Asia Bangladesh Recent studies demonstrated that microplastics are present in water, sediments, fish, salt, soft drinks, milk, edible oil and more products in Bangladesh, underscoring the growing concern that these pollutants are transferred to humans through food
Oceania Fiji The Science Department of the University of Fiji has received a grant under the ERASMUS+ programme that will allow students and staff to travel to Palermo, Italy, for an exchange programme from this year until 2026
Asia Kyrgyzstan Bishkek has officially become larger after the deputies at the last session of the City Council have approved the annexation of surrounding territories determined by presidential decree
Europe Latvia The definition of maximum permitted teaching hours is considered by Minister of Education as a possible solution to teacher overload; one third of teachers, 34%, carry more workload than the 36 hours provided for by the contract
Asia Indonesia Minister of Youth and Sports Dito Ariotedjo expressed optimism that the Indonesian para badminton and para athletics teams could win gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympic Games
Asia East Timor The Prime Minister has met the first Timorese artist to represent the country at the prestigious Venice Biennale: Maria Madeira; she will show her work Kiss and Don’t Tell, which pays homage to the strength and resilience of the women of Timor-Leste
Asia Iran According to a recent UN report, 'repression of peaceful protests' and 'institutional discrimination against women and girls' have led to human rights violations, some of which amount to 'crimes against humanity',
America Peru A bill aimed at safeguarding freedom of conscience, thought, and religion against potential ideological pressures from the State and its officials has been approved by the Constitution and Rules Committee of the Peruvian Congress
Africa eSwatini The Eswatini Stock Exchange signed MoU with Taiwan Stock Exchange and Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange in Taipei, a response to Taiwan's foreign policy efforts and a milestone for cooperation between the two sides' capital markets
Africa Gambia Parliament in Banjul has begun discussing a bill that aims to repeal the ban on the practice of female genital mutilation introduced in 2015
Africa Mozambique Of the 99.000 and more people who fled their homes because of the severe violence in the North, 61.492 are children, Save the Children reported
Asia Kazakhstan The country is preparing to introduce broadband internet in 171 rural schools in the East Kazakhstan region using SpaceX Starlink technology; last month, the first batch of 500 pieces of SpaceX Starlink equipment had arrived in the country
Africa Lesotho The Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnel is preparing for a six-month closure for planned maintenance, undertaken jointly by the Lesotho Highlands Development Agency and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority
Europe Germany In a long-running dispute over asylum policy between the German federal states and the central government, the states made a request to outsource asylum applications to third countries