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.
Africa Somalia At least 300 goats were killed by lightning that struck their pasture in the Hiiraan region following heavy rains in the area in recent days
Africa Ghana May has been designated as 'Purple Month' by Mental Health Authority, an initiative to promote mental health wellbeing - to the issue is given much attention and it's likely to come back in October to celebrate the existing World Mental Health Day
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
Africa South Africa To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid, an exhibition of high political and identity value with artworks, artefacts and objects produced during apartheid era and repatriated is open to the public at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg
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
Europe Slovenia The Slovenian Alpine Association, the country's largest brewery and other partners have joined forces to collect waste aluminium cans and turn them into mountain bivouac shelters
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The US considers the human rights situation in 2023 to have remained similar to the previous year, highlighting the lack of judicial independence and accountability in corruption cases
Asia Saudi Arabia The first female veterinary graduates in the Kingdom, coming from King Faisal University, have been honoured by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
America Saint Kitts and Nevis New 18-megawatt dual-fuel generators to be purchased and installed at the Needsmust power plant in St. Kitts will significantly increase the plant's power generation capacity
Africa Rwanda 326 disaster hotspots, with heavy rains looming in May, have been identified by the Ministry in charge of emergency management
Asia Sri Lanka The Association of Ambulance Drivers of the Government Health Service has drawn attention to the shortage of qualified an in-force drivers within the Sri Lankan government hospital system
Asia United Arab Emirates The UAE field hospital in Gaza began the prosthesis fitting process to distribute 61 prostheses to the wounded in different phases, with each phase housing 10 people for the fitting process, along with support for physical and psychological rehabilitation
Africa Somalia Around 88.000 people were internally displaced in Somalia in the first three months of 2024, the UNHCR reported