For years, the distribution of rainfall across the Carpathian Basin has become ever more extreme. Experts have long warned that there is no sign of any reversal in the trend, and that the climate crisis will only deepen the drying-out of the region. Yet the previous government did nothing to addres»»»

Brussels: The European Union's new artificial intelligence transparency rules have entered into force, requiring companies to clearly label AI-generated content, including deepfakes, to help users distinguish between authentic and synthetic material. Under the new rules, companies operating AI syst»»»

Egypt plans to launch a dedicated investment fund for Egyptians living abroad next year, offering investment instruments with competitive returns and simplified subscription procedures, Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk said on Saturday. Speaking at the seventh annual Egyptians Abroad Conference, »»»

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KamelPay, a UAE-born fintech offering payroll and business payment solutions, has received Stored Value Facilities (SVF) and Retail Payment Services (RPS) licenses from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), marking a significant regulatory milestone in the company's growth and strengthening its posi»»»

The UAE's financial system has earned its reputation on fundamentals. Payments clear reliably, capital moves at scale, and the banking infrastructure that underpins trade and investment across the region is deep, liquid, and trusted. Digital finance is not a challenge to those foundations. It is an»»»

Breastfeeding is not only one of the most effective measures for protecting children’s health but also an investment in the future of Kyrgyzstan, the Republican Center for Health Promotion and Mass Communication said, citing UNICEF. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, supporting mother»»»

WELLINGTON: The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language. The country’s international code will change from NRU to NRO and its people will be known as dei-Naoero instead of Na»»»

A Palestinian doctor known as the “doctor of the poor” says he suffered medical neglect, overcrowding and physical abuse while held in Israel’s Ofer prison, according to a new report by Haaretz. Mazen Rantisi often waives consultation fees for low-income Palestinians. He was arrested at home on Jun»»»

LONDON: Wales on Monday became the first nation to publicly withdraw support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid over his failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup. The Football Association of Wales issued a statement citing “failures in good governance, process, leadership,»»»

TOKYO: Residents in Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto put out heaps of debris for collection and the prime minister visited as the region baked under intense heat. The heat and a lack of water supplies have added to the challenges in the severely damaged areas where Prime Minist»»»

Sharjah: Coral Beach Resort Sharjah has become the first hotel in the emirate to operate a biodigester, introducing technology that converts food waste into reusable water while reducing landfill waste and greenhouse gas emissions in a move that supports Sharjah’s sustainable tourism ambitions. The»»»

Gaza: Five UAE humanitarian aid convoys entered the Gaza Strip this week under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, delivering 1,056 tonnes of relief supplies aboard 74 trucks as part of the UAE's ongoing humanitarian efforts to support the Palestinian people. The convoys carried food supplies, shelter m»»»

Russian ​top online retailer Wildberries said on Monday that a Ukrainian drone attack on ​one of ‌its warehouses ⁠in the Vladimir region had caused ‌a fire to break out. The company, known as the country's Amazon, has been targeted several times by Ukrainian drones over the last few weeks. Russian »»»

The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week reached at least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials said. Moroccan authorities meanwhile report 11 deaths. Around 60,000 people crossed into Ceuta »»»

OVERVIEW Monday’s media coverage focuses on the upcoming October 25 presidential election, with attention centred on possible candidates, divisions on the right and the shortened campaign period. Economic coverage highlights EU funding, planned changes to the pension and minimum-wage systems, while»»»

South-West University in Blagoevgrad has 550 international students during the 2025/26 academic year, including 120 from EU countries, the university told BTA. Students come from 17 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa and study in fields such as education, humanities, social sciences, busines»»»

Doha, Qatar: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Monday with the Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the State of Qatar, HE Faisal Ali Ibrahim, on the occasion of the end of his tenure. HE Secretary-General of the Minis»»»

Cairo, Egypt: Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Fahmy discussed during a phone call with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein the tense regional situation and ways to achieve security and stability in the region A statement issued by the Arab League Monday said that, during the call, the tw»»»

Construction of a railway to Cholpon-Ata will begin in 2027. Azamat Sakiev, general director of the state enterprise Kyrgyz Temir Zholu, said on Birinchi Radio. According to him, grant funds have been secured for a feasibility study. «We will soon begin implementing the feasibility study and study »»»

The travel time on Bishkek—Balykchy railway route is planned to be slightly reduced. Azamat Sakiev, director general of the state enterprise Kyrgyz Temir Zholu, said on Birinchi Radio. According to him, alongside railway construction, significant attention is being paid to promoting passenger rail »»»

President Joseph Aoun on Monday urged the judiciary to issue a long-awaited indictment over the 2020 Beirut port blast, on the eve of the catastrophe's sixth anniversary. "The issuing of the indictment by the investigating judge has become a necessity that can no longer be delayed," Aoun said in a »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - European leaders categorically deny the possibility of Ukraine's accession to the EU, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday. "Despite the lavish speeches of European bureaucrats about Ukraine's accession to the European Union 'in a bright future,' in inter»»»

Romania's military has resumed an operation to carry out a controlled demolition of the Prajoaia rock formation in order to divert more water from the Danube to the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), local news media reported. After an initial attempt to completely destroy the rock formation on S»»»

The hydrological situation in the Bulgarian section of the Danube River remains complicated due to persistently low water levels, the The Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of The Danube River said on Monday. As of August 3, 2026, the water level at the Ruse water gauge is minus 92 cm»»»

EFG Hermes, an EFG Holding company and the leading investment bank in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), announced today that its securities brokerage division ranked first across five MENA markets in the first half of 2026, reinforcing its position as the region’s execution platform of choic»»»

Russia's Rassvet satellites, operated by Bureau 1440, now provide at least two communication windows of more than an hour each per day over Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi, citing satellite communications expert Volodymyr Stepants, and cited by military analyst Rob Lee on Augu»»»

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan is strengthening its oversight of waste recycling companies. Companies that fail to obtain licenses may be subject to administrative penalties. The ministry is working to license companies as part of its efforts to »»»

Spanish intelligence services have been mobilized to identify radicals who may have entered the autonomous city of Ceuta in North Africa along with the wave of illegal migrants, Spanish media reported, citing sources in the Interior Ministry. As the publication notes, seven kilometers from Ceuta li»»»

The first seven months of 2026 were prolific for the segment of corporate financings approved for the development of residential projects, with a total volume estimated at over half a billion euros, according to an analysis by real estate consultancy SVN Romania, based on public data and informatio»»»

Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Myanmar's detained and ousted democratically elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross resident representative in Myanmar on Monday morning, the junta-controlled President's Office said. Myanmar's Presidential Press and Information Bur»»»

A UAE-based research project is exploring how highly concentrated saltwater produced by desalination plants can be transformed from a waste product into a valuable resource, supporting sustainability, industry and environmental protection. Known as brine, the salty water left behind after the desal»»»

Communication agency Rogalski Damaschin recently invested EUR 100,000 in Crisis Desk AI, an artificial intelligence agent designed to help organisations assess reputational risks and respond more effectively to communication crises. In this interview with Business Review, agency founder Eliza Rogal»»»

Protesters blocked an industrial road supplying fuel to the Bobov Dol thermal power plant on Monday. "The protest was sparked by the thermal power plant management's attitude toward residents. They treat us like we are second-class people," Golemo Selo Mayor Vasil Vasev told reporters. Vasev explai»»»

Labour Minister Nataliya Efremova said there are no problems with the provisions of the state budget concerning the minimum wage and length of employment service, despite the constitutional complaints filed by GERB-UDF and Continue the Change, as well as the Ombudsman’s plans to submit a similar co»»»

Tokyo: Japan and the United States carried out a coordinated yen-buying intervention in the foreign exchange market on Friday, marking the first joint currency intervention by the two countries in 15 years, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Monday, adding that they stand ready to a»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday urged the judiciary to issue a long-awaited indictment over the 2020 Beirut port blast, on the eve of the catastrophe’s sixth anniversary. “The issuing of the indictment by the investigating judge has become a necessity that can no longer be delayed,»»»

Drinking water supply will be temporarily suspended in Bishkek’s 3rd and 7th microdistricts for almost 24 hours. According to the municipal enterprise Bishkekvodokanal, water service will be cut off from 9:30 a.m. on August 4 until 2 a.m. on August 5. The water outage is related to works to relocat»»»

The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. Before late last week, the dollar was trading above 163 yen, touching 40-year highs. After regulators were suspected of ste»»»

A petition urging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks has gained traction online, attracting more than 70,000 backers. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the attack, which resulted in nearly 3,000 fatalities and the destruction of the Twin»»»

WASHINGTON: The US acting attorney general said Sunday he had reached an agreement with lawmakers and issued an order officially scrapping a $1.8-billion compensation fund that has led to a standoff over his Senate confirmation. Todd Blanche’s announcement came after the Senate Judiciary Committee »»»

Kyrgyzstan is paying special attention to environmental protection during the construction of China—Kyrgyzstan—Uzbekistan railway. Azamat Sakiev, director general of the state enterprise Kyrgyz Temir Zholu, said on Birinchi Radio. According to him, the project is technically one of the most challen»»»

Dubai: UAE residents travelling to Japan or paying for yen-priced goods will get less for their dirhams after the United States and Japan stepped into currency markets to lift the Japanese currency from a four-decade low. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The dirham’s pe»»»

Open dispute has erupted between Israeli occupation army and defense minister, who announced a replacement for Israeli Central Command chief on live television Sunday night, with the military quickly saying the commander would remain in his post. Israeli DM Israel Katz sparked outrage as he denounc»»»

Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday there were currently no negotiations with the United States but there were talks with Oman over the management of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. "We are not currently negotiating with the United States. Our negotiations are with Oman to secure passage through»»»

Sydney, Australia: Two men have been hospitalized with serious injuries after a building collapsed in inner-Sydney on Monday morning. Emergency services were deployed to the inner-city suburb of Ultimo at around 11 a.m. on Monday following reports that the roof of a building had caved in, causing a»»»

Kyrgyzstan is considering the construction of high-speed train services. Azamat Sakiev, director general of the state enterprise Kyrgyz Temir Zholu, said on Birinchi Radio. According to him, the priority is to connect the northern and southern regions of the country. «Logistics is the main driver o»»»

The prize fund for the F1H2O Grand Prix will amount to several million dollars. Eduard Kubatov, head of the State Tourism Development Agency, told reporters. According to him, the exact amount has not been disclosed, as it is determined by the regulations of the Union Internationale Motonautique (U»»»

Arab Finance: Emaar Misr for Development is accelerating construction at its Marassi Red Sea project to boost its integrated tourism and residential destination on Egypt's Red Sea coast, according to an emailed press release. More than 40 international and local consultants are currently working on»»»