Africa Zambia Following statements circulating on social media, some politicians reminded that any individual’s citizenship or immigration status are matters of law, not tribe, and no tribe in Zambia must ever associated with foreignness or unequal citizenship
Asia Laos As of 1 August, digital platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon will charge a 10% value-added tax to customers in Laos, following the VAT increase from 7%
Asia Cambodia The Ministry of Environment's is developing regional nursery stations though a specific initiative that gained the support of the United Nations National Development Programme in Cambodia
Africa Zimbabwe Fossils found on the shores of Lake Kariba represent a completely new species of dinosaur, the fourth dinosaur species from the country, being studied by scientists from the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe with international colleagues
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Portuguese School of São Tomé and Príncipe is being rehabilitated and expanded to meet the demand for students in the archipelago, which has doubled to 700 since its creation in 2016
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis expressed the hope that the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games would provide an opportunity for nations at war to respect an ancient Greek tradition and establish a truce for the duration of the Games
Asia Yemen The Yemeni port of Hodeidah has been struck by Israeli planes in what has been the first direct attack on Yemen by Israel; the action killed at least six people and injured dozens more, according to Yemeni officials
Europe Spain The Spanish Ministry of Health will fund a new immunotherapy treatment for several types of cancer, which will replace the current intravenous infusion with an injection, reducing treatments from one hour to just seven minutes
Europe Lithuania Amid social media reports of a possible accident at Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant, the Radiation Protection Centre stated on Friday that there is no direct radiological threat to Lithuanian territory
Asia Tajikistan A group of women in Kulob started a mushroom cultivation business last April; in June they sold their first batch of oyster mushrooms, earning over 10.000 somoni (about €840) and showing it can be quite a profitable business
Oceania Tonga Starlink has been granted a 'temporary provisional permit' to operate in the country; a condition of the permit is that it is required to facilitate local payment methods for Tongan businesses and provide details of the terminals used
Europe Serbia Serbia's national broadcaster, RTS, has officially opened nominations for songs to represent the country at the next Eurovision 2025; submission window will remain open until 1 November 2024
Asia Thailand The Cannabis Future Network of Thailand concluded a hunger strike and peaceful demonstration to protest against the reclassification of cannabis as an illegal narcotic
Europe Slovenia Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar won the 111th edition of the Tour de France, the first to have won both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year since 1998