America Canada A record breaking penalty of over €108 million has been given to cryptocurrency exchange Cryptomus for failing to flag transactions allegedly linked to crimes including trafficking of child-abuse material, said Canada’s anti-money-laundering watchdog
Africa Morocco Marhaba 2025, Morocco’s annual summer program that helps diaspora return home for vacation, welcomed over 1,5 million members by July 10, +13,30% on 2024
Africa Seychelles The Seychelles Swimming National Age Group Championships are bringing together swimmers of all ages from three foreign clubs and four local at the Roche Caïman swimming pool
Europe Serbia Over 70 wildfires have been extinguished in a single week, as heatwaves intensify across the Balkans; the 2025 wildfire season is testing both the region’s emergency responses and long-term planning, coordination and political will
Asia Indonesia Indonesia will build a dedicated “Hajj village” about 400 meters from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; the project, part of deepened Jakarta–Riyadh cooperation, aims to ease pilgrimage logistics for Indonesian worshippers
Asia Vietnam Plans to ban fossil-fuel motorcycles and mopeds in central Hanoi have been announced to reduce pollution; The move supports the shift to electric vehicles, led by local firm VinFast, but raises concerns over its social impact on low-income workers
Europe Lithuania Gintautas Markevičius, a Lithuanian man paralysed down one side, set yet another record by covering over 3.000 km around the Baltic States on his electric trike; after more than a month on the road, he was welcomed back in Klaipėda
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The 30th anniversary of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces was celebrated with the mass funeral of seven more victims in a ceremony at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre
Africa Togo For local and municipal elections in 117 localities, polls opened on 17 July at the nation’s police stations; after the violent protests over the last month, security forces were deployed to protect citizens on the way to the vote, but turnout was low
Europe Portugal Octopus fishing vessels must remain in port during fishing seasons, starting from the northern border on July 17 down to 14 October; vessels licensed for shelter traps, cage traps, spearfishing that intend to suspend activities must notify the DGRM
Europe Belgium Shops in Belgium will soon be allowed to remain open until 21:00, and seven days a week; the measure is expected to be validated to relax businesses' opening hours and meet modern needs
Africa Lesotho Lipholo, the 51-year-old leader of the Basotho Covenant Movement, has been taken into custody and charged with sedition; he appeared before the Maseru Magistrate Court where Magistrate Letsika and Crown Prosecutor Hlophe presented the charges against him
Europe Lithuania A passenger boat service in the Neris River will be launched by the end of July in Vilnius and the first electric vessel of the fleet has been unveiled; for Mayor Valdas Benkunskas the new type of transport could fulfill the city's recreational potential
Africa Mozambique A health emergency is reported by NGO MSF in Cabo Delgado, incapable of guaranteeing response to local health needs: the destruction of 52 health units by cyclone Chido in Oct 2024 added to fragility of the system itself and jihadist insurgency since 2017