Africa Kenya In Namorotukunan tools made with Oldowan technology were found in three escavation layers, suggesting primitive humans who lived 2,75 million years ago used stone tools continuously for 300.000 years passing down knowledge through thousands of generations
Africa Angola Over 15.000 reports of violence have been recored through SOS Children Hotline in the first 6 months of 2025, 90% of which occurred at home or churches; figures were presented by First Lady Ana Dias Lourenço at workshop against gender and minors violence
Oceania Micronesia Under new US Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeting numbers of potentially illegal aliens, latest unprecedented development is Micronesians being removed from the US to the offshore detention facility at the US Navy base in Guantánamo Bay
Oceania Vanuatu A seasonal worker from South Santo has invested around VT2,5 million, or €18.000, of his earnings, together with labour from community members, to build a gravity-fed water system for his village
Asia Uzbekistan 3,5 million of Uzbeks are self-employed on 20,5 million working age people, as latest data from the Tax Committee report, of whom 58% are men and 42% women as of 1 July 2025; total number of self-employed rose by 56% compared to the same period last year
America Haiti Thousands of worshippers honor the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Vodou goddess Erzulie at a Port-au-Prince church in their annual pilgrimage this year, forcedly far from the sacred waterfall in Saut-d’Eau, as the site fell under gang control
Oceania Papua New Guinea 9 rugby league players have been handed long bans form fields after a brawl broke out during a clash in Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition in Lae; 3 officials got 12 months suspension and the two clubs involved were fined over $6000
Europe Moldova The Together Bloc will register for the parliamentary elections scheduled in September; although fragmented two parties from the original five, representatives of the coalition say the team remains “integrated, competent, and professionally prepared”
Asia United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, released its latest traffic statistics for June 2025, reporting continued strong expansion and high customer demand, with 1,8 million passengers (1,5 in 2024) and passengers load at 88% (86% in 2024),
Oceania Tonga The Tonga Women's Tennis has won the gold medal at the 2025 Oceania Tennis Federation Pacific Nations Cup, which took place earlier this July in Pago Pago, American Samoa
Africa Tunisia Tunisian watchdog sues French-Tunisian imam for ‘high treason’, demanding Hassen Chalghoumi loses citizenship after ‘undermining the prestige of the Tunisian state’ because he lead a delegation of European Muslim leaders to Jerusalem earlier in July
Europe Malta The opposition Nationalist Party claimed government unilaterally decided to suspend two parliamentary sessions with 17 opposition motions still pending; the PN said that the fact shows disrespect for the highest institution in Malta
Europe Luxembourg Firefighters have removed crosses from the towers of two Luxembourg churches after storms left the structures in a precarious position; the fire service said it was a “very rare” occurrence during what was “a relatively intense" wind force episode
Europe Slovenia A new public outdoor Olympic-size swimming pool and an indoor 25-metre pool has opened on the outskirts of Ljubljana, built on the site of a popular pool shut down in 2007; the renovated venue includes multifunctional indoor sports hall and wellness area