Asia Taiwan Rising memory chip prices have pushed Taiwanese industry players’ 6-months revenue beyond 2025 full-year totals; Analysts said prices are expected to continue rising in Q3 as supply remains tight, forecasting further growth for memory-related companies
America Honduras Around 300 women dressed in black, symbolizing mourning, marched to the National Congress on the Honduran Women's Day, protesting the surge in feminicides and demanding respect for women's lives
America Mexico Mexico’s drought has increased, now covering 28,79% of the country and hitting a record-breaking temperature of 39,5°C in Oaxaca
Africa Mauritania Mauritania, an unranked team, eliminated two-time champions Algeria from the AFCON, securing their first ever victory at the championship; and will play today in the round of 16 against Cape Verde, another tournament revelation
Asia Jordan 54% of the long-term average rainfall of 8,1 billion cubic metres has fallen, said a statement by the Water Ministry, compared to 39,7% this date in 2022; 5 million cm rainwater entered dams in 24 hours, increasing storage to 111 mcm, or 38,5% of capacity
Europe Romania With a total of 6,3 million tonnes of cereals (including flour expressed in tonnes of cereal equivalent), the country holds a 25,1% share of EU exports in the current marketing year that began on 1 July 2023, according to European Commission figures
Europe Ireland Residents of Oliver Bond House flats in Dublin are 2,4 times more likely to have asthma and have called on the local authority to speed up plans to redevelop the area from 2021, as 83% of residents live with mould and damp
America Jamaica Over 620 educational institutions islandwide have been connected to the Internet under the National Broadband Initiative
America Canada Carbon emissions from Canada's oil sands are severely underreported, a new study in the journal Science suggests; aircraft-based measures found that the total C emissions from the Athabasca region exceeded reported values by 1.900 to 6.300%
Oceania Papua New Guinea Following recent incidents of looting, the Papua New Guinea Defence Forces join with the Royal Papua New Guinea Police to restore order and successfully recover some of the looted items
Europe Andorra The University of Andorra hosted the reading of the doctoral thesis of the Tribunal de Corts magistrate and aspiring judge in Strasbourg, Canòlic Mingorance, on money laundering in Andorran criminal law
Africa Gambia As the country prepares to host the 15th Organization of Islamic Cooperation Summit on 4 and 5 May 2024, the OIC Local Security Organising Committee presented the National Security Plan
Africa Algeria The country called for an international peace conference under the auspices of the United Nations to end the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian land
Africa Gabon Gabonese junta leader and transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema has recently concluded a dense diplomatic tour, working both to justify the August 2023 coup of his Government and to dispel fears that he intends to retain power indefinitely