ouguiya
Africa Libya Leaked photos of the son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi and the tiny underground cell in which he has been held for years in Lebanon have led the Libyan authorities to ask the Lebanese ones to improve his living conditions
Africa Ethiopia The Council of the EU temporarily suspended the granting of entry visas to Ethiopian nationals following regular evaluations by the Commission on third country cooperation on the readmission of illegally residing citizens of the EU